PySol-Sound-Server
                              Version 3.01

             Copyright (C) Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer and others
                         <markus@oberhumer.com>


What is PySol ?
===============

PySol is an exciting collection of more than 200 distinct solitaire
card games - visit the PySol home page for more information:

    http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/pysol/


What is PySol-Sound-Server ?
============================

A Python extension module that plays WAV samples together with MP3
or MOD background music.

PySol-Sound-Server should work under any platform that is supported by the
SDL library, but currently only Linux, FreeBSD and Win32 have been tested.


Prerequisites
=============

[ Note: Linux users should download a special semi-static precompiled
  module from the PySol homepage to avoid the installation of any
  additional packages mentioned here. Also see src/setup.py.in for
  instructions how to build this special module from source. ]

First you will need to install the Python development headers
and libraries.

Then you will need to install the SDL and the SDL-MPEG (smpeg)
libraries, which are both freely available under the GNU LGPL:

   SDL 1.2.7        http://www.libsdl.org/
   smpeg 0.4.4      http://www.lokigames.com/development/smpeg.php3
   smpeg 0.4.x      http://icculus.org/smpeg/


How do I build the server ?
===========================

$ cd src
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make strip  [optional]
$ make test
$ make install


Copyright
=========

PySol-Sound-Server is Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer <markus@oberhumer.com>

PySol-Sound-Server is distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License (GPL). See the file COPYING.

PySol-Sound-Server includes modified portions of the MikMod and
SDL_mixer libraries (which are both also available separately
under the terms of the GNU LGPL).


Thanks
======

Special thanks to Sam Lantinga and the other people at Loki - Unix gaming
wouldn't be what it is today without their ongoing efforts.


Have fun,
Markus

http://www.oberhumer.com