From 81fedf1b8e2e3fe9e3d5a8fb5ef69b8ca2aab19d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sl=C3=A1vek=20Banko?= Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:01:39 +0100 Subject: Initial import of kplayer 0.6.3 --- doc/en/howto-devices.docbook | 182 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 182 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/en/howto-devices.docbook (limited to 'doc/en/howto-devices.docbook') diff --git a/doc/en/howto-devices.docbook b/doc/en/howto-devices.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..67835d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/howto-devices.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ + +Disk and tuner devices + + +Setting up devices + +&kplayer; tries to find any disk and tuner devices you have on your +system. The ones it finds it puts on the +File menu and on several +right click popup +menus, as well as in the Devices section of the +multimedia +library. + +If the device you want &kplayer; to use does not show up on those lists, +you can add it manually by selecting the Devices node in +the multimedia library and choosing +Add +Device... command from the +Library menu or the +right click popup +menu. &kplayer; will show the Add device +dialog: + + + + + + +Add device dialog + + + +Enter a unique descriptive name for the device and the path to the device +node under the /dev directory. Select the device type from +the drop down box. For a TV device select a channel list and +an input driver, usually Video4Linux 2 or +Video4Linux. A DVB device needs the path +to a channel file in the zap format. You can get the file from +the Internet or create it using the scan utility that comes +with DVB drivers. &kplayer; looks for existing +channels.conf files and selects the first one it finds by +default. + +To set additional options for a device, select it in the +multimedia library and choose the +Properties... command from the +Library menu or the +right click popup +menu. Most of the options are the same +properties available for every +multimedia item in &kplayer;. + +Tuner devices have several specific options detailed in the Properties dialog chapter. The +General page +has the options to select a list of channels available from the device and an +input driver as discussed above. Other options are on the +Video, +Audio and +Advanced pages +of the dialog. + +For a detailed description of the multimedia library feature see the +Multimedia library micro-HOWTO. + +If you had or + options in the +Additional command line parameters box on the +Advanced page in +&kplayer; Settings, you have to remove +them, because since version 0.6 &kplayer; supplies those options to &mplayer; +automatically. + + + + +Playing from devices + +When you put a disk into a CD or DVD +drive, &kplayer; detects what kind of disk it is and how many tracks or titles +it has, and updates the device submenu of +the File menu accordingly. The submenu includes commands to +play the whole disk or an individual track or title from it. + +&kplayer; supports video DVD, video +CD, including SVCD and other +VCD varieties, audio CD, data +DVD and data CD disks. If &kplayer; does +not detect your disk automatically for any reason, you can kick off the +detection process manually by selecting the Load Disk +command from the device submenu. + +Tuner devices like TV or DVB also +have their own submenus that contain commands to play each individual channel +available on the device. Or you can open the device in the multimedia +library, select some channels and play them using the commands on +the Library menu or the +right click popup +menu. + +Another way to play an entire disk is through the +media:/ or system:/ +I/O Slaves. If you have the Devices +applet enabled in the &kicker; panel, it will show disks you insert into disk +drives. You can then left click the disk icon and +select the Play command. This will start &kplayer; +if it is not already running and play the disk. Similarly, if disk icons show +up on your desktop, you can right click them and +select Play. You can also display the disk icons +in &konqueror; file manager by opening media:/ or +system:/media URLs in it. + + + + +Inverse telecine and deinterlacing + +Video on DVD disks is often telecined. The +pullup filter does a decent inverse telecine. To use it, +select the disk or one of its titles in the Devices section +of the +multimedia library +and choose the Properties... command from the +Library menu or the +right click popup +menu to open the disk properties, then go to the +Advanced page and enter in the Additional command line arguments +field before playing the video. Setting the property on the disk will apply the +filter to all titles on the DVD. + +Some DVD disks and many TV and +DVB channels are interlaced. There are several deinterlacing +filters in &mplayer;. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, so +try a few of them starting with and see which one +gives the best results for the particular video you are trying to watch. The +full list is available by running + +mplayer + | grep + + + + + +Deblocking, deringing, denoising + +The option is in charge of video filtering in +&mplayer;. To get the full list of available filters, run + +mplayer + + +from the command line. Most of them are described on the +&mplayer; manpage. One of the most useful +filters is pp, the postprocessing filter. Among other things +it can smooth blocky MPEGs using the deblocking filters +hb and vb or h1 and +v1, usually combined with the deringing filter +dr like this: or +. To get a full list of pp +filters, run + +mplayer + + +from the command line. Another useful filter is hqdn3d +that does high quality denoising: . + +You can combine several filters together and use them on the same device +or file by separating them with a comma without spaces, for example: + + + +Put that into the Additional command line arguments +field on the Advanced page in +File Properties. + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1