README: Mention the name of some debian packages

[paraslash.git] / README

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@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ It contains the following programs:
 
 - para_server (obligatory):
 
 
 - para_server (obligatory):
 

-        This server listens on a specified tcp port and accepts the
-        usual commands such as play, stop, pause, next. However, there
-        are many more commands.
+       This server listens on a tcp port and accepts commands such as
+       play, stop, pause, next. However, there are many more commands.

 
        For audio streaming, at least one sender must be activated.
        At the moment, paraslash contains two internal senders:
 
        For audio streaming, at least one sender must be activated.
        At the moment, paraslash contains two internal senders:


@@ -25,20 +24,19 @@ It contains the following programs:
        All senders have the same set of commands that allow to
        control the access permissions of the stream.
 
        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 two database tools
-       available: mysql and random. The former is recommended as
-       the random database tool is only meant as a fallback and
-       as a starting point for people that want to write their own
-       database tool for paraslash.
+       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
+       playlists. Both are always supported.

 
 

-       The 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 database tool 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_client (obligatory):
 

-        The client program to connect to para_server.
+       The client program to connect to para_server.

 
 - para_recv (optional)
 
 
 - para_recv (optional)
 


@@ -59,6 +57,7 @@ It contains the following programs:
 - para_play (optional)
 
        A small wav/raw player for alsa.
 - para_play (optional)
 
        A small wav/raw player for alsa.

+       Debian package: libasound2-dev

 
 - para_audiod (optional, but recommended):
 
 
 - para_audiod (optional, but recommended):
 


@@ -165,6 +164,8 @@ If you want to stream ogg vorbis files you'll need:
 
                http://www.xiph.org/downloads/
 
 
                http://www.xiph.org/downloads/
 

+Debian packages: libogg-dev libvorbis-dev
+

 Note that para_audiod still works even if neither mp3 nor ogg support
 was compiled in. You'll have to use the --no_default_filters option
 in this case (and e.g. "mpg123 -" as the stream write command).
 Note that para_audiod still works even if neither mp3 nor ogg support
 was compiled in. You'll have to use the --no_default_filters option
 in this case (and e.g. "mpg123 -" as the stream write command).