rename mp3.c to mp3_afh.c and ogg.c to ogg_afh.c

[paraslash.git] / FEATURES

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@@ -3,24 +3,22 @@ Features
 
 configurable audio streaming software:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-       para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg files) over
-       local and/or remote networks. It supports three builtin
+       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 (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_play, the alsa player of the paraslash
-       package. 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 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.
+       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.
 
 configurable audio file selectors:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -32,8 +30,8 @@ configurable audio file selectors:
        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.
+       statistics on your audio files, and audio file selection works
+       by sending a user-defined sql-query to the mysql server.
        This allows rather sophisticated configurations and is
        explained in detail in README.mysql.
 
@@ -44,22 +42,22 @@ small memory footprint:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        paraslash is lightweight. The stripped binary of para_server
        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.
+       selector, mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is
+       about 120K 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.
+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:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        All connections between para_server and para_client are
        encrypted by default.  For each user of paraslash you must
-       create a public/secret key pair for authentication/encryption.
+       create a public/secret key pair for authentication. The
+       (authenticated) connection is crypted with a symmetric rc4
+       session key.
 
 various user interfaces and utilities:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~