From 6d478dd699988090260a3f8b23defe02d212c3ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:53:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update FEATURES Mention the new dccp sender. --- FEATURES | 36 +++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/FEATURES b/FEATURES index 3551ee74..29bbb3ee 100644 --- a/FEATURES +++ b/FEATURES @@ -4,37 +4,35 @@ Features configurable audio streaming software: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg files) over - local or remote networks. It contains two built-in streamers: - the http streamer and the ortp streamer. + local and/or remote networks. It supports three builtin + streaming methods (senders): http, dccp, or rtp. para_audiod runs on the client side and connects to - para_server. The audio stream is read back and sent through - any of paraslash's filters (mp3 decoder, ogg vorbis decoder, - volume normalizer,...) and the resulting stream is written to - an external program's standard in, usually an audio player, - like para_play that uses alsa. It is possible to grab the - stream at any position in the filter chain. + para_server. The audio stream is read from the network and + sent through any of paraslash's filters (mp3 decoder, ogg + vorbis decoder, volume normalizer,...). The resulting stream + is written to an external program's standard in, usually an + audio player like para_play, the alsa player of the paraslash + package. It is possible to grab the stream at any position + in the filter chain. The receiving/filtering software is also available as - standalone command line tool: para_recv grabs the http or ortp - stream and writes to stdout; para_filter reads from stdin, - converts the stream according to the given --filter command - line options and writes the transformed stream to stdout. + standalone command line tool: para_recv grabs the stream and + writes to stdout; para_filter reads from stdin, converts the + stream according to the given --filter command line options + and writes the transformed stream to stdout. configurable audio file selectors: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - There are three audio file selectors available: - - - random - - playlist - - mysql + There are three audio file selectors available: random, + playlist and mysql The first two of these are rather simple, and they are always supported. They allow streaming of randomly selected files or files given by a playlist respectively. The (optional) mysql selector is more involved. It manages - statistics on your audio files and audio file selection is + statistics on your audio files, and audio file selection is done by sending a user-defined sql-query to the mysql server. This allows rather sophisticated configurations and is explained in detail in README.mysql. @@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ small memory footprint: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ paraslash is lightweight. The stripped binary of para_server with all its features compiled in (mysql/random/playlist - selector, mp3/ogg support, http/ortp support) is about 110K + selector, mp3/ogg support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 110K on i386 under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller. command line interface, including shell: -- 2.39.5