- 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.
-
-mysql-based audio file selector:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- the (optional) mysql database tool manages some statistics on
- your audio files. It contacts the mysql server to decide which
- song to play next by sending a user-defined sql-query. This
- allows rather sophisticated configurations and is explained
- in detail in README.mysql.
+ standalone command line tool: para_recv reads 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 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
+ 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.
+
+ It is possible to switch between all supported selectors at
+ any time.