Copyright (C) 2003 W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org>

dmapd is A server that provides DAAP (i.e., iTunes) and DPAP (e.g., iPhoto) shares

= OVERVIEW =================================================================
	
The dmapd project provides a GObject-based, Open Source implementation 
of DMAP sharing with the following features:

 o Support for both DAAP (e.g., iTunes audio & video sharing) and DPAP 
 (e.g., iPhoto sharing)

 o Support for realtime transcoding of media formats not natively 
 supported by clients

 o Support for many metadata formats, such as those associated with Ogg 
 Vorbis and MP3 (e.g., ID3)

 o Detection of video streams so that clients may play them as video

 o Use of GStreamer to support a wide range of audio and video CODECs

 o Caching of photograph thumbnails to avoid regenerating them each time 
 the server restarts

Any client that supports DAAP or DPAP may play media made available 
by dmapd. This includes software clients — such as iTunes, iPhoto 
and Rhythmbox — and hardware devices — such as the Roku SoundBridge.

= BUILDING =================================================================

To build, cross your fingers and try...

 1. ./configure
 2. make
 3. make install

Read the ``INSTALL'' file for generic detailed information on installing
this program.
	