POC-HTTP(1)

💖 POC-HTTP 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about poc-http — it's a User Command, and it's literally the moment you've been waiting for. yes, from section 1 of the manual, and yes, it's giving streaming server realness. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

poc-http — send HTTP MP3 streams 🎵🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

poc-http [ -s address ] [ -p port ] [ -t ttl ] [ -q ] [ -k http_k ] [ -n
http_n ] files...

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so poc-http is a streaming server that sends mp3 data using the HTTP protocol. no cap. 🫶

it sends the files in the order given on the command-line — so the order you type them in is the order they go out, periodt. 💅

and here's the lil magic trick: use the filename - to stream from standard input. iconic behaviour honestly. ✨

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -s address — tell it which address to listen to. default is 0.0.0.0. 🏠
• -p port — tell it which port to listen to. default is 8000. 🚪
• -q — don't output any information on standard error. quiet mode, shy girl era, not a peep. 🤫
• -c clients — set the maximal number of clients. default is 16. 🫂

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

poc-http -p 8989 -c 32 bla.mp3

send the file bla.mp3 using the HTTP protocol, accepting connections on the port 8989. and the server will accept a maximum of 32 connections. ate. 🔥

✨ AUTHORS ✨

Manuel Odendahl <manuel@bl0rg.net>, Florian Wesch <dividuum@bl0rg.net> 👑

and that's the whole vibe, bestie 💖 this lil page is from February 2005 and it lives under the name POC-HTTP(1) — yes it's old, yes it still serves mp3s over HTTP, we stan a timeless icon. 🎀🦋✨