X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=web%2Fmanual.m4;h=5ceeac08af48642095e8b6c4d6fa7d0f2799fb22;hb=4a30c5e28b85d674d30ce7fc49c905cff62b5d0e;hp=5a348bb93fc70655889191c134dbb09db619b3e4;hpb=52606631ce6f522eb7d89bc0e61509979b155a55;p=paraslash.git diff --git a/web/manual.m4 b/web/manual.m4 index 5a348bb9..5ceeac08 100644 --- a/web/manual.m4 +++ b/web/manual.m4 @@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ interactive sessions on systems with libreadline. 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* @@ -159,11 +165,7 @@ for audio volume. 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* @@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ can be added easily. *para_fade* -An (OSS-only) alarm clock and volume-fader. +An alarm clock and volume-fader for OSS and ALSA. ----------- Quick start