X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FEATURES;h=5075246344ef13fc876934e8fcf81e5bc1f2460f;hp=bad8110d8dc4d631039252665af177d8192b137f;hb=695086cebfe6e44e61a6d11e64128c1f5d60fd4b;hpb=019a4caa2bf9232c7efd84ffe7424994de6358fb diff --git a/FEATURES b/FEATURES index bad8110d..50752463 100644 --- a/FEATURES +++ b/FEATURES @@ -1,84 +1,25 @@ Features ======== -configurable audio streaming software: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg files) over - local or remote networks. It contains two built-in streamers: - the http streamer and the ortp streamer. - - para_audiod runs on the client side and connects to - para_server. The audio stream is read back and sent through - any of paraslash's filters (mp3 decoder, ogg vorbis decoder, - volume normalizer,...) and the resulting stream is written to - an external program's standard in, usually an audio player, - like para_play that uses alsa. It is possible to grab the - stream at any position in the filter chain. - - The receiving/filtering software is also available as - standalone command line tool: para_recv grabs the http or ortp - stream and writes to stdout; para_filter reads from stdin, - converts the stream according to the given --filter command - line options and writes the transformed stream to stdout. - -configurable audio file selectors: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - There are three audio file selectors available: - - - random - - playlist - - mysql - - The first two of these are rather simple, and they are always - supported. They allow streaming of randomly selected files - or files given by a playlist respectively. - - The (optional) mysql selector is more involved. It manages - statistics on your audio files and audio file selection is - done by sending a user-defined sql-query to the mysql server. - This allows rather sophisticated configurations and is - explained in detail in README.mysql. - - It is possible to switch between all supported selectors at - any time. - -small memory footprint: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - paraslash is lightweight. The stripped binary of para_server - with all its features compiled in (mysql/random dbtool, - mp3/ogg support, http/ortp support) is about 110K on i386 - under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller. - -command line interface, including shell: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - para_client without arguments starts interactive (shell) - mode. Otherwise, command is sent to para_server directly - and output is dumped to stdout. This can be used by any - scripting language to produce user interfaces with very little - programming effort. - -authentication/encryption via openssl: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 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/encryption. - -various user interfaces and utilities: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - o para_gui. Curses based interface, displays information in a - curses window and can be used to easily control para_server - and para_audiod. - - o para_sdl_gui. Shows pictures (on a per song basis) and - other information about the current audio file. Can be used - as a screen saver. - - o para_krell. A gkrellm2 plugin that shows small pics and is - able to launch 27 different commands by clicking on the image. - - o para_slider. User-friendly stream creator for people who - don't like their keyboard. - - o para_dbadm. Simple curses interface for changing attributes. - - o para_fade. Simple volume fader and alarm clock. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + * Runs on Linux, Mac OS, FreeBSD, NetBSB, Solaris and probably other + Unixes. + * mp3, oggvorbis, aac(m4a) support + * local or remote http, dccp, and ortp network audio streaming + * IPv6 support + * volume normalizer + * stream grabbing at any point in the filter chain + * stand-alone command line receiver/decoder/normalizer/player + * sophisticated audio file selector + * small memory footprint + * command line interface for easy scripting in high-level languages + * RSA user authentication + * encrypted communications + * GPL licensed + * written in C + * well documented + * complete API-Reference + * easily extendible due to its modular design + * curses-based gui + * volume fader and alarm clock.