### para_write ###
A modular audio stream writer. It supports a simple file writer
-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.
+output plug-in and optional WAV/raw players for ALSA (Linux) and OSS.
+para_write can also be used as a stand-alone WAV or raw audio player.
### para_play ###
you need libogg, libvorbis, libvorbisfile. The corresponding Debian
packages are called `libogg-dev` and `libvorbis-dev`.
-- [libfaad](http://www.audiocoding.com/). For aac files (m4a) you
-need libfaad (`libfaad-dev`).
+- [libfaad and mp4ff](http://www.audiocoding.com/). For aac files
+(m4a) you need libfaad and libmp4ff (package: `libfaad-dev`). Note
+that for some distributions, e.g. Ubuntu, mp4ff is not part of the
+libfaad package. Install the faad library from sources (available
+through the above link) to get the mp4ff library and header files.
- [speex](http://www.speex.org/). In order to stream or decode speex
files, libspeex (`libspeex-dev`) is required.
also limited. For example only one application can open the device
at any time. The OSS writer is activated by default on BSD Systems.
-- *OSX*. Mac OS X has yet another API called CoreAudio. The OSX writer
-for this API is only compiled in on such systems and is of course
-the default there.
-
- *FILE*. The file writer allows to capture the audio stream and
write the PCM data to a file on the file system rather than playing
it through a sound device. It is supported on all platforms and is