All senders have the same set of commands that allow to
control the access permissions of the stream.
- para_server needs a "database tool" to work, mainly to
- determine which song to stream next. There are three such
- tools available: random, plm and mysql. The former chooses
- audio files randomly and plm, the playlist manager, can handle
+ para_server needs an "audio file selector" to work, mainly
+ to determine which song to stream next. There are three
+ selectors available: random, playlist and mysql. The former
+ chooses audio files randomly and playlist can handle, well,
playlists. Both are always supported.
- The (optional) mysql database tool connects to a mysql server
- which holds information on your audio files. It has several
- unusual features, see README.mysql for details.
+ The optional mysql selector connects to a mysql server which
+ holds information on your audio files. It has several unusual
+ features, see README.mysql for details.
- para_client (obligatory):
- para_gui (optional, but recommended):
- Themable ncurses-based gui. It calls para_audioc and presents
- the obtained information in an ncurses window. para_gui
- provides key-bindings for the most common commands and new
- key-bindings can be added easily.
+ Themable ncurses-based gui. It calls para_audioc and presents
+ the obtained information in an ncurses window. para_gui
+ provides key-bindings for the most common commands and new
+ key-bindings can be added easily.
- para_sdl_gui (optional):
- SDL-based gui. Similar to para_gui but presents its output in
- an X window (fullscreen mode is also available) and can display
- jpg images on a per song basis. para_sdl_gui provides an input
- prompt to enter arbitrary commands. However, it can also be used
- non-interactively (e.g. as a screen saver) via the -i switch.
+ SDL-based gui. Similar to para_gui but presents its output
+ in an X window (fullscreen mode is also available) and can
+ display jpg images on a per song basis. para_sdl_gui provides
+ an input prompt to enter arbitrary commands. However, it
+ can also be used non-interactively (e.g. as a screen saver)
+ via the -i switch.
-- para_krell (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql dbtool):
+- para_krell (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql selector):
A plugin for gkrellm which shows small pictures of the
current song. It allows you to launch 27 different commands
A (Linux-only) alarm clock and volume-fader.
-- para_dbadm (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql dbtool):
+- para_dbadm (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql selector):
Very simple curses-based frontend which uses libmenu. Useful
for quickly changing the attributes of the current song
(e.g. from para_gui as an external command).
-- para_slider (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql dbtool):
+- para_slider (optional, only useful in conjunction with the mysql selector):
A small X application which shows a scrollbar for each
attribute defined in the mysql database. It creates a stream
- software mixing, e.g. ALSA and the direct mixing plugin (dmix)
-If you want to use the mysql-based dbtool (recommended), you also need
+If you want to use the mysql-based audio file selector, you also need
- mysql-server
- mysql-client
LIMITATIONS:
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-The mysql database tool assumes that the basenames of your audio files
-are unique. If this is not the case, don't use this database tool,
-rename your files, or create your own database tool.
+The mysql selector assumes that the basenames of your audio files are
+unique. If this is not the case, don't use this selector, rename your
+files, or create your own one.
THE AUTHOR:
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