BUTT(1)

BUTT(1) — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the BUTT page of the manual — yes that's the real name, and no we are not being weird about it, it's an acronym, we move 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

butt — Easy to use, multi OS streaming tool 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

butt [-h | -v | -s [name] | -u <song name> | -M <streaming signal
threshold> | -m <streaming silence threshold> | -O <recording signal
threshold> | -o <recording silence threshold> | -Sdrtqn | -c
<config_path>] [-A | -U | -x] [-a <addr>] [-p <port>]

like. look at that. she's got range. she's got options. she's got vibes ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so. butt (which stands for broadcast using this tool, iykyk) is an easy to use, multi OS streaming tool. no cap.

she supports ShoutCast and IceCast and runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. queen behavior across three platforms fr fr 👑

the main purpose of butt is to stream live audio data from your computer's Mic or Line input to a Shoutcast or Icecast server. Recording is also possible 🎀

NOT intended to be a server by itself, and NOT intended to automatically stream a set of audio files. she is a streamer, not a jukebox, periodt 💀

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🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

Options:

• -h — Print help 🙋
• -v — Print version information 🏷️

Options for operating mode

• -c <path> — Path to configuration file 📁
• -A — Command server will be accessible from your network/internet (default: localhost only) 🌐
• -U — Command server will use UDP instead of TCP 📡
• -x — Do not start a command server for receiving commands 🚫
• -p <port> — Port where the command server shall listen to (default: 1256) 🔌

Options for control mode

• -s [name] — Connect to streaming server 🔗
• -d — Disconnect from streaming server ✂️
• -r — Start recording ⏺️
• -t — Stop recording ⏹️
• -n — Split recording 🪓
• -q — Quit butt 👋
• -u <song name> — update song name 🎵
• -S — Request status 📊
• -M <seconds> — Set streaming signal threshold 📈
• -m <seconds> — Set streaming silence threshold 🤫
• -O <seconds> — Set recording signal threshold 📈
• -o <seconds> — Set recording silence threshold 🤫
• -U — Connect via UDP instead of TCP 📡
• -a <address> — Address of the butt instance to be controlled (default: 127.0.0.1) 🏠
• -p <port> — Port of the butt instance to be controlled (default: 1256) 🔌

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🌈 RESSOURCES 🌈

Project web site: https://danielnoethen.de/butt 🌐✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

A more detailed description can be found in the manual at http://danielnoethen.de/butt/manual.html 📖

like... go read it. it's giving thorough. 💜

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🍓 FILES 🍓

• ~/.buttrc — butt configuration file. 🗂️

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💀 BUGS 💀

Please contact me at butt@danielnoethen.de if you find any bugs. 📧

not me asking you to email bugs but like... please do 🙈 she wants to be perfect and she needs your receipts

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

butt was written by Daniel Nöthen and other contributors. 🫶

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's from the BUTT manual, dated 2022-04-20 💖 go stream something iconic, you got this 🎀✨🌸