paraslash 0.2.12

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 Features
 ========
 
 Features
 ========
 

-configurable audio streaming software
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+configurable audio streaming software:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg files) over
        para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg files) over

-       local or remote networks. It contains two built-in streamers:
-       the http streamer and the ortp streamer.
+       local and/or remote networks. It supports three builtin
+       streaming methods (senders): http, dccp, or rtp.

 
        para_audiod runs on the client side and connects to
 
        para_audiod runs on the client side and connects to

-       para_server. The audio stream is read back and sent through
-       any of paraslash's filters (mp3 decoder, ogg vorbis decoder,
-       volume normalizer,...) and the resulting stream is written to
-       an external program's standard in, usually an audio player,
-       like para_play that uses alsa. It is possible to grab the
-       stream at any position in the filter chain.
+       para_server. The audio stream is read from the network and
+       sent through any of paraslash's filters (mp3 decoder, ogg
+       vorbis decoder, volume normalizer,...). The resulting stream
+       is written to an external program's standard in, usually an
+       audio player like para_write, which comes with paraslash and
+       contains an alsa player.  It is possible to capture the stream
+       at any position in the filter chain.

 
        The receiving/filtering software is also available as
 
        The receiving/filtering software is also available as

-       standalone command line tool: para_recv grabs the http or ortp
-       stream and writes to stdout; para_filter reads from stdin,
-       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.
+       standalone command line tool: para_recv reads the stream and
+       writes to stdout; para_filter reads from stdin, converts the
+       stream according to the given --filter command line options
+       and writes the transformed stream to stdout.
+
+configurable audio file selectors:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+       There are three audio file selectors available: random,
+       playlist and 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
 
 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
-       under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller.
-
-command line interface, including shell:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-       para_client without arguments starts interactive (shell)
-       mode. Otherwise, command is sent to para_server directly
-       and output is dumped to stdout. This can be used by any
-       scripting language to produce user interfaces with very little
-       programming effort.
+       with all its features compiled in (mysql/random/playlist
+       selector, mp3/ogg support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 110K
+       on i386 under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller.
+
+command line interface:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+       paraslash commands are sent to para_server and the response is
+       dumped to stdout. This can be used by any scripting language
+       to produce user interfaces with little programming effort.

 
 authentication/encryption via openssl:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 authentication/encryption via openssl:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~