accepts commands such as play, stop, pause, next from authenticated
clients. However, there are many more commands.
-It supports three builtin network streaming methods (senders): http, dccp,
-or rtp.
+It supports three built-in network streaming methods (senders): http, dccp,
+or udp.
* The http sender is recommended for public streams that can be played
by any player like mpg123, xmms, itunes, winamp...
- * The dccp sender requires kernel support for the rather new datagram
- congestion control protocol.
+ * The dccp sender requires kernel support for the datagram congestion
+ control protocol.
- * The ortp sender is recommended for multicast LAN streaming.
+ * The udp sender is recommended for multicast LAN streaming.
It is possible to activate more than one sender simultaneously.
* attributes. Allow fine-grained audio file selection.
- * image table. For storage of e.g. album cover art.
+ * image table. For storing e.g. album cover art.
- * lyrics table. For storage of lyrics.
+ * lyrics table. For storing lyrics.
- * playlist table. Stores arbitrary many playlists.
+ * playlist table. Stores arbitrary many playlists for later use.
* mood mode. Audio file selection works by specifying mood
methods involving attributes, pattern matching for file names
Despite of all these features, paraslash is lightweight. The
stripped binary of para_server with all its features compiled in
-mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 150K on i386
+mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/udp support) is about 160K on i386
under Linux. para_audiod (see below) is even smaller.
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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. The (authenticated) connection is encrypted
-with a symmetric rc4 session key.
+RSA key pair for authentication. The authenticated connection is
+encrypted with a symmetric rc4 session key.
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para_recv
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-A command line http/dccp/rtp stream grabber. The http mode of this tool
-can be used to receive data from any http streaming source.
+A command line http/dccp/udp stream grabber. The http mode of this
+tool can be used to receive data from any http streaming source.
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para_filter
para_filter combines several decoders (mp3, oggvorbis, aac) and a
volume normalizer. New filters can be added easily. It is possible
-to "chain" any number of filters, like unix pipes.
+to "chain" any number of filters, like UNIX pipes.
para_filter does not depend on other parts of paraslash, so it can
-be used as a stand-alone command line tool for audio decoding.
+be used as a stand-alone command line tool for audio decoding and
+volume normalization.
+
+--------
+para_afh
+--------
+
+A small stand-alone program that prints tech info about the given
+audio file to stdout. It can be instructed to print a "chunk table",
+an array of offsets within the audio file or to write the content of
+the audio file in complete chunks 'just in time'.
+
+This allows third-party streaming software that is unaware of
+the particular audio format to send complete frames in real
+time. Currently, mp3, ogg vorbis and aac are supported.
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para_write
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A modular audio stream writer. It supports a simple file writer
-output plug-in and optional wav/raw players for alsa (linux-only,
-Debian package: libasound2-dev) and Mac OS. para_write can also be
-used as a stand-alone wav or raw audio player.
+output plug-in and optional wav/raw players for ALSA (Linux) and for
+coreaudio (Mac OS). para_write can also be used as a stand-alone wav
+or raw audio player.
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para_audiod
The local daemon that collects information from para_server.
It runs on the client side and connects to para_server. As soon as
-para_server announces the availability (and the type) of an audio
-stream, para_audiod starts an appropriate receiver, any number of
-filters and a paraslash writer to play the stream. It is possible to
-capture the stream at any position in the filter chain.
+para_server announces the availability of an audio stream, para_audiod
+starts an appropriate receiver, any number of filters and a paraslash
+writer to play the stream. It is possible to capture the stream at
+any position in the filter chain.
Moreover, para_audiod listens on a local socket and sends status
information about para_server and para_audiod to local clients on
para_audioc
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-The client program which talks with para_audiod. Used to control
+The client program which talks to para_audiod. Used to control
para_audiod, to receive status info, or to grab the stream at any
point in the filter chain.
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