<chapter id="basics">
<title
>Grondbeginselen</title>

<important
><para
>Zoals alle &kde; toepassingen is &kplayer; in hoge mate in te stellen. De standaard instellingen zijn gekozen voor optimale prestaties en maximale compatibiliteit. Dit hoofdstuk beschrijft hoe &kplayer; zich gedraagt met deze standaard instellingen.</para
></important>

<sect1 id="starting">
<title
>&kplayer; starten</title>

<para
>Er zijn verschillende manieren om &kplayer; te starten. Welke u gebruikt is uw persoonlijke voorkeur en kan afhangen van wat voor type medium u gaat afspelen.</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem
><para
>Uit het &kmenu;, selecteert u <menuchoice
><guisubmenu
>Multimedia</guisubmenu
> <guimenuitem
>&kplayer;</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
></para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>Of u kunt &kplayer; als pictogram op het bureaublad of in het paneel zetten. U kunt er dan met <mousebutton
>links</mousebutton
> op klikken om &kplayer; te starten.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
><keycombo action="simul"
>&Alt;<keycap
>F2</keycap
></keycombo
> opent &krunner;, typ <userinput
><command
>kplayer</command
></userinput
> (kleine letters) en druk op &Enter;.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>In een terminalprogramma zoals &konsole; typt u <userinput
><command
>kplayer</command
></userinput
> en drukt op &Enter;.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>Depending on the type of content you are going to play, there may be other ways to start &kplayer;. They are described in the sections about playing <link linkend="playing"
>local files</link
> and <link linkend="playing-urls"
>remote addresses</link
>.</para
></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="playing">
<title
>Multimedia afspelen</title>

<para
>&kplayer; can play multimedia from many different sources. In addition to <link linkend="playing-files"
>local files</link
>, it can play <link linkend="playing-urls"
>remote network addresses</link
> or <acronym
>URL</acronym
>s, various devices like <link linkend="playing-devices"
>disks and cards</link
>, and many other sources like <link linkend="playing-slaves"
>network locations and compressed files</link
> using &kde; feature known as <acronym
>I/O</acronym
> Slaves.</para>

<sect2 id="playing-files">
<title
>Lokale bestanden</title>

<para
>Use any of the following ways to start playing local files from your hard drive or any other device mounted as a directory on your system.</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem
><para
>When &kplayer; is running, select <menuchoice
><guimenu
>Library</guimenu
><guisubmenu
>Go</guisubmenu
> <guimenuitem
>Home Directory</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
>. &kplayer; will open your home directory in the <link linkend="parts-library"
><interface
>multimedia library</interface
></link
> and list any multimedia files you have in it. Then you can select the file or files you want to play or look for multimedia files in other directories.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>The <interface
>multimedia library</interface
> allows you to organize your multimedia collection for easier access. For example, once you create some playlists, playing one of them becomes as easy as selecting <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
><guisubmenu
>Play List</guisubmenu
> </menuchoice
> and then selecting the playlist name from the submenu.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>If your file does not show up in the library, select <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
><guimenuitem
>Play...</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
>, or click the <guibutton
>Play</guibutton
> button on the main toolbar. The standard <guilabel
>Play files</guilabel
> dialog will appear, letting you choose a local file or several files. After you click the <guibutton
>Open</guibutton
> button or press &Enter;, &kplayer; will put your selection on the current playlist and start playing it.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>&kplayer; is associated with all media file types it can play. If a type has more than one program associated to it, you need to move &kplayer; to the top of the list on the <guilabel
>File Associations</guilabel
> page in the &konqueror; configuration dialog. Then you can simply execute a media file in &konqueror; File Manager with the <mousebutton
>left</mousebutton
> mouse button, and it will open &kplayer; if it is not yet running and start playing the file.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
><mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
> click context menu in &konqueror; File Manager will show the <guimenuitem
>Play</guimenuitem
> command when a multimedia file or files are selected. Selecting the command will open &kplayer;, put all the selected files on the current playlist and play them. You can also <mousebutton
>right</mousebutton
> click a directory and play all multimedia files contained in it and in all of its subdirectories.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>You can also drag files and directories from &konqueror; File Manager and drop them on the &kplayer; window. &kplayer; will then put them on the current playlist and start playing them.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>In een terminalprogramma zoals &konsole; typt u</para>

