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authorPaul W. Frields <stickster@gmail.com>2010-02-20 16:00:09 -0500
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A PulseAudio based podcasting application
Thanks to Harry Karvonen for his Python ctypes-based bindings for
-PulseAudio.
+PulseAudio. Thanks also to Jürgen Geuter for helping me understand
+distutils and contributing some fixes.
+
INSTRUCTIONS
============
-This project is only in its infancy right now. There is much that is
-broken or missing. For now, 'cd' to the top of this project and then
-run the following command to try it out:
+If you are looking at the source, 'cd' to the top of this project and
+then run the following command to try it out:
-$ cd src
+$ cd pulsecaster
$ python ui.py
+
+INSTALLING
+==========
+
+The easiest way to use this application is to simply install it using
+your platform's preferred tool set. To install it using Fedora, run
+the folowing command:
+
+ pkcon install pulsecaster
+
+To install it on another flavor of Linux, check the documentation for
+your particular distribution.
+
+To install directly from this source code, use the handy "distutils"
+script that's provided:
+
+$ python setup.py build
+$ python setup.py install
+
+
GSTREAMER
=========
The pipeline for capturing from a running PulseAudio source:
@@ -21,3 +42,6 @@ gst-launch pulsesrc device-name='<NAME>' \
! vorbisenc quality=0.5 \
! oggmux \
! filesink location=foo.ogg
+
+
+-*- coding: utf-8 -*- \ No newline at end of file