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, plm and mysql. The former chooses audio
+ files randomly and plm, the playlist manager, can handle
playlists. Both are always supported.
- The (optional) mysql database tool connects to a mysql server
+ 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.
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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