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+include(header.m4)
+define(CURRENT_PROGRAM,para_server)
+define(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE,~/.paraslash/server.conf)
+
+<qu>
+#########################
+section "General options"
+#########################
+</qu>
+
+include(loglevel.m4)
+include(log_timing.m4)
+include(color.m4)
+include(daemon.m4)
+include(user.m4)
+include(group.m4)
+
+<qu>
+option "port" p
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"listening port"
+int typestr="portnumber"
+default="2990"
+optional
+details="
+ para_server listens on this tcp port for incoming connections
+ from clients such as para_client. If the default port is
+ changed, the corresponding option of para_client must be used
+ to connect to para_server.
+"
+
+#############################
+section "Configuration files"
+#############################
+</qu>
+
+include(logfile.m4)
+include(config_file.m4)
+
+<qu>
+option "user_list" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"(default='~/.paraslash/server.users')"
+
+string typestr="filename"
+optional
+
+
+##################################
+section "virtual streaming system"
+##################################
+
+
+option "autoplay" a
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"start playing on startup"
+flag off
+
+option "autoplay_delay" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"time to wait before streaming"
+int typestr="ms"
+default="0"
+optional
+dependon="autoplay"
+details="
+ If para_server is started with the autoplay option, this option
+ may be used to set up a delay before para_server streams its
+ first audio file. This is useful for example if para_server
+ and para_audiod are started during system startup. The delay
+ time should be choosen large enough so that para_audiod is
+ already up when para_server starts to stream. Of course, this
+ option depends on the autoplay option.
+"
+option "announce_time" A
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"grace time for clients"
+
+int typestr="ms"
+default="300"
+optional
+details="
+ Clients such as para_audiod connect to para_server and execute
+ the stat command to find out whether an audio stream is
+ currently available. This sets the delay betweeen announcing
+ the stream via the output of the stat command and sending
+ the first chunk of data.
+"
+
+#############################
+section "audio file selector"
+#############################
+
+option "afs_database_dir" D
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"location of the database"
+string typestr="path"
+optional
+details="
+ Where para_server should look for the osl database of the audio
+ file selector. The default is '~/.paraslash/afs_database-0.4'.
+"
+
+option "afs_socket" s
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"Command socket for afs"
+string typestr="path"
+default="/var/paraslash/afs_command_socket-0.4"
+optional
+details="
+ For each server command that is handled by the audio file
+ selector, the child process of para_server connects to the
+ audio file selector via a local socket. This option specifies
+ the location of that socket in the file system.
+"
+option "afs_initial_mode" i
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+"Mood or playlist to load on startup."
+string typestr="<specifier>/<name>"
+optional
+
+details="
+ The argument of this option must be prefixed with either 'p/'
+ or 'm/' to indicate whether a playlist or a mood should be
+ loaded. Example:
+ --afs_initial_mode p/foo
+ loads the playlist named 'foo'.
+"
+
+#####################
+section "http sender"
+#####################
+
+
+option "http_port" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"tcp port for http streaming"
+int typestr="portnumber"
+default="8000"
+optional
+details="
+ The http sender of para_server listens on this port for
+ incoming connections. Clients are expected to send the usual
+ http request message such as 'GET / HTTP/'.
+"
+
+option "http_default_deny" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"make the http ACL a whitelist"
+flag off
+details="
+ The default is to use blacklists instead, i.e. connections
+ to the http sender are allowed unless the connecting host
+ matches a pattern given by a http_access option. This allows
+ to use access control the other way round: Connections are
+ denied from hosts which are not explicitly allowed by one or
+ more http_access options.
+"
+
+option "http_access" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"add an entry to the http ACL"
+string typestr="a.b.c.d/n"
+optional
+multiple
+details="
+ Add given host/network to access control list (whitelist if
+ http_default_deny was given, blacklist otherwise) before
+ opening the tcp port. This option can be given multiple
+ times. Example: '192.168.0.0/24' whitelists/blacklists the
+ 256 hosts 192.168.0.x
+"
+
+option "http_no_autostart" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"do not open tcp port on startup"
+flag off
+details="
+ If this option is given, the http sender does not listen on
+ its tcp port. It may be instructed to open this port at a
+ later time by using the sender command.
+"
+
+option "http_max_clients" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"maximal number of connections"
+int typestr="number"
+default="-1"
+optional
+details="
+ The http sender will refuse connections if already that number
+ of clients are currently connected. A non-positive value
+ (the default) allows an unlimited number of simultaneous
+ connections.
