A command line HTTP/DCCP/UDP stream grabber. The http mode is
compatible with arbitrary HTTP streaming sources (e.g. icecast).
+In addition to the three network streaming modes, para_recv can also
+operate in local (afh) mode. In this mode it writes the content of
+an audio file on the local file system in complete chunks to stdout,
+optionally 'just in time'. This allows to cut an audio file without
+first decoding it, and it enables third-party software which is unaware
+of the particular audio format to send complete frames in real time.
*para_filter*
A small stand-alone program that prints tech info about the given
audio file to STDOUT. It can be instructed to print a "chunk table",
-an array of offsets within the audio file or to write the content of
-the audio file in complete chunks 'just in time'.
-
-This allows third-party streaming software that is unaware of the
-particular audio format to send complete frames in real time.
+an array of offsets within the audio file.
*para_write*
*para_fade*
-An (OSS-only) alarm clock and volume-fader.
+An alarm clock and volume-fader for OSS and ALSA.
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Quick start
files. Also, it's fine to use para_server on a box without sound card.
Next, install the paraslash package on all machines, you'd like this
-software to run on:
+software to run on. If you compile from a released tarball, execute
(./configure && make) > /dev/null
+When compiling from git or from snapshots downloaded via gitweb,
+the above command will not work because the configure script is not
+included in the git repository. In this case the following command
+should be used instead:
+
+ ./autogen.sh
+
+This runs autoconf to generate the configure script, then runs it as
+above. Therefore you'll need autoconf for this to work.
+
There should be no errors but probably some warnings about missing
packages which usually implies that not all audio formats will be
supported. If headers or libs are installed at unusual locations you
called the public key and the private key. A message can be encrypted
with either key and only the counterpart of that key can decrypt
the message. While RSA can be used for both signing and encrypting
-a message, paraslash only uses RSA only for the latter purpose. The
+a message, paraslash uses RSA only for the latter purpose. The
RSA public key encryption and signatures algorithms are defined in
detail in RFC 2437.