-configurable audio streaming software
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- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
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+configurable audio streaming software:
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+
+para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg/m4a files) over 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_server. The
+audio stream is read from the network and sent through any of
+paraslash's filters (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/playing software is also available as
+standalone command line tool: para_recv, para_filter, and para_write.
+
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