1 args "--no-handle-help --no-handle-version --conf-parser"
4 define(CURRENT_PROGRAM,para_audiod)
5 define(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE,~/.paraslash/audiod.conf)
8 #########################
9 section "General options"
10 #########################
15 include(config_file.m4)
17 include(log_timing.m4)
23 ########################
24 section "Audiod options"
25 ########################
32 If this flag is not given, para_audiod refuses to start if the
33 well-known socket file (see the --socket option) already exists
34 because this usually means that para_audiod is already running
35 and listening on that socket. After a crash or if para_audiod
36 received a SIGKILL signal, a stale socket file might remain and
37 you have to use --force once to force startup of para_audiod.
47 Para_audiod supports three modes of operation: On, off and
48 standby (sb). This option selects the mode that should be
49 used on startup. If para_audiod operates in \"on\" mode, it
50 will connect to para_server in order to receive its status
51 information. If para_server announces the availability of an
52 audio stream, para_audiod will automatically download, decode
53 and play the audio stream according to the given stream I/O
56 In \"standby\" mode, para_audiod will only receive the
57 status information from para_server but will not download
60 In \"off\" mode, para_audiod does not connect para_server at
61 all, but still listens on the local socket for connections.
67 string typestr="filename"
70 Para_audiod uses a \"well-known\" socket to listen
71 on for connections from para_audioc. This socket is a
72 special file in the file system; its location defaults to
73 /var/paraslash/audiod_sock.<host_name>.
75 para_audioc, the client program used to connect to para_audiod,
76 opens this socket in order to talk to para_audiod. If the
77 default value for para_audiod is changed, para_audioc must be
78 instructed to use also \"filename\" for connecting para_audiod.
89 Allow the user identified by \"uid\" to connect to para_audiod.
90 May be specified multiple times. If not specified at all,
91 all users are allowed to connect.
93 This feature requires unix socket credentials and is currently
94 only supported on Linux systems. On other operating systems,
95 the option is silently ignored and all local users are allowed
96 to connect to para_audiod.
99 option "clock_diff_count" -
100 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
101 "sync clock on startup"
106 Check the clock difference between the host running para_server
107 and the local host running para_audiod that many times before
108 starting any stream I/0. Set this to non-zero for non-local
109 setups if the clocks of these two hosts are not synchronized
113 #############################
114 section "Stream I/O options"
115 #############################
120 string typestr="receiver_spec"
125 This option may be given multiple times, for each audio format
126 separately. If multiple definitions for an audio format are
127 given, the first one is selected.
129 The \"receiver_spec\" consists of an audio format specifier
130 and one or more receiver arguments, separated by a colon.
132 The audio format specifier is a regular expression which
133 specifies the set of audio formats for which this option
136 If any receiver options are present, the whole receiver
137 argument must be quoted:
139 -r 'mp3:http -i my.host.org -p 8009'
141 Since a single dot '.' matches the name of any audio format,
142 specifying '.' instead of 'mp3' above activates the http
143 receiver for all audio formats.
149 "Specify the filter configuration."
150 string typestr = "filter_spec"
154 This option may be given multiple times. The \"filter_spec\"
155 consists of an audio format specifier (see above), the name
156 of the filter, and any options for that filter. Note that
159 The compiled-in defaults apply to all audio formats for which
160 no --filter option was given. These defaults depend on the
163 For HTTP streams, only the decoder for the current audio
164 format is activated. UDP and DCCP streams, on the other
165 hand, are sent FEC-encoded by para_server. In order to play
166 such streams, the receiver output must be FEC-decoded first,
167 i.e. fed to the fecdec filter. Therefore the default for UDP
168 and DCCP streams is to activate the fecdec filter, followed
169 by the decoding filter for the audio format.
173 --filter 'mp3:mp3dec'
175 --filter 'mp3|aac:compress --inertia 5 --damp 2'
183 "Specify stream writer."
184 string typestr="writer_spec"
188 May be given multiple times, even multiple times for the same
189 audio format. Default value is \"alsa\" for all supported
190 audio formats. Example:
192 --writer 'aac|wma:oss'
196 option "stream_delay" -
197 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
198 "time for client sync"
199 int typestr="milliseconds"
203 Add the given amount of milliseconds to the stream start time
204 announced by para_server and do not send data to the writer
205 before that time (modulo clock difference).
207 This is useful mainly for synchronizing the audio output of