Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 - KDE 21-06-2006 Manual page 259

Visualizations
amaroK comes with a number of visualizations that display a graphical effect for the
music played. Native amaroK visualizations are displayed in the player window. Cycle
through the various available display modes by clicking the animation.
In addition to the above, amaroK also supports the visualization plug-ins of the XMMS
media player. To use these, first install the xmms-plugins package then select Tools
→ Visualizations from the amaroK menu. This opens a window listing the available
plug-ins. XMMS plug-ins are always displayed in separate windows. In some cases,
there is an option to display them in full-screen mode. For some plug-ins, you may not
get a smooth visual effect unless you use a 3D-accelerated graphics card.
The amaroK Tray Icon
Like other KDE applications, amaroK adds an icon to the KDE system tray. You can
use this icon to control a large number of amaroK's features. Hovering the mouse over
the icon displays information about the track currently played. A single left-click closes
the application window without affecting playback. Click again to reopen the window.
Clicking with the middle mouse button pauses playback—middle-click again to resume
playback. Right-clicking opens a context menu where you have access to the player
controls and can exit amaroK. Scrolling the mouse wheel changes the playback volume.
Using the and keys together with the mouse gives you access to more advanced
Shift Ctrl
features. Holding while scrolling the mouse wheel seeks through the current track.
Shift
Holding while scrolling the mouse wheel skips through tracks in the playlist.
Ctrl
You may also drag items and drop them on the tray icon to add them to the current
playlist. A pop-up menu opens, asking whether to append the track to the playlist, append
and play it, or queue it after the current track.
19.2.2 JuK Jukebox
JuK (kdemultimedia3-jukebox package) is a jukebox application that lets you
manage your music file collection and playlists. JuK maintains a list of all files it knows
about. This is called the collection list. The list is specific to JuK and is not shared with
other applications. Independent of the collection list are playlists. You can have as many
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