<para
><userinput
><command
>kplayer</command
> <filename
><replaceable
>bestandsnaam</replaceable
></filename
></userinput
></para>

<para
>where <filename
><replaceable
>filename</replaceable
></filename
> can be an absolute or relative path to the file or directory you want to play, or just the name if the file or directory is in the current directory. You can give multiple file and directory names separated with spaces. After you press &Enter;, &kplayer; will start if it is not already running, add the files and directories to the current playlist and start playing them.</para
></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="playing-urls">
<title
>URL's op afstand</title>

<para
>Use any of the following ways to start playing a remote file or stream with a remote <acronym
>URL</acronym
> using a network protocol like <acronym
>HTTP</acronym
>, <acronym
>FTP</acronym
>, Samba, <acronym
>MMS</acronym
>, <acronym
>RTSP</acronym
>, <acronym
>PNM</acronym
>, etc.</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem
><para
>Once &kplayer; starts, select <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
><guimenuitem
>Play URL...</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
>, or click the <guibutton
>Play URL</guibutton
> button on the main toolbar. The standard <guilabel
>Play URL</guilabel
> dialog will appear, letting you type or paste in a remote <acronym
>URL</acronym
>. After you click the <guibutton
>Open</guibutton
> button or press &Enter;, &kplayer; will start playing the <acronym
>URL</acronym
> you entered.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>&kplayer; is associated with all media types it can play. If a type has more than one program associated to it, you need to move &kplayer; to the top of the list on the <guilabel
>File Associations</guilabel
> page in the &konqueror; configuration dialog. Then you can simply <mousebutton
>left</mousebutton
> click a link to a media file or stream of that type in &konqueror; Web Browser, and it will open &kplayer; if it is not yet running, put the link on the <link linkend="parts-toolbar-playlist"
>current playlist</link
> and start playing it.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>Sometimes a web page will have a media object embedded in it. If &kplayer; is at the top of the list of programs associated with the media type of the object, when you open the page in &konqueror; Web Browser it will embed &kplayer; into the web page and start playing the media. However, it is recommended that you <mousebutton
>right</mousebutton
> click the media object and choose <menuchoice
><guisubmenu
>Open with</guisubmenu
> <guimenuitem
>&kplayer;</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> so that the full &kplayer; opens up and starts playing the media. This will give you a better interface and more options than an embedded &kplayer;.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>Just like with <link linkend="playing-files"
>local files</link
>, you can start &kplayer; from a terminal program like &konsole; with the <acronym
>URL</acronym
> you want to play. This is useful for example if you copied the <acronym
>URL</acronym
> to the clipboard in a text editor. In the terminal program type</para>

<para
><userinput
><command
>kplayer</command
> <filename
><replaceable
>medium-url</replaceable
></filename
></userinput
></para>

<para
>where <filename
><replaceable
>mediaurl</replaceable
></filename
> can be any of the many <acronym
>URL</acronym
> types &kplayer; supports. You have to give the full <acronym
>URL</acronym
>, and if it has spaces or other special characters in it, you need to enclose the <acronym
>URL</acronym
> in single quotes so your shell does not try to interpret them. You can give multiple <acronym
>URL</acronym
>s separated with spaces. After you press &Enter;, &kplayer; will start if it is not already running, put the <acronym
>URL</acronym
>s on the <link linkend="parts-toolbar-playlist"
>current playlist</link
> and start playing them.</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>And of course you can keep your favorite multimedia links in the <link linkend="parts-library"
>multimedia library</link
> and include them on your playlists. Then you can play a playlist by choosing its name from the <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
><guisubmenu
>Play List</guisubmenu
></menuchoice
> submenu.</para
></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="playing-devices">
<title
>Schijf- en tunerapparaten</title>

<para
>&kplayer; finds any disk and tuner devices you have on your computer and shows them on the <link linkend="submenu-device"
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
> menu</link
> and in the <interface
>Devices</interface
> section of the <link linkend="parts-library"
>multimedia library</link
>.</para>

