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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@64 39 <li><a href="#xine">Xine</a> - Multimedia Player.</li>
paul@64 40 <li><a href="#mpg123">mpg123</a> - Command line audio player.</li>
paul@64 41 </ul>
paul@64 42
paul@64 43 <a name="intro"></a>
paul@64 44 <h3>SliTaz sound and video</h3>
paul@64 45 <p>
paul@64 46 SliTaz LiveCD mode provides sound support, but no video player, however you can watch YouTube by installing
paul@64 47 the <code>get-flash-plugin</code> package. To watch videos you can use Xine, it supports most formats such
paul@156 48 as avi, mov, mpeg, etc. Note Xine can also act as an audio player. At the sound level, you have a mixer
MikeDSmith25@117 49 (alsamixer) and audio player (alsaplayer), both installed by default on the standard LiveCD. SliTaz also
MikeDSmith25@117 50 provides tools to configure your sound card.
paul@64 51 </p>
paul@64 52
paul@64 53 <a name="config"></a>
paul@64 54 <h3>Configure the sound card</h3>
paul@64 55 <p>
MikeDSmith25@117 56 In LiveCD mode SliTaz automatically configures the sound card by launching a dialog. In most cases the sound
paul@64 57 card is instantly recognized and you just press ENTER to continue to login and have your sound working.
paul@64 58 However, sometimes your card is not recognized at startup or simply not supported. Before throwing in the
paul@64 59 towel, you can try to manually configure your card by asking for help on the discussion list or on the
paul@64 60 hardware support forum.
paul@64 61 </p>
paul@64 62 <h4>Soundconf</h4>
paul@64 63 <p>
paul@64 64 To configure or reconfigure a sound card, SliTaz provides a script (<code>soundconf</code>), this utility
paul@64 65 is used at startup and doesn't pose any questions, supports the right modules and automatically configures
paul@64 66 <code>/etc/rsS.conf</code> so that the right driver is loaded on each start. Soundconf will also
paul@64 67 automatically adjust volume levels, you can change the settings later through the mixer and
paul@64 68 <code>alsactl</code>. To start the sound configuration interface, you must have administrator priviledges
paul@64 69 and type:
paul@64 70 </p>
paul@64 71 <pre>
paul@64 72 # soundconf
paul@64 73 </pre>
paul@64 74 <h4>Alsactl</h4>
paul@64 75 <p>
paul@64 76 Alsactl controls <code>alsa</code> and can store settings or restore sound for example, to retain
MikeDSmith25@117 77 preferences for each start. When configuring sound with soundconf, volumes are automatically adjusted. You
paul@64 78 can use <code>alsamixer</code> as <em>root</em> to change the values and then launch <code>alsactl</code>
paul@64 79 to store the configuration:
paul@64 80 </p>
paul@64 81 <pre>
paul@64 82 # alsactl store
paul@64 83 </pre>
paul@64 84 <p>
paul@64 85 To restore the configuration, you can use the <code>alsactl restore</code> command or to restore your
paul@128 86 preferences at each system startup you can edit /etc/init.d/local.sh with your favorite text editor or simply
paul@64 87 'echo' the changes:
paul@64 88 </p>
paul@64 89 <pre>
paul@64 90 # echo 'alsactl restore' > /etc/init.d/local.sh
paul@64 91 </pre>
paul@64 92
paul@64 93 <a name="alsamixer"></a>
paul@64 94 <h3>Alsamixer</h3>
paul@64 95 <p>
paul@64 96 Alsamixer is the official mixer of the Alsa project. It is simple and effective and can be run from the
paul@64 97 menu or directly from a terminal. The volumes can be regulated with the up/down arrows or muted using
paul@64 98 the <code>m</code> key. To start from a Linux terminal:
paul@64 99 </p>
paul@64 100 <pre>
paul@64 101 $ alsamixer
paul@64 102 </pre>
paul@64 103
paul@64 104 <a name="alsaplayer"></a>
paul@64 105 <h3>Alsaplayer</h3>
paul@64 106 <p>
paul@64 107 The audio player Alsaplayer is designed to be simple, clean and intuitive. Alsaplayer on SliTaz provides
paul@64 108 support for ogg, mp3 (via libmad) and wav files, playlists and viewers to accompany sound and the ability
paul@64 109 to adjust pitch and volume. Once launched from the menu just click the play button or load a playlist to
paul@64 110 start.
paul@64 111 </p>
paul@64 112
paul@64 113 <a name="asunder"></a>
MikeDSmith25@117 114 <h3>Asunder - Audio CD Ripper</h3>
paul@64 115 <p>
MikeDSmith25@117 116 Asunder retrieves and encodes audio tracks from a CD. The toolkit is simple and easy to use, encoding
MikeDSmith25@117 117 songs into wav, ogg or mp3 (via <code>lame</code> package). It can search CDDB, create playlists and
paul@64 118 edit file names. You will find Asunder in the Multimedia category on the menu.
paul@64 119 </p>
paul@64 120
paul@64 121 <a name="xine"></a>
paul@64 122 <h3>Xine</h3>
paul@64 123 <p>
paul@64 124 Xine is a multimedia project providing various video viewers and audio players. SliTaz provides libraries
paul@64 125 and a media player contained in the package <code>xine-ui</code>. Xine uses a Xlib interface, a control
paul@64 126 panel, a right click configuration menu and various plugins. It can play ogg, mp3 and flac audio codecs
MikeDSmith25@117 127 and mov, avi or mpg video formats. To install xine and its dependancies:
paul@64 128 </p>
paul@64 129 <pre>
paul@64 130 # tazpkg get-install xine-ui
paul@64 131 </pre>
paul@64 132 <p>Official Xine <a href="http://xinehq.de/index.php/home">website</a>
paul@64 133 </p>
paul@64 134
paul@64 135 <a name="mpg123"></a>
paul@64 136 <h3><font color="#6c0023">mpg123</font></h3>
paul@64 137 <p>
paul@64 138 Mpg123 is a command line audio player and file converter. This means that you can listen to music or
MikeDSmith25@117 139 convert files from a terminal. To display help, use the <code>--help</code> option.
paul@64 140 To play a mp3 file, just launch <code>mpg123</code> followed by the name of the audio file:
paul@64 141 </p>
paul@64 142 <pre>
paul@64 143 $ mpg123 sound.mp3
paul@64 144 </pre>
paul@64 145 <p>
paul@64 146 Mpg123 can also encode a file into another format, for example you can convert
paul@64 147 a wav file into a mp3 file. Example:
paul@64 148 </p>
paul@64 149 <pre>
paul@64 150 $ mpg123 -w sound.mp3 sound.wav
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