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 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
-		- plm (playlist manager)
-		- 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.
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+
+	* Runs on Linux, Mac OS, FreeBSD and probably other Unixes.
+	* mp3, oggvorbis, aac(m4a) support
+	* local or remote http, dccp, and ortp network audio streaming
+	* volume normalizer
+	* stream grabbing at any point in the filter chain
+	* stand-alone command line receiver/decoder/normalizer/player
+	* sophisticated audio file selectors (mysql, random, playlist)
+	* 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 the modular design
+	* various user interfaces and utilities:
+		* para_gui. Curses based interface to easily control server and
+		  client
+		* para_sdl_gui. Shows images on a per song basis and can be used
+		   as a screen saver.
+		* para_krell. A gkrellm2 plugin
+		* para_slider. User-friendly stream creator
+		* para_dbadm. Simple curses interface for changing attributes.
+		* para_fade. volume fader and alarm clock.