<para
>When you insert a disk into a <acronym
>DVD</acronym
> or <acronym
>CD</acronym
> device, &kplayer; finds the titles or tracks on the disk and shows them on the <link linkend="submenu-device"
>device submenu</link
> under the <guimenu
>File</guimenu
> menu as well as in the <interface
>multimedia library</interface
>.</para>

<para
>Om de gehele schijf af te spelen:</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem
><para
>Selecteer <menuchoice
><guimenuitem
>Schijf afspelen</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> vanuit het submenu van het apparaat onder het menu <guimenu
>Bestand</guimenu
> of</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>Klik <mousebutton
>rechts</mousebutton
> op de apparaatnode in de sectie <interface
>Apparaten</interface
> van de <interface
>multimedia-bibliotheek</interface
> en selecteer <menuchoice
><guimenuitem
>Afspelen</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> of</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
><mousebutton
>Left</mousebutton
> click the disk icon when it shows in the <interface
>Devices</interface
> applet in the &kde; task bar and select <menuchoice
><guimenuitem
>Play</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> from the menu, or</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
><mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
> click the disk icon when it shows on the desktop and select <menuchoice
><guimenuitem
>Play</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> from the menu.</para
></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para
>To play a title or track:</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem
><para
>Select the title or track from the device submenu under the <guimenu
>File</guimenu
> menu, or</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>Open the device node in the <interface
>Devices</interface
> section of the <interface
>multimedia library</interface
> and execute the title or track with the <mousebutton
>left</mousebutton
> mouse button or <mousebutton
>right</mousebutton
> click it and select <menuchoice
><guimenuitem
>Play</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
>.</para
></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para
>For tuner devices like <acronym
>TV</acronym
> or <acronym
>DVB</acronym
> &kplayer; shows the available channels on the device submenu under the <guimenu
>File</guimenu
> menu as well as under the device node in the <interface
>Devices</interface
> section of the <interface
>multimedia library</interface
>.</para>

<para
>To play a channel:</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem
><para
>Select the channel from the device submenu under the <guimenu
>File</guimenu
> menu, or</para
></listitem>

<listitem
><para
>Open the device node in the <interface
>Devices</interface
> section of the <interface
>multimedia library</interface
> and execute the channel with the <mousebutton
>left</mousebutton
> mouse button or <mousebutton
>right</mousebutton
> click it and select <menuchoice
><guimenuitem
>Play</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
>.</para
></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="playing-slaves">
<title
>&kde; I/O slaves: fish, sftp, webdav, tar, zip, audiocd, etc.</title>

<para
>&kde; has a great way to access all kinds of data through a system known as <acronym
>I/O</acronym
> Slaves. They are little programs that let you represent many different sources of data as <acronym
>URL</acronym
> like addresses, and open them in &kde; programs like &konqueror; and &kplayer;. For example you can access a network host over <acronym
>SSH</acronym
> with a <acronym
>URL</acronym
> like <filename
>fish:/<replaceable
>host/path</replaceable
></filename
>, or a zip file with a <acronym
>URL</acronym
> like <filename
>zip:/<replaceable
>home/cooldude/my.zip</replaceable
></filename
>.</para>

<para
>So you paste a <acronym
>URL</acronym
> like that in &konqueror; address bar, hit &Enter; and see the data source as if it was a usual file or a directory with files and subdirectories in it. If one of those files happens to be a multimedia file like an MP3 file for example, you can execute it with the <mousebutton
>left</mousebutton
> mouse button so that &kplayer; opens up and starts playing the file, just like with plain local files. As usual, for this to work &kplayer; needs to be the top program for that file type on the <guilabel
>File Associations</guilabel
> page in &konqueror; or &systemsettings;.</para>

<para
>Those same <acronym
>URL</acronym
>s will work in the <guilabel
>Play files</guilabel
> dialog that you get when you select <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
><guimenuitem
>Play...</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
>, or click the <guibutton
>Play</guibutton
> button in &kplayer;. Or if you have the full <acronym
>URL</acronym
> to the media file itself, like <filename
>fish:/<replaceable
>host/path/song.mp3</replaceable
></filename
> or <filename
>zip:/<replaceable
>home/cooldude/my.zip/subdir/song.mp3</replaceable
></filename
>, you can paste it into the <guilabel
>Play URL</guilabel
> dialog that you get by selecting <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
><guimenuitem
>Play URL...</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> or clicking the <guibutton
>Play URL</guibutton
> button in &kplayer;.</para>

