Listening To Music - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - APPLICATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Application Manual

Figure 24.1 Banshee Media Player

24.1 Listening to Music

To listen to music, Banshee needs to know what is available to listen to. You can listen
to music in your library, which means that you will need to import music from an ex-
ternal source such as a file, folder, or CD, or you can listen to music directly off a CD.
You can also listen to music on Internet radio stations, podcasts, and your digital audio
player (see Section 24.3, "Using Banshee with Your Digital Audio Player" (page 288)
for more information).
Banshee also comes with MP3 support. If your music collection consists of both MP3
and Ogg Vorbis files, you do not need to convert any files to a different format. Just
open Banshee and start listening.
If the format you are trying to play is not supported by the player's engine, Banshee
offers to search for a suitable codec which you can then install with YaST.
24.1.1 Importing Music
Banshee can import music from a file, folder, CD, or an alternate music source (such
as a digital audio player).
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