Amarok is “the” multimedia application to listen to your favorite music. You can organize your music into collections, get information about recordings such as artist, lyrics, album covers, and more. We only describe its essential features.
Figure 4.1, “amaroK's Main Window” shows the main interface components of Amarok:
Browser. This displays various information depending on the function selected using the tabs at its left.
Playlist. Where the files to be played are shown. Right click on any file to access a menu allowing you to play the file, remove it from the playlist, etc.
Play Controls. Amarok's play controls are “standard” audio equipment ones: Previous/Next Tracks, Play, Stop. The Play button doubles as a Pause button too.
Volume Control. Slide it right to increase the volume and left to decrease it.
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You access Amarok's main features by clicking on the tabs located at the left of the Browser.
The Collection browser allows
you to view and organize your entire music collection. To start building a
collection, simply copy files to the
Music
folder
inside your personal folder, then choose → from Amarok's menu to update
the collection with the files you added recently.
The playlist browser lets you roam your playlists
and podcasts. To create a playlist, simply drag tunes into the playlist,
then choose → and give it a name. To add new podcasts, click the
button, select
and add the podcast's
URL into the dialog.
The File Browser allows you to access and search
your local file system. You can use it as an alternative to
Amarok's Collection.
KMix is a sound mixing application for KDE. It allows you to fine-tune your sound card's audio levels through various sliders.
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The availability and type of the controls discussed below depend on your particular sound card. Some controls may even be absent for your hardware. |
When KMix starts, this
quick-launch icon appears near the clock. Click on it, then click
to view the full mixer window.
You have a slider for each input source of your sound card. The most important one is the leftmost one (labelled Master, Front, etc.) which controls the general volume. By right clicking on each slider, you have extra options such as Split Channels, Muted, Hide, etc.