Basics
Like all KDE applications, KPlayer is highly configurable. The default settings have been chosen for optimal performance and maximum compatibility. This chapter describes how KPlayer behaves with these default settings.
There are several ways to start KPlayer. Which one you use is your personal preference, and may depend on what type of media you are going to play.
From the menu, select ->
Or you can put KPlayer icon on the desktop or on the Kicker panel. Then you can click it to start KPlayer.
Alt+F2
will open a Run Command dialog box, type
kplayer (lower case) and press
Enter or click the button.
In a terminal program like Konsole type
kplayer and press
Enter.
Depending on the type of content you are going to play, there may be other ways to start KPlayer. They are described in the sections about playing local files and remote addresses.
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