clients. However, there are many more commands.
It supports three built-in network streaming methods (senders): http, dccp,
-or rtp.
+or udp.
* The http sender is recommended for public streams that can be played
by any player like mpg123, xmms, itunes, winamp...
* The dccp sender requires kernel support for the datagram congestion
control protocol.
- * The ortp sender is recommended for multicast LAN streaming.
+ * The udp sender is recommended for multicast LAN streaming.
It is possible to activate more than one sender simultaneously.
Despite of all these features, paraslash is lightweight. The
stripped binary of para_server with all its features compiled in
-mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 160K on i386
+mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/udp support) is about 160K on i386
under Linux. para_audiod (see below) is even smaller.
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para_recv
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-A command line http/dccp/ortp stream grabber. The http mode of this
+A command line http/dccp/udp stream grabber. The http mode of this
tool can be used to receive data from any http streaming source.
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A small stand-alone program that prints tech info about the given
audio file to stdout. It can be instructed to print a "chunk table",
-an array of offsets within the audio file. This allows third-party
-streaming software that is unaware of the particular audio format
-to send complete frames in real time. Currently, mp3, ogg vorbis and
-aac are supported.
+an array of offsets within the audio file or to write the content of
+the audio file in complete chunks 'just in time'.
+
+This allows third-party streaming software that is unaware of
+the particular audio format to send complete frames in real
+time. Currently, mp3, ogg vorbis and aac are supported.
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para_write
para_fade
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-A (Linux-only) alarm clock and volume-fader.
+A (oss-only) alarm clock and volume-fader.
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bash_completion