# Configurar &kplayer;

Al igual que otros programas de &kde;, &kplayer; es altamente configurable. Cuando instala &kplayer; y el motor de reproducción multimedia &mplayer;, las configuraciones predeterminadas deberían activar su sistema para reproducir contenidos multimedia sin ninguna configuración adicional. Este capítulo describe la forma de ajustar la interfaz de usuario de &kplayer; de acuerdo con sus gustos y configura el reproductor de medios para obtener una calidad y rendimiento óptimos.

## User interface

La primera vez que se instala &kplayer;, su ventana contiene una barra de menú, una barra de herramientas principal, una barra de herramientas de la lista de reproducción y una barra de estado. También aparecerá una barra de herramientas de progreso en el momento en que comience a reproducir un archivo.

En el menú Preferencias encontrará opciones para oculta la barra de herramientas si no la necesita y mostrar otras barras de herramientas disponibles. Algunes de ellas solo estarán disponibles para los archivos de vídeo, mientras que la barra de progreso estará disponible cuando &kplayer; pueda detectar la duración del archivo actual.

The menu bar itself can be toggled on and off with the shortcut key combination &Ctrl;M. You can also hide the status bar if you do not need the information it displays.

To show or hide the multimedia library, press &Ctrl;L or choose Settings Show Library. To show or hide the message log detailing internal operation of &mplayer; backend as well as &kde; I/O Slaves, press &Ctrl;G or choose Settings Show Message Log.

Cada barra de herramientas tiene una pequeña área en uno de sus lados de forma que al mantener pulsado el &LMB; sobre ella, permitirá arrastrarla a la nueva posición. Puede colocar la mayor parte de las barras de herramientas tanto horizontalmente en la parte superior o inferior de &kplayer; como verticalmente en la parte izquierda o derecha, mientras que la barra de herramientas de la lista de reproducción solo puede colocarse horizontalmente.

Similarly, you can move around the multimedia library and the message log by pressing and holding the &LMB; on the title area of the window and dragging it above or below the video area and positioning it in relation to the toolbars.

Si pulsa en una barra de herramientas con el botón derecho, obtendrá un menú para configurarla. Puede elegir la orientación de la barra de herramientas, la posición del texto y el tamaño del icono.

&kplayer; puede recordar todas las configuraciones que elija y las posiciones en las que sitúe las barras de herramientas. Recordará la configuración para el modo de pantalla completa y para el modo normal de forma separada.

## Lista de reproducción

&kplayer;'s playlist toolbar has a drop down box that shows the current playlist. It stores files and streams that have been played or are going to be played and lets you easily switch to a different item and play it. For details on the playlist feature see the Playlist micro-HOWTO. Following is a description of options that affect the playlist behavior.

- Loop option is available from the Player menu, the playlist toolbar and the playlist popup menu. When enabled, it makes &kplayer; start playing items from the beginning of the list after it finishes playing the last item on the list.

- Shuffle option is also available from the Player menu, the playlist toolbar and the playlist popup menu. When enabled, it makes &kplayer; play items in a random order. When the Loop option is also enabled, items will be reshuffled every time &kplayer; restarts playback from the top of the list. To reshuffle immediately, disable the Shuffle option and then enable it again.

- Allow duplicate entries on playlists option is available on the General page of the &kplayer; Configuration dialog. When enabled, it allows &kplayer; to put identical entries on the playlist. By default it is disabled, and if you queue the same file twice, the old entry will be removed before adding the new one at the bottom of the playlist.

The Edit command opens the current playlist in the multimedia library where you can add new items and remove or change the order of existing ones. It is available from the playlist popup menu that you can open by right clicking the playlist drop down box on the playlist toolbar.

To save the current playlist in the Playlists section of the multimedia library, right click the playlist drop down box on the playlist toolbar, select Add to Playlists... and enter a playlist name. The new playlist will then be added to each menu that works on playlists. See the multimedia library configuration for details.

## Multimedia library

&kplayer;'s multimedia library is the place to access all your multimedia and arrange it into playlists. The things you create in the library affect other parts of &kplayer;, in particular some menus and the current playlist. For details on the multimedia library feature see the Multimedia library micro-HOWTO.

### Now Playing

This section shows the contents of the current playlist and lets you modify it, for example by adding new files, streams and directories, removing existing items or changing their order. The changes are reflected on the current playlist shown on the playlist toolbar. The commands to modify the playlist contents are available from the Library menu or the library right click menu.

### Recent

This section shows the recently played files and streams and lets you modify the list. The top few entries are shown on the Play Recent submenu of the File menu and right click popup menus.

The Maximum Recent entries in the library option on the General page of the &kplayer; Configuration dialog gives the maximum number of files, folders and streams the Recent section can hold. When a new entry is added and the total number of entries exceeds this number, the bottom entry is removed from the list.

The Maximum entries on Play Recent menu option on the same page of the global settings gives the maximum number of commands the Play Recent submenus can have. When a new entry is added and the total number of entries exceeds this number, the last entry is removed from the menus.

