-The optional mysql selector connects to a mysql server which holds
-information on your audio files. It has several unusual features,
-see README.mysql for details.
+ * The random selector chooses audio files out of a given directory
+ by random
+
+ * The playlist selector chooses files from a specified playlist
+
+ * The (optional) mysql selector is more involved. It connects
+ to a mysql server which holds information on your audio files
+ and maintains statistics on the available audio files. Audio
+ file selection works 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.
+
+Despite of all these features, paraslash is lightweight. The
+stripped binary of para_server with all its features compiled in
+(mysql/random/playlist selector, mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp
+support) is about 120K on i386 under Linux. para_audiod (see below)
+is even smaller.