From: Andre <maan@p133.(none)> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:26:02 +0000 (+0200) Subject: FEATURES: reformat to grutatext-friendly style X-Git-Tag: v0.2.14~63^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0a561aeb03da4454167713b33ded01e268eae614;p=paraslash.git FEATURES: reformat to grutatext-friendly style --- diff --git a/FEATURES b/FEATURES index e544d625..b4d3ae32 100644 --- a/FEATURES +++ b/FEATURES @@ -2,79 +2,81 @@ Features ======== configurable audio streaming software: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg/m4a 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 (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/playing software is also available - as standalone command line tool: para_recv, para_filter, - and para_write. +-------------------------------------- + +para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg/m4a 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 (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/playing software is also available as +standalone command line tool: para_recv, para_filter, and para_write. configurable audio file selectors: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - There are three audio file selectors available: random, - playlist and mysql +---------------------------------- + +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 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 works - by sending a user-defined sql-query to the mysql server. - This allows rather sophisticated configurations and is - explained in detail in README.mysql. +The (optional) mysql selector is more involved. It manages +statistics on your audio files, and audio file selection works 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. +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/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is - about 120K on i386 under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller. +----------------------- + +paraslash is lightweight. The stripped binary of para_server with +all its features compiled in (mysql/random/playlist selector, +mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 120K 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. +----------------------- + +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. The - (authenticated) connection is crypted with a symmetric rc4 - session key. +-------------------------------------- + +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. The (authenticated) connection is crypted +with a symmetric rc4 session key. 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. +-------------------------------------- + +* 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. +* 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. +* 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. +* para_slider. User-friendly stream creator for people who +don't like their keyboard. - o para_dbadm. Simple curses interface for changing attributes. +* para_dbadm. Simple curses interface for changing attributes. - o para_fade. Simple volume fader and alarm clock. +* para_fade. Simple volume fader and alarm clock.