X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=6cf34f2751332c82e630c6c53a3fe887e089129c;hp=7a564f9214318aaf5e15bc4da8f61d1a26cc35d0;hb=3f9051d22fcf6e968259946eaf521ac3daac470e;hpb=3d5fa4321e45e5dff92d9a1aa9a2b3502872043b diff --git a/README b/README index 7a564f92..6cf34f27 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ accepts commands such as play, stop, pause, next from authenticated clients. However, there are many more commands. It supports three built-in network streaming methods (senders): http, dccp, -or rtp. +or udp. * The http sender is recommended for public streams that can be played by any player like mpg123, xmms, itunes, winamp... @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ or rtp. * The dccp sender requires kernel support for the datagram congestion control protocol. - * The ortp sender is recommended for multicast LAN streaming. + * The udp sender is recommended for multicast LAN streaming. It is possible to activate more than one sender simultaneously. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Its features include Despite of all these features, paraslash is lightweight. The stripped binary of para_server with all its features compiled in -mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 160K on i386 +mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/udp support) is about 160K on i386 under Linux. para_audiod (see below) is even smaller. ----------- @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ encrypted with a symmetric rc4 session key. para_recv --------- -A command line http/dccp/ortp stream grabber. The http mode of this +A command line http/dccp/udp stream grabber. The http mode of this tool can be used to receive data from any http streaming source. ----------- @@ -96,6 +96,19 @@ para_filter does not depend on other parts of paraslash, so it can be used as a stand-alone command line tool for audio decoding and volume normalization. +-------- +para_afh +-------- + +A small stand-alone program that prints tech info about the given +audio file to stdout. It can be instructed to print a "chunk table", +an array of offsets within the audio file or to write the content of +the audio file in complete chunks 'just in time'. + +This allows third-party streaming software that is unaware of +the particular audio format to send complete frames in real +time. Currently, mp3, ogg vorbis and aac are supported. + ---------- para_write ---------- @@ -145,7 +158,7 @@ be added easily. para_fade --------- -A (Linux-only) alarm clock and volume-fader. +A (oss-only) alarm clock and volume-fader. --------------- bash_completion