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paul@64 24 <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz Handbook (en)</font></h1>
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paul@64 31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">Multimedia</font></h2>
paul@64 32
paul@64 33 <ul>
paul@64 34 <li><a href="#intro">SliTaz sound and video.</a></li>
paul@64 35 <li><a href="#config">Configure the sound card.</a></li>
paul@64 36 <li><a href="#alsamixer">Alsamixer</a> - Mixer.</li>
paul@64 37 <li><a href="#alsaplayer">Alsaplayer</a> - Audio Player.</li>
paul@64 38 <li><a href="#asunder">Asunder</a> - Audio CD Ripper.</li>
paul@176 39 <li><a href="#mpd">MPD</a> - Music Player Daemon.</li>
paul@176 40 <li><a href="#mpg123">mpg123</a> - Command line audio player.</li>
paul@176 41 <li><a href="#mplayer">Mplayer</a> - Movie Player.</li>
paul@64 42 <li><a href="#xine">Xine</a> - Multimedia Player.</li>
paul@176 43
paul@64 44 </ul>
paul@64 45
paul@64 46 <a name="intro"></a>
paul@64 47 <h3>SliTaz sound and video</h3>
paul@64 48 <p>
paul@332 49 SliTaz LiveCD mode provides sound support, but no video player, however you can watch YouTube by installing
paul@64 50 the <code>get-flash-plugin</code> package. To watch videos you can use Xine, it supports most formats such
paul@156 51 as avi, mov, mpeg, etc. Note Xine can also act as an audio player. At the sound level, you have a mixer
MikeDSmith25@117 52 (alsamixer) and audio player (alsaplayer), both installed by default on the standard LiveCD. SliTaz also
MikeDSmith25@117 53 provides tools to configure your sound card.
paul@64 54 </p>
paul@64 55
paul@64 56 <a name="config"></a>
paul@64 57 <h3>Configure the sound card</h3>
paul@64 58 <p>
MikeDSmith25@117 59 In LiveCD mode SliTaz automatically configures the sound card by launching a dialog. In most cases the sound
paul@64 60 card is instantly recognized and you just press ENTER to continue to login and have your sound working.
paul@64 61 However, sometimes your card is not recognized at startup or simply not supported. Before throwing in the
paul@64 62 towel, you can try to manually configure your card by asking for help on the discussion list or on the
paul@64 63 hardware support forum.
paul@64 64 </p>
paul@64 65 <h4>Soundconf</h4>
paul@64 66 <p>
paul@64 67 To configure or reconfigure a sound card, SliTaz provides a script (<code>soundconf</code>), this utility
paul@64 68 is used at startup and doesn't pose any questions, supports the right modules and automatically configures
paul@64 69 <code>/etc/rsS.conf</code> so that the right driver is loaded on each start. Soundconf will also
paul@64 70 automatically adjust volume levels, you can change the settings later through the mixer and
paul@64 71 <code>alsactl</code>. To start the sound configuration interface, you must have administrator priviledges
paul@64 72 and type:
paul@64 73 </p>
paul@64 74 <pre>
paul@64 75 # soundconf
paul@64 76 </pre>
paul@64 77 <h4>Alsactl</h4>
paul@64 78 <p>
paul@64 79 Alsactl controls <code>alsa</code> and can store settings or restore sound for example, to retain
MikeDSmith25@117 80 preferences for each start. When configuring sound with soundconf, volumes are automatically adjusted. You
paul@64 81 can use <code>alsamixer</code> as <em>root</em> to change the values and then launch <code>alsactl</code>
paul@64 82 to store the configuration:
paul@64 83 </p>
paul@64 84 <pre>
paul@64 85 # alsactl store
paul@64 86 </pre>
paul@64 87 <p>
paul@64 88 To restore the configuration, you can use the <code>alsactl restore</code> command or to restore your
paul@128 89 preferences at each system startup you can edit /etc/init.d/local.sh with your favorite text editor or simply
paul@64 90 'echo' the changes:
paul@64 91 </p>
paul@64 92 <pre>
paul@64 93 # echo 'alsactl restore' > /etc/init.d/local.sh
paul@64 94 </pre>
paul@64 95
paul@64 96 <a name="alsamixer"></a>
paul@64 97 <h3>Alsamixer</h3>
paul@64 98 <p>
paul@64 99 Alsamixer is the official mixer of the Alsa project. It is simple and effective and can be run from the
paul@64 100 menu or directly from a terminal. The volumes can be regulated with the up/down arrows or muted using
paul@64 101 the <code>m</code> key. To start from a Linux terminal:
paul@64 102 </p>
paul@64 103 <pre>
paul@64 104 $ alsamixer
paul@64 105 </pre>
paul@64 106
paul@64 107 <a name="alsaplayer"></a>
paul@64 108 <h3>Alsaplayer</h3>
paul@64 109 <p>
paul@64 110 The audio player Alsaplayer is designed to be simple, clean and intuitive. Alsaplayer on SliTaz provides
paul@64 111 support for ogg, mp3 (via libmad) and wav files, playlists and viewers to accompany sound and the ability
paul@64 112 to adjust pitch and volume. Once launched from the menu just click the play button or load a playlist to
paul@64 113 start.
