<chapter id="introduction">
<title
>Visión general</title>

<para
>&kplayer; es un reproductor multimedia para el entorno de escritorio K.</para>

<para
>&kplayer; utiliza <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/"
>&mplayer;</ulink
> como motor de reproducción, y ofrece la mejor calidad y rendimiento a la vez que soporta una amplia variedad de vídeo, audio y formatos de subtítulo, métodos de entrada y opciones de salida. Especialmente, &mplayer; soporta la <link linkend="playing"
>reproducción</link
> de archivos locales, <acronym
>DVD</acronym
>s, vídeo <acronym
>CD</acronym
>s, <acronym
>CD</acronym
>s de audio, Tarjetas de <acronym
>TV</acronym
> y <acronym
>DVB</acronym
>, así como direcciones de red utilizando muchos tipos de protocolos.</para>

<para
>However, &kplayer; is much more that just an &mplayer; frontend. In addition to &kde; integration and an easy to use interface that follows &kde; standards, it offers a <link linkend="howto-library"
>multimedia library</link
>, <link linkend="howto-playlist"
>playlist</link
> support, many additional input methods using <link linkend="howto-slaves"
>&kde; I/O Slaves</link
>, and last but not least the <link linkend="howto-properties"
>ability</link
> to easily choose many different options for each individual file or <acronym
>URL</acronym
>, giving you flexibility not found in any other media player.</para>

<para
>&kplayer; is a fully customizable program that you can <link linkend="configuration"
>configure</link
> and fine tune for your system and your personal preferences, from changing the way video is shown and sound is played and setting any playback option &mplayer; understands to arranging the player controls inside &kplayer; window, changing the buttons on the toolbars and defining new shortcut key combinations.</para>

</chapter>