# Visión general

&kplayer; es un reproductor multimedia para el entorno de escritorio K.

&kplayer; utiliza &mplayer; como motor de reproducción, y ofrece la mejor calidad y rendimiento a la vez que soporta una amplia variedad de vídeo, audio y formatos de subtítulo, métodos de entrada y opciones de salida. Especialmente, &mplayer; soporta la reproducción de archivos locales, DVDs, vídeo CDs, CDs de audio, Tarjetas de TV y DVB, así como direcciones de red utilizando muchos tipos de protocolos.

However, &kplayer; is much more that just an &mplayer; frontend. In addition to &kde; integration and an easy to use interface that follows &kde; standards, it offers a multimedia library, playlist support, many additional input methods using &kde; I/O Slaves, and last but not least the ability to easily choose many different options for each individual file or URL, giving you flexibility not found in any other media player.

&kplayer; is a fully customizable program that you can configure and fine tune for your system and your personal preferences, from changing the way video is shown and sound is played and setting any playback option &mplayer; understands to arranging the player controls inside &kplayer; window, changing the buttons on the toolbars and defining new shortcut key combinations.