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+ODR-SourceCompanion
+===================
+
+The ODR-SourceCompanion is a tool used to connect audio encoders to
+ODR-DabMux through its ZeroMQ interface.
+
+For detailed usage, see the usage screen of the tool with the *-h* option.
+
+More information is available on the
+[Opendigitalradio wiki](http://opendigitalradio.org)
+
+How to build
+=============
+
+Requirements:
+
+* A C++11 compiler
+* Install ZeroMQ 4.0.4 or more recent
+  * If your distribution does not include it, take it from
+    from http://download.zeromq.org/zeromq-4.0.4.tar.gz
+
+This package:
+
+    ./bootstrap
+    ./configure
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+
+How to use
+==========
+
+We assume that you have a ODR-DabMux configured for an ZeroMQ
+input on port 9000.
+
+    DST="tcp://yourserver:9000"
+    BITRATE=64