paul@64 114 </p>
paul@64 115
paul@64 116 <a name="asunder"></a>
MikeDSmith25@117 117 <h3>Asunder - Audio CD Ripper</h3>
paul@64 118 <p>
MikeDSmith25@117 119 Asunder retrieves and encodes audio tracks from a CD. The toolkit is simple and easy to use, encoding
MikeDSmith25@117 120 songs into wav, ogg or mp3 (via <code>lame</code> package). It can search CDDB, create playlists and
paul@64 121 edit file names. You will find Asunder in the Multimedia category on the menu.
paul@64 122 </p>
paul@64 123
paul@176 124 <a name="mpd"></a>
paul@176 125 <h3>MPD - Music Player Daemon</h3>
paul@64 126 <p>
paul@176 127 MPD is a great little music player that uses the server/client architecture, this means it can be even
paul@176 128 run remotely without a X server operating. To install MPD on SliTaz: <code>tazpkg get-install mpd</code>.
paul@176 129 MPD on SliTaz drops root priviledges, so to start the server, just run:
paul@64 130 </p>
paul@176 131 <pre> $ mpd
paul@64 132 </pre>
paul@176 133 <p>
paul@176 134 And to stop it:
paul@176 135 </p>
paul@176 136 <pre> $ mpd --kill
paul@176 137 </pre>
paul@176 138 <p>
paul@176 139 Simply drag your music files into the ~/music folder (or create a link) and then run <code>mpd --create-db</code> as <code>root</code> to update the database
paul@176 140 and you're ready to use one of the many clients. The <code>mpd --version</code> command lets you have a full list of available formats and outputs.
paul@176 141 </p>
paul@176 142
paul@176 143 <h4>MPC - Music Player Client</h4>
paul@176 144 <p>
paul@176 145 MPC is a popular client for MPD, to load all the files into MPC from the MPD database
paul@176 146 and start to play them, simply install: <code>tazpkg get-install mpc</code> and run:
paul@176 147 </p>
paul@176 148 <pre> $ mpc add /
paul@176 149 $ mpc play
paul@176 150 </pre>
paul@176 151 <p>
paul@176 152 The command <code>mpc --help</code> gives you a full list of all the available options that allow you to edit the playlist, enable crossfade,
paul@176 153 adjust the volume and shuffle tracks, etc.
paul@64 154 </p>
paul@64 155
paul@64 156 <a name="mpg123"></a>
paul@64 157 <h3><font color="#6c0023">mpg123</font></h3>
paul@64 158 <p>
paul@64 159 Mpg123 is a command line audio player and file converter. This means that you can listen to music or
MikeDSmith25@117 160 convert files from a terminal. To display help, use the <code>--help</code> option.
paul@64 161 To play a mp3 file, just launch <code>mpg123</code> followed by the name of the audio file:
paul@64 162 </p>
paul@64 163 <pre>
paul@64 164 $ mpg123 sound.mp3
paul@64 165 </pre>
paul@64 166 <p>
paul@64 167 Mpg123 can also encode a file into another format, for example you can convert
paul@64 168 a wav file into a mp3 file. Example:
paul@64 169 </p>
paul@64 170 <pre>
paul@64 171 $ mpg123 -w sound.mp3 sound.wav
paul@64 172 </pre>
paul@64 173
paul@176 174 <a name="mplayer"></a>
paul@176 175 <h3>Mplayer</h3>
paul@176 176 <p>
paul@176 177 Mplayer is a popular movie player for Linux suppporting many formats including, DVD, VCD, mpeg, wmv, realvideo, etc.
paul@176 178 It can also play various audio codecs such as aac, wma, realaudio, as well as ogg, flac, etc. Mplayer is configurable
paul@176 179 via a right click menu and customizable using various skins and GUIs that easily enable you to configure your own video
paul@176 180 drivers, output devices and so on.
paul@176 181 </p>
paul@176 182
paul@176 183 <a name="xine"></a>
paul@176 184 <h3>Xine</h3>
paul@176 185 <p>
paul@176 186 Xine is a multimedia project providing various video viewers and audio players. SliTaz provides libraries
paul@176 187 and a media player contained in the package <code>xine-ui</code>. Xine uses a Xlib interface, a control
paul@176 188 panel, a right click configuration menu and various plugins. It can play ogg, mp3 and flac audio codecs,
paul@176 189 and mov, avi or mpg video formats. To install xine and its dependancies:
paul@176 190 </p>
paul@176 191 <pre>
paul@176 192 # tazpkg get-install xine-ui
paul@176 193 </pre>
paul@176 194 <p>Official Xine <a href="http://xinehq.de/index.php/home">website</a>
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