+"
+
+#####################
+section "dccp sender"
+#####################
+
+
+option "dccp_port" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"port for dccp streaming"
+int typestr="portnumber"
+default="8000"
+optional
+details="
+ See http_port for details.
+"
+
+option "dccp_default_deny" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"make the dccp ACL a whitelist"
+flag off
+details="
+ See http_default_deny for details.
+"
+
+option "dccp_access" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"add an entry to the dccp ACL"
+string typestr="a.b.c.d/n"
+optional
+multiple
+details="
+ See http_access for details.
+"
+
+option "dccp_max_clients" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"maximal number of connections"
+int typestr="number"
+default="-1"
+optional
+details="
+ See http_max_clients for details.
+"
+
+option "dccp_max_slice_size" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"Upper bound for the FEC slice size"
+int typestr = "size"
+optional
+default = "0"
+details = "
+ If this value is non-positive (the default) the dccp sender
+ uses the maximum packet size (MPS) of the connection as the
+ slice size. The MPS is a network parameter and depends on
+ the path maximum transmission unit (path MTU) of an incoming
+ connection, i.e. on the largest packet size that can be
+ transmitted without causing fragmentation.
+
+ This option allows to use a value less than the MPS in order
+ to fine-tune application performance. Values greater than
+ the MPS of an incoming connection can not be set.
+"
+
+option "dccp_data_slices_per_group" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"The number of non-redundant slices per FEC group"
+int typestr = "num"
+optional
+default = "3"
+details = "
+ This determines the number of slices in each FEC group that are
+ necessary to decode the group. The given number must be smaller
+ than the value of the dccp_slices_per_group option below.
+
+ Note that the duration of a FEC group is proportional to the
+ product dccp_max_slice_size * dccp_data_slices_per_group.
+"
+
+option "dccp_slices_per_group" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"The total number of slices per FEC group"
+int typestr = "num"
+optional
+default = "4"
+details = "
+ This value must be larger than the value given for above
+ dccp_data_slices_per_group above. The difference being the
+ number of redundant slices per group, i.e. the number of
+ data packets that may be lost without causing interruptions
+ of the resulting audio stream.
+
+ Increase this value if for lossy networks.
+"
+
+####################
+section "udp sender"
+####################
+
+option "udp_target" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"add udp target with optional port"
+string typestr="host[:port]"
+optional
+multiple
+details="
+ Add given host/port to the list of targets. The 'host' argument
+ can be either an IPv4/v6 address or hostname (RFC 3986 syntax).
+ The 'port' argument is an optional port number. If the 'port'
+ part is absent, the 'udp_default_port' value is used.
+
+ The following examples are possible targets:
+ '10.10.1.2:8000' (host:port); '10.10.1.2' (with default port);
+ '224.0.1.38:1500' (IPv4 multicast); 'localhost:8001' (hostname
+ with port); '[::1]:8001' (IPv6 localhost); '[badc0de::1]' (IPv6
+ host with default port); '[FF00::beef]:1500' (IPv6 multicast).
+
+ This option can be given multiple times, for multiple targets.
+"
+
+option "udp_no_autostart" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"do not start sending"
+flag off
+details="
+ If this option is given, udp streaming may be activated at
+ a later time by using the sender command.
+"
+
+option "udp_default_port" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"udp port to send to"
+int typestr="port"
+default="8000"
+optional
+
+option "udp_mcast_iface" -
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"outgoing udp multicast interface"
+string
+optional
+
+option "udp_header_interval" H
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"duration for sending header"
+int typestr="ms"
+default="2000"
+optional
+details="
+ As the udp sender has no idea about connected clients it
+ sends the audio file header periodically if necessary. This
+ option is used to specify the duration of the interval between
+ sending the header. Shorter values decrease the average time
+ clients have to wait before being able to start playback,
+ but this also increases the amount network traffic. Note
+ that this affects only ogg vorbis streams as this is the only
+ audio format that needs an audio file header.
+"
+
+option "udp_ttl" t
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"set time to live value"
+int typestr="num"
+default="-1"
+optional
+details="
+ This option applies exclusively to multicast UDPv4/v6 streaming.
+
+ For the sending UDPv4 socket it sets the multicast Time-To-Live
+ value to \"num\". Traditional TTL scope values are: 0=host,
+ 1=network, 32=same site, 64=same region, 128=same continent,
+ 255=unrestricted. Please note however that this scoping is not
+ a good solution: RFC 2365 e.g. presents a better alternative.
+
+ When using UDPv6 multicasting, the option sets the number of
+ multicast hops (as described in RFC 3493); a value of -1
+ allows the kernel to auto-select the hop value.
+"
+</qu>