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Playing Music and Movies:
amaroK, Kaffeine and More
During installation, YaST normally identifies and configures the sound cards of your
computer automatically. Otherwise (or if you installed a new sound card), start YaST
and configure the sound card manually in the Sound module. For details, refer to Sec-
tion "Setting Up Sound Cards" (Chapter 5, Setting Up Hardware Components with
YaST, ↑Deployment Guide). When your sound card has been configured, you can control
the volume and balance with a mixer and start other sound applications.
Linux includes a wide range of sound and multimedia applications. Some of these ap-
plications are installed on your Linux system by default. With the applications described
here, control the volume and balance of playback and play CDs, music and movie files.
In case one of the listed applications is not installed by default on your system, use
YaST to install the missing packages. Use the search function of the YaST package
management tool to find the package names. For details on installing software, see
Chapter 6, Installing or Removing Software (↑Deployment Guide).

23.1 Mixers

Mixers provide a convenient means of controlling the volume and balance of the sound
output and input of computers.
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.
From the mixers available, select the one that best suits your needs.
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