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See README for a list of required software. Don't be afraid of the long
-list of unusal libraries: Most of them are only needed for optional
+list of unusual libraries: Most of them are only needed for optional
programs. Autoconf will detect what is installed on your system and
will only build those executables that can be built with your setup.
-r 'mp3:http -i server_host'
-The prefered way to use para_audiod is to run it once at system start
+The preferred way to use para_audiod is to run it once at system start
as an unprivileged user. para_audiod needs to create a "well-known"
socket for the clients to connect to. The default path for this
socket is
command>" instead of "<specified command>".
-That's all, congratulations. Check out all the other optional gimmics!
+That's all, congratulations. Check out all the other optional gimmicks!
Troubles?
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All connections between para_server and para_client are encrypted by
default. For each user of paraslash you must create a public/secret
-key pair for authentication. The (authenticated) connection is crypted
+key pair for authentication. The (authenticated) connection is encrypted
with a symmetric rc4 session key.
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useful also for different purposes.
para_filter combines several decoders (mp3, oggvorbis, aac) and a
-volume normalzer. New filters can be added easily due to the modular
+volume normalizer New filters can be added easily due to the modular
design. If more than one filter is specified, the given filters
are 'piped' together in-memory, i.e. without calling any of the
read(2)/write(2)/select(2) etc. functions.
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A modular audio stream writer. It supports a simple file writer
-output plugin and optional wav/raw players for alsa (linux-only,
+output plug-in and optional wav/raw players for alsa (linux-only,
Debian package: libasound2-dev) and Mac OS. para_write can also be
used as a stand-alone wav or raw audio player.
It runs on the client side and connects to para_server. The audio stream is
read from the network and sent through any of paraslash's filters (decoder,
-volume normalizer). The resulting stream is written to an output plugin
+volume normalizer). The resulting stream is written to an output plug-in
(writer), e.g. the alsa writer on linux systems. It is possible to capture the
stream at any position in the filter chain.