Git commit 6d7a204380f69403674835c9efa494d508fbb0a2 by Koos Vriezen. Committed on 03/09/2006 at 13:31. Pushed by ltoscano into branch '0.11'.
Add some help to get the backends running BUG:133214 svn path=/trunk/extragear/multimedia/doc/kmplayer/; revision=580409 M +67 -1 doc/index.docbook https://commits.kde.org/kmplayer/6d7a204380f69403674835c9efa494d508fbb0a2 diff --git a/doc/index.docbook b/doc/index.docbook index 726281e..1ac5a2c 100644 --- a/doc/index.docbook +++ b/doc/index.docbook @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <copyright> <year>2002</year> -<year>2003</year> +<year>2006</year> <holder>Koos Vriezen</holder> </copyright> <!-- Translators: put here the copyright notice of the translation --> @@ -106,6 +106,72 @@ to:[email protected]">The &kde; User Mailing list</ulink>.</para> </para> </section> </chapter> +<chapter id="backends"> +<title>The backend players</title> +<para> +&kmplayer; uses external programs to do the actual playing. +</para> +<section id="mplayer"> +<title>MPlayer</title> +<para> +There is a configuration tab for MPlayer in &kmplayer;'s config dialog. Here +you can set MPlayer's path and it cache size for network stream, among other +things. +</para> +<section id="mplayer-debug"> +<title>Trouble shooting</title> +<para> +The best way to debug this backend is to start &kmplayer; from a console +application like konsole. Then start a movie with kmplayer and see the exact +commandline that is used to start mplayer in the console application. +Now copy/paste that to another console, remove the '-wid 12344' options, and +make it play. Probably it's just choosing the right -ao/-vo params. Also make +sure mplayer doesn't start default with a GUI. +</para> +<para> +Another debugging tool is the 'console' button in kmplayer's toolbar. Here you +can see the output from mplayer. +</para> +</section> +</section> +<section id="xine"> +<title>Xine</title> +<para> +When configured &kmplayer; with Xine support, there will be configuration tab +for Xine in &kmplayer;'s config dialog. Here you can set various options. +These options are dynamic retrieved from the Xine library. Use context help to +get information on what these options do (ie. click on the question mark +button from the dialog title bar and then click on an option). +</para> +<para> +The options are saved in +<filename>.kde/share/apps/kmplayer/xine_config</filename> as a text document. +</para> +<section id="xine-debug"> +<title>Trouble shooting</title> +<para> +Basically the same way as trouble shooting +<link linkend="mplayer-debug">MPlayer</link>, with the application name of +<filename>kxineplayer</filename>. +</para> +</section> +</section> +<section id="gstreamer"> +<title>GStreamer</title> +<para> +There is no configuration tab for GStreamer in &kmplayer;'s config dialog. The +common options for eg. <acronym>DVD</acronym> device are used when appropriate. +</para> +<section id="gstremaer-debug"> +<title>Trouble shooting</title> +<para> +Basically the same way as trouble shooting +<link linkend="mplayer-debug">MPlayer</link>, with the application name of +<filename>kgstplayer</filename>. +</para> +</section> +</section> +</chapter> <chapter id="sources"> <title>The playable sources</title> <para>
