changed (help, quit, loglevel, version...).
- external: Shutdown curses before launching the given command.
Useful for starting other ncurses programs from within
- para_gui, e.g. aumix or para_dbadm. Or, use "para_client
- mbox" to write a mailbox containing one mail for each file
- in the mysql database and start mutt from within para_gui
- to browse your collection!
+ para_gui, e.g. aumix or dialog scripts. Or, use the mbox
+ output format to write a mailbox containing one mail for each
+ (admissible) file the audio file selector knows about. Then
+ start mutt from within para_gui to browse your collection!
- display: Launch the command and display its stdout in
para_gui's bottom window.
- para: Like display, but start "para_client <specified
An attribute is simply a bit which can be set for each audio
file individually. Up to 64 different attributes may be
defined. For example, "pop", "rock", "blues", "jazz", "instrumental",
-"german_lyrics", "speech" whatever. It's up to you how many attributes
+"german_lyrics", "speech", whatever. It's up to you how many attributes
you define and how you call them.
A new attribute "test" is created by
It is possible to activate more than one sender simultaneously.
-para_server needs an audio file selector to work, mainly to determine
-which audio file to stream next. The following three selectors are
-built in:
+The built-in audio file selector of paraslash is used to manage your
+audio files. It maintains statistics on the usage of all available audio
+files such as last played time, and the number of times each file was
+selected. Its features include
- * The random selector chooses audio files out of a given directory
- by random
+ * attributes: Allow fine-grained audio file selection.
- * The playlist selector chooses files from a specified playlist
+ * image table. For storage of e.g. album cover art.
- * The (optional) mysql selector is more involved. It connects
- to a mysql server which holds information on your audio files
- and maintains statistics on the available audio files. Audio
- file selection works by sending a user-defined sql-query
- to the mysql server. This allows rather sophisticated
- configurations and is explained in detail in README.mysql.
+ * lyrics table. For storage of lyrics.
-It is possible to switch between all supported selectors at any time.
+ * playlist table. Stores arbitrary many playlists.
+
+ * mood mode. Audio file selection works by spcifying mood
+ methods involving attributes, pattern matching for file names
+ and more. This allows rather sophisticated configurations
+ and is explained in more detail in INSTALL.
+
+ * rename detection. If files are moved or renamed, afs will
+ recognioze them despite of this change.
Despite of all these features, paraslash is lightweight. The
stripped binary of para_server with all its features compiled in
-(mysql/random/playlist selector, mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp
-support) is about 120K on i386 under Linux. para_audiod (see below)
-is even smaller.
+mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 150K on i386
+under Linux. para_audiod (see below) is even smaller.
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para_client (obligatory)
key-bindings for the most common commands and new key-bindings can
be added easily.
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-para_sdl_gui (optional)
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-
-SDL-based gui. Similar to para_gui but presents its output in an X
-window (fullscreen mode is also available) and can display jpg images
-on a per song basis. para_sdl_gui provides an input prompt to enter
-arbitrary commands. However, it can also be used non-interactively
-(e.g. as a screen saver) via the -i switch.
-
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-para_krell (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql selector)
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-
-A plugin for gkrellm which shows small pictures of the current song. It
-allows you to launch 27 different commands by clicking in different
-areas of its picture (9 small squares x 3 mouse buttons).
-
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para_fade (optional)
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A (Linux-only) alarm clock and volume-fader.
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-para_dbadm (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql selector)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Very simple curses-based frontend which uses libmenu. Useful for
-quickly changing the attributes of the current song (e.g. from para_gui
-as an external command).
-
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-para_slider (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql selector)
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-
-A small X application which shows a scrollbar for each attribute
-defined in the mysql database. It creates a stream definition from
-the values of the scrollbars. This allows to smoothly change the mood
-of the given stream without any file editing.
-
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bash_completion (optional)
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- gcc, the gnu compiler collection (shipped with distro): gcc-3.3
or newer is required.
- - gnu make
+ - gnu make (shipped with disto, might be called gmake)
+ - bash
- openssl (needed by server, client): usually shipped with
distro, but you might have to install the "development package"
(called libssl-dev on debian systems) as well:
http://www.openssl.org/
- software mixing, e.g. ALSA and the direct mixing plugin (dmix)
-If you want to use the mysql-based audio file selector, you also need
-
- - mysql-server
- - mysql-client
- - libmysqlclient
-
-These are usually shipped with the distro but probably not installed
-by default.
-
The mp3 decoder of para_filter is based on libmad: If you prefer to
use the libmad package provided by your distributor, make sure to
install the corresponding development package as well. Otherwise,
If you intend to use the optional ortp streamer, you'll need libortp:
http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
-For the optional SDL-based gui, the following packages must be installed:
-
- - X (usually shipped with distro): http://www.x.org/
- - libSDL (usually shipped with distro): http://www.libsdl.org/index.php
- - SDL_image: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
-
-For para_slider, the zero memory widget library is neccessary:
-http://www710.univ-lyon1.fr/~exco/ZMW/
-
-Finally, para_krell needs
-
- - gtk2: http://www.gtk.org/
- - gkrellm2: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html
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