Linux, you'll need to have ALSA's development package
libasound2-dev installed.
+ - XREFERENCE(http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ao/,
+ libao). Needed to build the ao writer (ESD, PulseAudio,...).
+ Debian package: libao-dev.
+
Installation
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./configure --help
to see a list of options. If the paraslash package was compiled
-successfully, execute as root,
+successfully, execute (optionally)
+
+ make test
+
+to run the paraslash test suite. If all tests pass, execute as root
make install
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As already mentioned REFERENCE(Streaming protocols, earlier),
-paraslash uses forward error correction (FEC) for the unreliable
-UDP transport. FEC is a technique which was invented already in
-1960 by Reed and Solomon and which is widely used for the parity
+paraslash uses forward error correction (FEC) for the unreliable UDP
+and DCCP transports. FEC is a technique which was invented already
+in 1960 by Reed and Solomon and which is widely used for the parity
calculations of storage devices (RAID arrays). It is based on the
algebraic concept of finite fields, today called Galois fields, in
honour of the mathematician Galois (1811-1832). The FEC implementation
it through a sound device. It is supported on all platforms and is
always compiled in.
+*AO*. _Libao_ is a cross-platform audio library which supports a wide
+variety of platforms including PulseAudio (gnome), ESD (Enlightened
+Sound Daemon), AIX, Solaris and IRIX. The ao writer plays audio
+through an output plugin of libao.
+
Examples
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