<sect1 id="howto-devices"> <title >Disk and tuner devices</title> <sect2 id="howto-devices-setup"> <title >Setting up devices</title> <para >&kplayer; tries to find any disk and tuner devices you have on your system. The ones it finds it puts on the <link linkend="menu-file" ><guimenu >File</guimenu > menu</link > and on several <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click <link linkend="popup-menus" >popup menus</link >, as well as in the <guilabel >Devices</guilabel > section of the <link linkend="parts-library" ><interface >multimedia library</interface ></link >.</para> <para >If the device you want &kplayer; to use does not show up on those lists, you can add it manually by selecting the <guilabel >Devices</guilabel > node in the <interface >multimedia library</interface > and choosing <menuchoice ><guisubmenu >Add</guisubmenu > <guimenuitem >Device...</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > command from the <link linkend="menu-library" ><guimenu >Library</guimenu > menu</link > or the <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click <link linkend="popup-library" >popup menu</link >. &kplayer; will show the <guilabel >Add device</guilabel > dialog:</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="device-add.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase >Add device dialog</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> <para >Enter a unique descriptive name for the device and the path to the device node under the <filename >/dev</filename > directory. Select the device type from the drop down box. For a <acronym >TV</acronym > device select a channel list and an input driver, usually <guilabel >Video4Linux 2</guilabel > or <guilabel >Video4Linux</guilabel >. A <acronym >DVB</acronym > device needs the path to a channel file in the <quote >zap</quote > format. You can get the file from the Internet or create it using the <command >scan</command > utility that comes with <acronym >DVB</acronym > drivers. &kplayer; looks for existing <filename >channels.conf</filename > files and selects the first one it finds by default.</para> <para >To set additional options for a device, select it in the <interface >multimedia library</interface > and choose the <guimenuitem >Properties...</guimenuitem > command from the <link linkend="menu-library" ><guimenu >Library</guimenu > menu</link > or the <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click <link linkend="popup-library" >popup menu</link >. Most of the options are the same <link linkend="howto-properties" >properties</link > available for every multimedia item in &kplayer;.</para> <para >Tuner devices have several specific options detailed in the <link linkend="properties" ><guilabel >Properties</guilabel > dialog</link > chapter. The <link linkend="properties-general" ><guilabel >General</guilabel > page</link > 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 <link linkend="properties-video" ><guilabel >Video</guilabel ></link >, <link linkend="properties-audio" ><guilabel >Audio</guilabel ></link > and <link linkend="properties-advanced" ><guilabel >Advanced</guilabel ></link > pages of the dialog.</para> <para >For a detailed description of the multimedia library feature see the <link linkend="howto-library" >Multimedia library micro-HOWTO</link >.</para> <para >If you had <userinput ><option >-dvd-device</option ></userinput > or <userinput ><option >-cdrom-device</option ></userinput > options in the <guilabel >Additional command line parameters</guilabel > box on the <guilabel >Advanced</guilabel > page in <link linkend="settings-advanced" >&kplayer; Settings</link >, you have to remove them, because since version 0.6 &kplayer; supplies those options to &mplayer; automatically.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="howto-devices-playing"> <title >Afspilning fra enheder</title> <para >When you put a disk into a <acronym >CD</acronym > or <acronym >DVD</acronym > drive, &kplayer; detects what kind of disk it is and how many tracks or titles it has, and updates the <link linkend="submenu-device" >device submenu</link > of the <guilabel >File</guilabel > menu accordingly. The submenu includes commands to play the whole disk or an individual track or title from it.</para> <para >&kplayer; supports video <acronym >DVD</acronym >, video <acronym >CD</acronym >, including <acronym >SVCD</acronym > and other <acronym >VCD</acronym > varieties, audio <acronym >CD</acronym >, data <acronym >DVD</acronym > and data <acronym >CD</acronym > disks. If &kplayer; does not detect your disk automatically for any reason, you can kick off the detection process manually by selecting the <guimenuitem >Load Disk</guimenuitem > command from the <link linkend="submenu-device" >device submenu</link >.