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The main difference between the various mixers is the outer appearance of the user in-
terface. However, there are a number of mixers that are designed for specific hardware.
One example is envy24control, a mixer for the Envy 24 sound chip. Another one is
hdspmixer, which is for RME Hammerfall cards. From the mixers available, select the
one that best suits your needs.
TIP: Starting the Mixer
Generally, it is advisable to open a mixer application before opening other
sound applications. Use the mixer to test and adjust the control settings for
the input and output of the sound card.
20.2 Playing Music Files
In Linux, find a variety of programs for playing music files, such as OGG or WAV
files. KDE offers amaroK and JuK, for example.
20.2.1 amaroK Media Player
The amaroK music player allows you to play various audio formats, create playlists,
import music from removable media such as portable MP3 players or external hard
disks (or upload files to removable media), and listen to streaming audio broadcasts of
radio stations on the Internet. The file types supported depend on the engine used.
On first start, amaroK launches a First-Run Wizard, which helps set up amaroK. Deter-
mine where amaroK should look for your music collection. amaroK scans these folders
for playable media. By default, amaroK is configured to scan the selected folders recur-
sively (to include all their subdirectories in the scan), monitor changes to the content
of the selected directories, and import any playlists located there. All the settings made
with the wizard can be modified later in the configuration dialog by selecting Settings
> Configure AmaroK.
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