make install
-
Setup user list and create rsa keys
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If you already have your rsa keys, skip this step. If you are new
This starts streaming and dumps some information on the current song
to stdout.
-You should now be able to listen to the stream with any player
-capable of reading from stdin. To check this, try the following
-on client_host:
+You should now be able to receive and listen to the stream. To check
+this, try the following on client_host (assuming alsa and an mp3
+stream):
+
+ para_recv -r 'http -i server_host' > file.mp3 #interrupt after a few seconds
+ ls -l file.mp3 # should not be empty
+ para_filter -f mp3dec -f wav < file.mp3 > file.wav
+ ls -l file.wav # should be much bigger than file.mp3
+ para_write -w alsa < file.wav
- mp3:
+If this works, proceed. Otherwise doublecheck what is logged by
+para_server and use the --loglevel option of para_recv, para_filter
+and para_write to increase verbosity.
+
+Next, put the pieces together:
para_recv -r 'http -i server_host' | para_filter -f mp3dec -f wav | para_write -w alsa
or
or
xmms http://server_host:8000/
- ogg:
-
- para_recv -r 'http -i server_host' | para_filter -f oggdec -f wav | para_write -w alsa
-
-If this works, proceed. Otherwise doublecheck what is logged by
-para_server and use the --loglevel option of para_recv, para_filter
-to increase verbosity.
-
Choose an audio file selector
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paraslash has three different audio file selectors: random (default),
para_audiod -h
for help. Usually you have to specify at least server_host as the
-receiver specifier, like this:
+receiver specifier for each supported audio format, like this:
-r 'mp3:http -i server_host'
The prefered way to use para_audiod is to run it once at system start
as an unprivileged user. para_audiod needs to create a "well-known"
-socket for the clients to connect to. If you want to change the
-default socket (e.g. because you do not have write access for the
-directory where the socket resides), use the -s option or the config
-file to change the default. Note that in this case you'll also have
-to specify the same value for para_audioc's -s option.
+socket for the clients to connect to. The default path for this
+socket is
+
+ /var/paraslash/audiod_socket.$HOSTNAME
+
+so the /var/paraslash directory should be owned by the user who
+runs para_audiod.
+
+If you want to change location of the default socket, use the -s
+option for para_audiod or the config file ~/.paraslash/audiod.conf
+to change the default. Note that in this case you'll also have to
+specify the same value for para_audioc's -s option.
If para_server is playing, you should be able to listen to the audio
stream as soon as para_audiod is started. Once it is running, try