### Playlists

This section stores the playlists you create and lets you add new playlists and change or remove the existing ones. You can also add new playlists by selecting files, folders or streams elsewhere in the multimedia library, right clicking the selection and choosing Add to New Playlist... from the popup menu. Right clicking a folder and choosing Add to Playlists will also add the folder to the list of playlists.

Play List submenu on the File menu and Add to submenu on the Library menu as well as their equivalents on popup menus each have a list of commands to either play a playlist or add new content to it. Each playlist in this section has its own command on each of those menus. When you add, remove or rename a playlist, the menus are updated to reflect the changes.

The Maximum entries on playlist menus option on the General page of the &kplayer; Configuration dialog gives the maximum number of playlists that will be included on the submenus that work on playlists.

### Devices

This section lists the disk and tuner devices available on your system as well as the CD tracks and DVD titles found on the disks you insert into the disk devices and the channels available on the tuner devices. &kplayer; puts any devices it finds on this list, and you can add new devices or remove existing ones.

The File menu and some of the right click popup menus have submenus that let you easily access and play multimedia available on these devices. Each device from this section has its own submenu. When you add, remove or rename a device, the menus are updated to reflect the changes.

When &kplayer; finds titles on a DVD disk or tracks on a CD disk, it updates the corresponding menu to include commands to play the individual titles or tracks. &kplayer; looks for titles and tracks when you insert a disk into a drive or when you select Play Disk or Load Disk command for a disk device that does not yet have any titles or tracks listed.

Similarly, when you change the channel list for a tuner device, &kplayer; updates the corresponding menu to include commands to play each of the available channels. The option to change the channel list is on the General page of the device properties dialog that you can open by selecting the device in the multimedia library and choosing the Properties... command from the Library menu or the right click popup menu.

To add a new device, select the Devices node and choose Add Device... command from the Library menu or the right click popup menu. This will bring up a dialog box as shown below.

Add device dialog

Enter a unique descriptive name for the device into the Name field and the path to the device node under the `/dev` directory into the Path field. Select the device type from the Type drop down box. For a tuner device you will need to choose a channel list, and for TV device also an input driver. Click the OK button to add the device to the multimedia library and to the File menu and various popup menus.

There are many more device specific options that you can see and change in the device properties dialog. To open it, select the device in the multimedia library and choose the Properties... command from the Library menu or the right click popup menu. For more information on disk and tuner device support in &kplayer; see the Devices micro-HOWTO.

### List view

There are several ways you can customize the list view where the library shows the multimedia found in the folder you select from the tree view.

The Columns submenu of the Library menu and the library popup menu allows you to choose what columns to show in the list view. Each available column has a command on this submenu that either shows or hides that column. What columns are available depends on the folder selected in the tree view and on its contents.

To change the order of columns in the list view, click and drag a column header with the &LMB;. However, the Name always has to be the first column. To change the width of a column, click and drag the divider on the right side of the column header.

To change the sorting order of items in the list view, left click the header of the column you want to sort by. To sort in the reverse order, click the same header again. The new sorting order will apply to all folders in the multimedia library, except for playlist folders with a custom order of items.

## Accesos rápidos

Para cambiar las combinaciones de teclas de los accesos rápidos utilizadas por &kplayer; seleccione Preferencias Configurar accesos rápidos.... Ésto abrirá el diálogo siguiente.

Diálogo de configuración de los accesos rápidos

Si cambia las asociaciones de teclas, asegúrese de no duplicar un acceso rápido existente y de no utilizar la tecla &Shift; para sus nuevos accesos rápidos, porque la tecla &Shift; tiene una función especial en &kplayer;.

Busque a través de la lista para encontrar la acción para la que desee añadir o cambiar las teclas de acceso rápido y selecciónela pulsando con el botón izquierdo sobre el nombre. Entonces podrá cambiar el acceso rápido seleccionando los botones de radio Ninguno, Predeterminado o Personalizado, o pulsar botón grande en el área Accesos rápidos para la acción seleccionada. Se abrirá el diálogo Definir acceso rápido.

El diálogo definir acceso rápido

Seleccione si desea cambiar el acceso rápido Primario o Alternativo, y pulse la tecla o combinaciones de teclas que desee utilizar como acceso rápido. Si está marcada la casilla Cerrar automáticamente, el diálogo desaparecerá tan pronto como introduzca la combinación de teclas, en caso contrario permanecerá hasta que pulse Aceptar o Cancelar. Si pulsa en el pequeño icono negro con una cruz blanca borrará el acceso rápido.

### Menús definidos por el usuario

Puede añadir su propio menú contextual a &kplayer;, de forma que pulsando una combinación de teclas aparecerá un menú, de forma que pulsando una segunda tecla, o utilizando las teclas Flecha arriba y Flecha abajo y pulsando Entrar, seleccionará uno de los elementos.

Para hacer esto añada un acceso rápido Personalizado para cada una de las acciones que desee que aparezcan en el menú y en el diálogo Definir acceso rápido marque la casilla Multi-tecla, pulse la combinación de teclas que desee que haga aparecer el nuevo menú, y, de forma separada, pulse la tecla que seleccionará este elemento del menú.

