X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=web%2Fmanual.m4;h=55bb49a653bdfc10c5a84eaeb8c058080b2aa345;hb=cd5f0aa2b06b227f519600705fdde2a13f03424d;hp=5ceeac08af48642095e8b6c4d6fa7d0f2799fb22;hpb=4a30c5e28b85d674d30ce7fc49c905cff62b5d0e;p=paraslash.git diff --git a/web/manual.m4 b/web/manual.m4 index 5ceeac08..55bb49a6 100644 --- a/web/manual.m4 +++ b/web/manual.m4 @@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ The paraslash executables *para_server* -para_server streams binary audio data (MP3, OGG/Vorbis, OGG/Speex, -M4A, WMA files) over local and/or remote networks. It listens on a -TCP port and accepts commands such as play, stop, pause, next from -authenticated clients. There are many more commands though, see the -man page of para_server for a description of all commands. +para_server streams binary audio data (MP3, ...) over local and/or +remote networks. It listens on a TCP port and accepts commands such +as play, stop, pause, next from authenticated clients. There are +many more commands though, see the man page of para_server for a +description of all commands. It supports three built-in network streaming protocols (senders/receivers): HTTP, DCCP, or UDP. This is explained in more @@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ output plug-in and optional WAV/raw players for ALSA (Linux) and for coreaudio (Mac OS). para_write can also be used as a stand-alone WAV or raw audio player. +*para_play* + +A command line audio player. *para_gui* @@ -199,8 +202,16 @@ REFERENCE(Quick start, set up) a typical server and client. Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~ +For the impatient: + + git clone git://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/osl + cd osl && make && sudo make install && sudo ldconfig + sudo apt-get install autoconf libssl-dev help2man gengetopt \ + libmad0-dev libid3tag0-dev libasound2-dev libvorbis-dev \ + libfaad-dev libspeex-dev libFLAC-dev libsamplerate-dev \ + libasound2-dev libao-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev -In any case you'll need +Detailed description: In any case you'll need - XREFERENCE(http://systemlinux.org/~maan/osl/, libosl). The _object storage layer_ library is used by para_server. To @@ -264,6 +275,10 @@ Optional: or decode files encoded with the _Free Lossless Audio Codec_, libFLAC (libFLAC-dev) must be installed. + - XREFERENCE(http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/index.html, + libsamplerate). The resample filter will only be compiled if + this library is installed. Debian package: libsamplerate-dev. + - XREFERENCE(ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/, alsa-lib). On Linux, you'll need to have ALSA's development package libasound2-dev installed. @@ -272,9 +287,13 @@ Optional: libao). Needed to build the ao writer (ESD, PulseAudio,...). Debian package: libao-dev. + - XREFERENCE(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses, curses). Needed + for para_gui. Debian package: libncurses-dev. + - XREFERENCE(http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html, GNU Readline). If this library (libreadline-dev) is installed, - para_client and para_audioc support interactive sessions. + para_client, para_audioc and para_play support interactive + sessions. Installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -387,7 +406,7 @@ the directory /var/paraslash that has been created during installation: sudo chown $LOGNAME /var/paraslash -Alternatively, use the --afs_socket Option to specify a different +Alternatively, use the --afs-socket Option to specify a different location for the AFS command socket. For this first try, we'll use the info loglevel to make the output @@ -573,7 +592,7 @@ The user_list file At startup para_server reads the user list file which contains one line per user. The default location of the user list file may be -changed with the --user_list option. +changed with the --user-list option. There should be at least one user in this file. Each user must have an RSA key pair. The public part of the key is needed by para_server @@ -620,7 +639,7 @@ restricted on platforms that support UNIX socket credentials which allow para_audiod to obtain the Unix credentials of the connecting process. -Use para_audiod's --user_allow option to allow connections only for +Use para_audiod's --user-allow option to allow connections only for a limited set of users. ----------------------- @@ -1751,7 +1770,7 @@ a curses window. By default the command para_audioc -- stat -p -is executed, but this can be customized via the --stat_cmd option. In +is executed, but this can be customized via the --stat-cmd option. In particular it possible to use para_client -- stat -p