<para
>Just like with <link linkend="playing-files"
>local files</link
> and <link linkend="playing-urls"
>remote addresses</link
>, you can start &kplayer; from a terminal program like &konsole; with the <acronym
>URL</acronym
> you want to play. This is useful for example if you copied the <acronym
>URL</acronym
> to the clipboard in a text editor. In the terminal program type</para>

<para
><userinput
><command
>kplayer</command
> <filename
><replaceable
>medium-url</replaceable
></filename
></userinput
></para>

<para
>where <filename
><replaceable
>mediaurl</replaceable
></filename
> can be any of the many <acronym
>URL</acronym
> types &kplayer; supports. You have to give the full <acronym
>URL</acronym
>, and if it has spaces or other special characters in it, you need to enclose the <acronym
>URL</acronym
> in single quotes so your shell does not try to interpret them. You can give multiple <acronym
>URL</acronym
>s separated with spaces. After you press &Enter;, &kplayer; will start if it is not already running, add the <acronym
>URL</acronym
>s to the playlist and start playing them.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="parts">
<title
>Parts of &kplayer;</title>

<para
>Here is a brief look at the main parts of &kplayer; window:</para>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject
><imagedata format="PNG" fileref="dvd-bear.png"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase
>A screenshot of &kplayer;</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>

<para
>&kplayer; lets you choose what parts of it you want to be visible and position them exactly where you want. You can use the <link linkend="menu-settings"
><guimenu
>Settings</guimenu
></link
> menu to choose whether to show or hide the <link linkend="parts-menu-bar"
>menu bar</link
>, <link linkend="parts-toolbar-main"
>toolbars</link
>, the <link linkend="parts-library"
>multimedia library</link
>, the <link linkend="parts-message-log"
>message log</link
> and the <link linkend="parts-status-bar"
>status bar</link
>. The <link linkend="parts-title-bar"
>title bar</link
> as well as the window borders will be hidden when you choose the <guimenuitem
>Full Screen</guimenuitem
> option from the <guimenu
>View</guimenu
> menu.</para>

<sect2 id="parts-title-bar">
<title
>Title bar</title>

<para
><interface
>Title bar</interface
> is the strip across the top of &kplayer; window, and operates in the same way as for other &kde; applications. <mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
> click the central portion to bring up the <link linkend="popup-title-bar"
>title bar popup menu</link
>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-menu-bar">
<title
>Menubalk</title>

<para
><interface
>Menu bar</interface
> is the strip containing names of drop-down menus. <mousebutton
>Left</mousebutton
> click a name to alternately show and hide that menu, or use <keycombo action="simul"
>&Alt;<keycap
>the underlined letter</keycap
></keycombo
> in the name as a hot key, for example <keycombo action="simul"
>&Alt;<keycap
>F</keycap
></keycombo
> to show the <guimenu
>File</guimenu
> menu. The various menus are described in the <link linkend="menubar"
>Menu bar</link
> section of this document.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-toolbar-main">
<title
>Hoofdwerkbalk</title>

<para
><interface
>Main toolbar</interface
> contains buttons for commonly used operations. <mousebutton
>Left</mousebutton
> clicking an icon will activate the corresponding action. A brief description of what that icon does will appear when you hover the mouse pointer over it. Some of the main toolbar buttons will pop up slider controls when clicked. The sliders let you change various player controls: sound volume, video contrast, brightness, hue and saturation. The video controls will only be available for video files. See the <link linkend="toolbar-main"
>Toolbars</link
> section of this manual for a full description of the buttons and their actions.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-toolbar-playlist">
<title
>Afspeellijstbalk</title>

<para
><interface
>Playlist toolbar</interface
> shows the multimedia title currently loaded or being played, offers commands to go to the next or previous items on the playlist, and also lets you see the entire playlist that consists of items that are currently being played or have been played recently. If you select a different item from the list, &kplayer; will load and start playing it. The toolbar also contains options to loop and shuffle the playlist. See the <link linkend="toolbar-playlist"
>Playlist toolbar</link
> section of the <link linkend="commands"
>Command reference</link
> chapter of this manual for a full description of the buttons and their actions.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-video-area">
<title
>Video area</title>