</para> <para >Tuner devices like <acronym >TV</acronym > or <acronym >DVB</acronym > 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 <interface >multimedia library</interface >, select some channels and play them using the commands on the <link linkend="menu-library" ><guimenu >Library</guimenu > menu</link > or the <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click <link linkend="popup-library" >popup menu</link >.</para> <para >Another way to play an entire disk is through the <filename >media:/</filename > or <filename >system:/</filename > <acronym >I/O</acronym > Slaves. If you have the <interface >Devices</interface > applet enabled in the &kicker; panel, it will show disks you insert into disk drives. You can then <mousebutton >left</mousebutton > click the disk icon and select the <guimenuitem >Play</guimenuitem > 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 <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click them and select <guimenuitem >Play</guimenuitem >. You can also display the disk icons in &konqueror; file manager by opening <filename >media:/</filename > or <filename >system:/media</filename > <acronym >URL</acronym >s in it.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="howto-devices-deinterlacing"> <title >Omvendt telecine og fjernelse af indfletning</title> <para >Video on <acronym >DVD</acronym > disks is often telecined. The <literal >pullup</literal > filter does a decent inverse telecine. To use it, select the disk or one of its titles in the <guilabel >Devices</guilabel > section of the <link linkend="parts-library" ><interface >multimedia library</interface ></link > and choose the <guimenuitem >Properties...</guimenuitem > command from the <link linkend="menu-library" ><guimenu >Library</guimenu > menu</link > or the <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click <link linkend="popup-library" >popup menu</link > to open the disk properties, then go to the <link linkend="properties-advanced" >Advanced page</link > and enter <option >-vf pullup</option > in the <guilabel >Additional command line arguments</guilabel > field before playing the video. Setting the property on the disk will apply the filter to all titles on the <acronym >DVD</acronym >.</para> <para >Visse <acronym >dvd</acronym >-diske og mange <acronym >tv</acronym >- og <acronym >dvb</acronym >-kanaler bruger indfletning. Der er flere filtre for fjernelse af indfletning i &mplayer;. Hver af dem har deres egne fordele og bagdele, så prøv en af dem med begyndelsen <option >-vf yadif</option > og se hvilken som giver bedst resultat for netop den video du forsøger at kigge på. Den fuldstændige liste er tilgængelig ved at skrive</para> <para ><userinput ><command >mplayer</command > <option >-vf help</option > <option >-pphelp</option > | <command >grep</command > <option >deint</option ></userinput ></para> </sect2> <sect2 id="howto-devices-deblocking"> <title >Fjernelse af blokeffekt, ringninger og støj</title> <para >Flaget <option >-vf</option > håndterer videofiltrering i &mplayer;. For at se den fuldstændige listen over filer, skriv</para> <para ><userinput ><command >mplayer</command > <option >-vf help</option ></userinput ></para> <para >from the command line. Most of them are described on the <ulink url="man:/mplayer" >&mplayer; manpage</ulink >. One of the most useful filters is <literal >pp</literal >, the postprocessing filter. Among other things it can smooth blocky <acronym >MPEG</acronym >s using the deblocking filters <literal >hb</literal > and <literal >vb</literal > or <literal >h1</literal > and <literal >v1</literal >, usually combined with the deringing filter <literal >dr</literal > like this: <option >-vf pp=hb/vb/dr</option > or <option >-vf pp=h1/v1/dr</option >. To get a full list of <literal >pp</literal > filters, run</para> <para ><userinput ><command >mplayer</command > <option >-pphelp</option ></userinput ></para> <para >på kommandolinjen. Et andet nyttigt filter er <literal >hqdn3d</literal > som udfører støjreduktion med høj kvalitet: <option >-vf hqdn3d</option >.</para> <para >Du kan kombinere flere filtre og bruge dem for samme enhed eller fil ved at adskille dem med et kommategn uden mellemrum, for eksempel:</para> <para ><option >-vf pullup,pp=h1/v1/dr,hqdn3d</option ></para> <para >Tilføj det i feltet <guilabel >Yderligere kommandolinjeflag</guilabel > på siden <link linkend="properties-advanced" >Avanceret</link > i <guilabel >Fil-egenskaber</guilabel >.</para> </sect2> </sect1>