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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Overview</title>
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<para>&kplayer; is a multimedia player for the K Desktop Environment.</para>
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<para>&kplayer; uses <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">&mplayer;</ulink> as
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the media playing backend, and therefore offers the best playback quality and
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performance and the widest variety of supported video, audio and subtitle
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formats, input methods and output options. Specifically, &mplayer; supports
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<link linkend="playing">playing</link> from local files,
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<acronym>DVD</acronym>s, video <acronym>CD</acronym>s, audio
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<acronym>CD</acronym>s, <acronym>TV</acronym> and <acronym>DVB</acronym> cards,
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as well as network locations using many types of protocols.</para>
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<para>However, &kplayer; is much more that just an &mplayer; frontend. In
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addition to &kde; integration and an easy to use interface that follows &kde;
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standards, it offers a <link linkend="howto-library">multimedia library</link>,
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<link linkend="howto-playlist">playlist</link> support, many additional input
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methods using <link linkend="howto-slaves">&kde; I/O Slaves</link>, and last but
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not least the <link linkend="howto-properties">ability</link> to easily choose
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many different options for each individual file or <acronym>URL</acronym>,
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giving you flexibility not found in any other media player.</para>
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<para>&kplayer; is a fully customizable program that you can
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<link linkend="configuration">configure</link> and fine tune for your system and
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your personal preferences, from changing the way video is shown and sound is
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played and setting any playback option &mplayer; understands to arranging the
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player controls inside &kplayer; window, changing the buttons on the toolbars
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and defining new shortcut key combinations.</para>
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</chapter>
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