<para
><interface
>Video area</interface
> is the central part of &kplayer;. When playing a file that has video, it will display the video and optionally subtitles. Normally it will be hidden when playing an audio only file. <mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
> clicking the video area brings up the <link linkend="popup-main"
>general popup menu</link
>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-toolbar-slider">
<title
>Slider toolbars</title>

<para
><interface
>Slider toolbars</interface
> contain a slider and one or more related buttons. The <link linkend="toolbar-progress"
>progress and seeking toolbar</link
> is shown when the time length of a media file is known. It displays the playback progress and also allows seeking, that is, moving the playback point back and forth within the file. To seek to a specific position, drag the slider thumb to that position with the &LMB;, or simply click at that position with the &MMB;. To move forward or backward in steps, <mousebutton
>left</mousebutton
> click the slider to the left or right of the thumb, or click the <guibutton
>Forward</guibutton
> and <guibutton
>Backward</guibutton
> buttons.</para>

<para
>Other <interface
>slider toolbars</interface
> show sliders for volume, contrast, brightness, hue and saturation. These are the same sliders you get from the pop-up slider buttons on the <link linkend="parts-toolbar-main"
>main toolbar</link
>, but they will not disappear when you click elsewhere. The sliders show the current setting and allow you to change it. You can get these toolbars using options on the <link linkend="menu-settings"
><guimenu
>Settings</guimenu
> menu</link
>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-status-bar">
<title
>Statusbalk</title>

<para
><interface
>Status bar</interface
> runs across the bottom of the &kplayer; window and shows general information about the player status and progress.</para>

<para
>If an error occurs during playback, the left portion of the status bar will show the word <guilabel
>Error</guilabel
>, and then you can <mousebutton
>left</mousebutton
> click it to show the <link linkend="parts-message-log"
>message log</link
> and see the error messages.</para>

<para
>The middle portion displays the current player state, whether it is <guilabel
>Idle</guilabel
>, <guilabel
>Running</guilabel
>, <guilabel
>Playing</guilabel
> or <guilabel
>Paused</guilabel
>. The right portion displays the current playback time, as well as the total time if it is known.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-library">
<title
>Multimediabibliotheek</title>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject
><imagedata format="PNG" fileref="multimedia-library.png"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase
>Een schermafbeelding van de multimediabibliotheek</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>

<para
><interface
>Multimedia library</interface
> allows you to easily access the multimedia available to you from your computer. In the <interface
>multimedia library</interface
> window you can browse directories mounted on your system for multimedia files, which include all video, audio and playlist files. A separate section shows your <acronym
>CD</acronym
> and <acronym
>DVD</acronym
> drives, disks you insert in them, titles or tracks on those disks, as well as tuner devices like <acronym
>TV</acronym
> or <acronym
>DVB</acronym
> cards you have on your system and channels available on those devices.</para>

<para
>Other sections allow you to organize your multimedia files and links to Internet media in a multimedia collection, create playlists, and view the currently and recently played multimedia. You can use the commands on the <link linkend="menu-library"
><guimenu
>Library</guimenu
> menu</link
> or the <link linkend="popup-library"
><mousebutton
>right</mousebutton
> click menu</link
> to add entries to the collection and playlists, move them around, and play your selection. Additional commands allow you to show or change various information about the media and its <link linkend="properties"
>properties</link
>.</para>

<para
>For details on the available commands and options see the <link linkend="menu-library"
><guilabel
>Library</guilabel
> menu</link
> and the <link linkend="popup-library"
>library popup menu</link
> sections of this manual.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="parts-message-log">
<title
>Berichtenlog</title>

<mediaobject>
<imageobject
><imagedata format="PNG" fileref="message-log.png"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase
>Een schermafbeelding van de berichtenlog</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>

<para
><interface
>Message log</interface
> is a window where &kplayer; shows messages it receives from &mplayer; and &kde; <acronym
>I/O</acronym
> Slaves. <mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
> clicking the message log brings up the <link linkend="popup-message-log"
>message log popup menu</link
> that allows you to select all messages, copy the current selection or remove all messages.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>
