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.
+configurable audio file selectors:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ There are three audio file selectors (aka "database tools")
+ available:
+
+ - random
+ - plm (playlist manager)
+ - 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.
small memory footprint:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
paraslash is lightweight. The stripped binary of para_server
with all its features compiled in (mysql/random dbtool,
- mp3/ogg support, http/ortp support) is about 100K on i386
+ mp3/ogg support, http/ortp support) is about 110K on i386
under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller.
command line interface, including shell: