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authorManuel Bachmann <manuel.bachmann@iot.bzh>2016-05-30 12:00:09 +0200
committerManuel Bachmann <manuel.bachmann@iot.bzh>2016-05-30 12:00:09 +0200
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Add basic documentation for plugins
Signed-off-by: Manuel Bachmann <manuel.bachmann@iot.bzh>
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+<html>
+<head>
+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="doc.css">
+ <meta charset="UTF-8">
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>Overview of plugins shipped with AFB-Daemon</h1>
+
+<pre><code>Version: 1
+Date: 30 May 2016
+Author: Manuel Bachmann
+</code></pre>
+
+<h2>List of plugins</h2>
+
+<p>Here are the plugins shipped in the source tree:
+ * Audio <em>(2 backends: ALSA/PulseAudio)</em>
+ * Radio <em>(1 backend: RTLSDR RTL2832U)</em>
+ * Media <em>(1 backend: Rygel UPnP)</em></p>
+
+<p>All plugins may not be built, depending on the development libraries present on the system at build time.</p>
+
+<h2>Detail of plugins</h2>
+
+<p>### Audio</p>
+
+<p>A sample Audio plugin with 2 backends:
+ * ALSA (mandatory)
+ * PulseAudio (optional)</p>
+
+<p><em>(if PulseAudio development libraries are not found at build time, only ALSA will be available)</em></p>
+
+<p><em>(if a PulseAudio server is not found at runtime, the plugin will dynamically fall back to ALSA)</em></p>
+
+<p><em>(a specifc backend can be forced by using this syntax before running afb-daemon : <strong>$ export AFB</em>AUDIO<em>OUTPUT=Alsa</strong>)</em></p>
+
+<p>This plugin is able to initialize a specific soundcard, define volume levels, channels (mono/stereo...), mute sound, and play a 22,050 Hz PCM stream.</p>
+
+<p>Sample applications: <strong><a href="https://github.com/iotbzh/afb-radio">afb-radio</a></strong></p>
+
+<p>### Radio</p>
+
+<p>A sample AM/FM Radio plugin with 1 backend:
+ * RTLSDR - Realtek RTL2832U dongles (mandatory)</p>
+
+<p><em>(if rtlsdr development libraries are not found at build time, this plugin will not be built)</em></p>
+
+<p>This plugin is able to initialize specific RTL2832U dongles, switch between AM/FM modes, define frequency, mute sound, and play sound (by using the <strong>audio</strong> plugin).</p>
+
+<p>Sample applications: <strong><a href="https://github.com/iotbzh/afb-radio">afb-radio</a></strong></p>
+
+<p>### Media</p>
+
+<p>A sample Media Server plugin with 1 backend:
+ * Rygel</p>
+
+<p><em>(if GUPnP/GSSDP development libraries are not fund at build time, this plugin will not be built)</em></p>
+
+<p>This plugin is able to detect a local Rygel UPnP media server, list audio files, select an audio file for playback, play/pause/seek in this file, upload an audio file to the server.</p>
+
+<p>Sample applications: <strong><a href="https://github.com/iotbzh/afb-radio">afb-radio</a></strong></p>
+</body>
+</html>
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+# Overview of plugins shipped with AFB-Daemon
+ Version: 1
+ Date: 30 May 2016
+ Author: Manuel Bachmann
+
+## List of plugins
+ Here are the plugins shipped in the source tree:
+ * Audio _(2 backends: ALSA/PulseAudio)_
+ * Radio _(1 backend: RTLSDR RTL2832U)_
+ * Media _(1 backend: Rygel UPnP)_
+
+All plugins may not be built, depending on the development libraries present on the system at build time.
+
+## Detail of plugins
+
+ ### Audio
+
+A sample Audio plugin with 2 backends:
+ * ALSA (mandatory)
+ * PulseAudio (optional)
+
+_(if PulseAudio development libraries are not found at build time, only ALSA will be available)_
+
+_(if a PulseAudio server is not found at runtime, the plugin will dynamically fall back to ALSA)_
+
+_(a specifc backend can be forced by using this syntax before running afb-daemon : **$ export AFB_AUDIO_OUTPUT=Alsa**)_
+
+This plugin is able to initialize a specific soundcard, define volume levels, channels (mono/stereo...), mute sound, and play a 22,050 Hz PCM stream.
+
+Sample applications: **[afb-radio](https://github.com/iotbzh/afb-radio)**
+
+ ### Radio
+
+A sample AM/FM Radio plugin with 1 backend:
+ * RTLSDR - Realtek RTL2832U dongles (mandatory)
+
+_(if rtlsdr development libraries are not found at build time, this plugin will not be built)_
+
+This plugin is able to initialize specific RTL2832U dongles, switch between AM/FM modes, define frequency, mute sound, and play sound (by using the **audio** plugin).
+
+Sample applications: **[afb-radio](https://github.com/iotbzh/afb-radio)**
+
+ ### Media
+
+A sample Media Server plugin with 1 backend:
+ * Rygel
+
+_(if GUPnP/GSSDP development libraries are not fund at build time, this plugin will not be built)_
+
+This plugin is able to detect a local Rygel UPnP media server, list audio files, select an audio file for playback, play/pause/seek in this file, upload an audio file to the server.
+
+Sample applications: **[afb-radio](https://github.com/iotbzh/afb-radio)**
+