## Barras de herramientas

### Toolbar style and position

The toolbar popup menu has several options to change the toolbar appearance. To display this menu, right click the toolbar for which you want to change the options.

The Orientation submenu contains options to place the toolbar at the Top, Bottom, Left or Right side of the &kplayer; window. You can also click and drag the toolbar by the handle on its left border with the &LMB; to move it to a new position. The Floating option displays the toolbar on top of other parts of &kplayer; window. The Flat option makes the toolbar show as small lines that you need to left click to expand the toolbar.

The Text Position submenu allows you to display a description of each icon on the toolbar either underneath or alongside the icon, or display only the description instead of the icon. By default only the icon is displayed without the description.

The Icon Size submenu allows you to choose the size of the icons on the toolbar. The choices are Default, Small, Medium, Large and Huge.

### Toolbar configuration dialog

To configure &kplayer;'s toolbars, select Configure Toolbars... from the Settings menu or from the toolbar popup menu. This will open a dialog box as shown below.

Toolbar configuration dialog

The drop down list box at the top of this dialog shows the name of the selected toolbar and lets you switch to another toolbar. The Current actions list box shows the actions included on the currently selected toolbar, and the Available actions list box shows all the other actions that exist in &kplayer;.

The buttons in the middle part of the dialog let you include or exclude actions from the selected toolbar and change the order of buttons and other elements on the toolbar. The right arrow button puts the action selected in the Available actions box on the toolbar, and the left arrow button takes the action selected in the Current actions box off the toolbar. The up and down arrow buttons move the action selected in the Current actions box back and forward within the toolbar respectively.

To be included on a toolbar, an action needs an icon that will be shown on the toolbar if the action is shown as a button. Some actions already have icons, but for others you need to choose one. The Change Icon... button opens a dialog box that allows you to choose an icon for the selected action.

Change icon dialog

When the System icons option is selected, the drop down box on the right lets you select a category of system icons to choose an icon from. By default the Actions category is selected that shows the action icons in your system icon theme. If you have icons other than the system icon theme that you want to choose from, select the Other icons option and click the Browse button to open the standard dialog to find the directory where your icons are stored. The Search box lets you filter the icons by name.

## Otras configuraciones

&kde; es el entorno de escritorio más flexible y configurable, y &kplayer; no es una excepción. Además de las opciones de configuración descritas en las secciones anteriores, existen muchas acciones, la mayor parte de las cuales estarán accesibles a través del diálogo de configuració de &kplayer;. Seleccione Preferencias Configurar &kplayer;... para abrirlo.

The dialog is divided into several sections. Some of them affect &kplayer; behavior, including general options. The Controls section tells &kplayer; which changes it should remember globally and which ones it should store in individual file properties, and its subsections allow you to fine tune individual &kplayer; controls, including progress, volume, contrast, brightness, hue, saturation, and slider controls in general. Other sections affect options that &kplayer; uses for interaction with &mplayer; and control various aspect of multimedia playback, including video, audio, subtitles and advanced options.

El capítulo del diálogo de configuración da detalles completos de cada sección y de todas las opciones disponibles. También el micro CÓMO sobre configuración avanzada describe algunas de las opciones avanzadas con más detalle.

Existen más opciones disponibles que se puede aplicar a la ventana principal de &kplayer; en el menú contexual de la barra de título que puede obtener pulsando con el botón derecho sobre la barra de título o con el botón izquierdo en el botoncito situado en la esquina superior izquierda de la ventana de &kplayer; o pulsando &Alt;F3.

## Propiedades del archivo

&kplayer; tiene una característica única que le permite elegir muchas opciones diferentes tomando el archivo como base. Estas opciones son las llamadas Propiedades del archivo y se guardan junto con la URL de cada archivo o dirección de red individual.

Existen dos formas de establecer una propiedad de un archivo. La más sencilla es mantener pulsada la tecla &Shift; cuando cambie una configuración como el tamaño del vídeo o el aspecto, el volumen del sonido, el contraste o el brillo del vídeo, etc. &kplayer; aplicará el cambio al archivo que se encuentre cargado y lo recordará en la correspondiente propiedad del archivo. Cuando cargue otro archivo, revertirá la configuración al punto anterior al cambio (a menos que el otro archivo también tenga establecida esta propiedad). Cuando cargue y reproduzca el primer archivo de nuevo, &kplayer; volverá a aplicar el cambio que haya hecho a la configuración y lo mantendrá hasta que cargue otro archivo o URL.

The other way to set a file property is through the File Properties dialog. The properties in the dialog are arranged according to their function. General properties like Name, Length and others are in the General section. Properties that control the video size are in the Size section. Other sections contain properties that affect &kplayer; interaction with &mplayer; and control multimedia playback, including video, audio, subtitles and advanced properties.

Select File Properties... to open the properties of the current file or URL. You can also right click an item in the multimedia library and select the Properties... command to open the properties dialog for that item.

El capítulo del diálogo de propiedades del archivo proporciona los detalles completos de cada sección y de todas las propiedades disponibles. También el micro CÓMO sobre las propiedades del archivo describe esta característica con más detalle y muestra algunos ejemplos.