X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=web%2Fmanual.m4;h=5ceeac08af48642095e8b6c4d6fa7d0f2799fb22;hp=56ee3469fbe666dda6ef470644ec18c3b86715e2;hb=4a30c5e28b85d674d30ce7fc49c905cff62b5d0e;hpb=b84e3757cf3d98fc02f407963a523bbda477aebe diff --git a/web/manual.m4 b/web/manual.m4 index 56ee3469..5ceeac08 100644 --- a/web/manual.m4 +++ b/web/manual.m4 @@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ interactive sessions on systems with libreadline. A command line HTTP/DCCP/UDP stream grabber. The http mode is compatible with arbitrary HTTP streaming sources (e.g. icecast). +In addition to the three network streaming modes, para_recv can also +operate in local (afh) mode. In this mode it writes the content of +an audio file on the local file system in complete chunks to stdout, +optionally 'just in time'. This allows to cut an audio file without +first decoding it, and it enables third-party software which is unaware +of the particular audio format to send complete frames in real time. *para_filter* @@ -159,11 +165,7 @@ for audio volume. 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. +an array of offsets within the audio file. *para_write*