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 Features
 ========
 
-configurable audio streaming software:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-	para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg files) over
-	local and/or remote networks. It supports three builtin
-	streaming methods (senders): http, dccp, or rtp.
-
-	para_audiod runs on the client side and connects to
-	para_server. The audio stream is read from the network and
-	sent through any of paraslash's filters (mp3 decoder, ogg
-	vorbis decoder, volume normalizer,...). The resulting stream
-	is written to an external program's standard in, usually an
-	audio player like para_write, which comes with paraslash and
-	contains an alsa player.  It is possible to capture the stream
-	at any position in the filter chain.
-
-	The receiving/filtering software is also available as
-	standalone command line tool: para_recv reads the 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 and 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/playlist
-	selector, mp3/ogg support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 110K
-	on i386 under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller.
-
-command line interface:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-	paraslash commands are sent to para_server and the response is
-	dumped to stdout. This can be used by any scripting language
-	to produce user interfaces with 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, Solaris 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 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.