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0001 <?xml version="1.0" ?> 0002 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ 0003 <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> 0004 <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here --> 0005 ]> 0006 0007 <book id="dragon" lang="&language;"> 0008 0009 <bookinfo> 0010 <title>The &dragon; Handbook</title> 0011 0012 <authorgroup> 0013 <author> 0014 <firstname>Mike</firstname> 0015 <surname>Diehl</surname> 0016 <affiliation> 0017 <address><email>madpenguin8@yahoo.com</email></address> 0018 </affiliation> 0019 </author> 0020 <author> 0021 <firstname>Ian</firstname> 0022 <surname>Monroe</surname> 0023 <affiliation> 0024 <address><email>imonroe@kde.org</email></address> 0025 </affiliation> 0026 </author> 0027 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> 0028 </authorgroup> 0029 0030 <copyright> 0031 <year>2004</year> 0032 <holder>Mike Diehl</holder> 0033 </copyright> 0034 <copyright> 0035 <year>2007</year> 0036 <holder>Ian Monroe</holder> 0037 </copyright> 0038 0039 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> 0040 0041 <date>2016-06-29</date> 0042 <releaseinfo>Applications 16.04</releaseinfo> 0043 0044 <abstract> 0045 <para> 0046 &dragon; is a simple video player by &kde;. 0047 </para> 0048 </abstract> 0049 0050 <keywordset> 0051 <keyword>KDE</keyword> 0052 <keyword>Codeine</keyword> 0053 <keyword>Phonon</keyword> 0054 <keyword>Dragon</keyword> 0055 <keyword>Player</keyword> 0056 <keyword>Dragon Player</keyword> 0057 <keyword>video</keyword> 0058 <keyword>multi-media</keyword> 0059 </keywordset> 0060 0061 </bookinfo> 0062 0063 <chapter id="introduction"> 0064 <title>Introduction</title> 0065 0066 <screenshot> 0067 <screeninfo>&dragon; Screenshot</screeninfo> 0068 <mediaobject> 0069 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="main.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0070 <textobject><phrase>Screenshot</phrase></textobject> 0071 </mediaobject> 0072 </screenshot> 0073 0074 0075 <para> 0076 &dragon; is a simple media player using &phonon; technology. &dragon; is a no frills media player that excels at playing DVDs and movie files without getting in your way. 0077 </para> 0078 0079 </chapter> 0080 0081 <chapter id="select-media"> 0082 <title>Select a Media</title> 0083 0084 <para>If you start &dragon; from the application launcher or use <guibutton>Play Media</guibutton> 0085 (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>) from the toolbar or from the <guimenu>Play</guimenu> 0086 menu this window is displayed:</para> 0087 0088 <screenshot> 0089 <screeninfo>Play Media</screeninfo> 0090 <mediaobject> 0091 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="playmedia.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> 0092 <textobject><phrase>Play Media</phrase></textobject> 0093 </mediaobject> 0094 </screenshot> 0095 0096 <para>There are three ways to play a video file:</para> 0097 <para><guibutton>Play File</guibutton> opens the file dialog and allows you to select a file to play.</para> 0098 <para><guibutton>Play Disc</guibutton> to play a &CD; or DVD.</para> 0099 <para><guibutton>Play Stream</guibutton> opens a dialog to enter an address of some <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media">multimedia stream</ulink>.</para> 0100 <para>Double click on an entry in the play list with recently opened files to start playing it. 0101 The context menu of the play list shows actions to remove a selected entry or clear the whole play list. 0102 Any file you played will be automatically added to the list.</para> 0103 </chapter> 0104 0105 <chapter id="features"> 0106 <title>Features</title> 0107 0108 <variablelist> 0109 0110 <varlistentry> 0111 <term> 0112 <guimenuitem>Full Screen Mode</guimenuitem> 0113 </term> 0114 <listitem><para> 0115 While playing a movie, you can enter full screen mode. This uses the entire monitor to display the movie. 0116 Moving the mouse shows a toolbar at the top of the screen in full screen mode. 0117 Toggle the full screen mode using the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu, the action in the toolbar, double click on the video or use the shortcut 0118 <keycap>F</keycap>. 0119 </para></listitem> 0120 </varlistentry> 0121 0122 <varlistentry> 0123 <term> 0124 <guimenuitem>Video Settings</guimenuitem> 0125 </term> 0126 <listitem><para>Select this action from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu to adjust <guilabel>Brightness</guilabel>, <guilabel>Contrast</guilabel>, <guilabel>Hue</guilabel> and <guilabel>Saturation</guilabel>. 0127 These settings are stored together with the playback position for each video file. This enables you resume playing a video with the selected video settings and the position where you stopped playing. 0128 </para></listitem> 0129 </varlistentry> 0130 0131 <varlistentry> 0132 <term> 0133 Navigation 0134 </term> 0135 <listitem><para>The shortcut <keycap>PgUp</keycap> brings you 10% forward / <keycap>+</keycap> 10 seconds forward and <keycap>PgDown</keycap> brings you 10% backward / <keycap>-</keycap> 10 seconds backward. 0136 Use <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Menu Toggle</guimenuitem></menuchoice> (<keycap>R</keycap>) to switch to the video menu and select another chapter to play. 0137 <menuchoice><guimenu>Play</guimenu><guimenuitem>Play/Pause</guimenuitem></menuchoice> (<keysym>Space</keysym>) allows you to pause and resume playback if a movie is loaded. <menuchoice><guimenu>Play</guimenu><guimenuitem>Stop</guimenuitem></menuchoice> (<keycap>S</keycap>) stops playback. 0138 Go to the previous or next chapter of a video with <guimenuitem>Previous Chapter</guimenuitem> (<keycap>,</keycap>) or <guimenuitem>Next Chapter</guimenuitem> (<keycap>.</keycap>) from the <guimenu>Play</guimenu> menu. 0139 </para></listitem> 0140 </varlistentry> 0141 0142 <varlistentry> 0143 <term> 0144 <guimenuitem>Volume control</guimenuitem> 0145 </term> 0146 <listitem><para>If you play videos with a hidden toolbar, you can use the shortcut <keycap>M</keycap> to mute or unmute the sound; and the shortcut <keycap>V</keycap> to toggle the display of the volume slider right to the video. 0147 </para></listitem> 0148 </varlistentry> 0149 0150 <varlistentry> 0151 <term><menuchoice> 0152 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 0153 <guisubmenu>Aspect Ratio</guisubmenu> 0154 </menuchoice></term> 0155 <listitem><para><action>This menu lets you pick the aspect ratio of the playing movie. The aspect ratio is width of movie compared to the height.</action></para></listitem> 0156 </varlistentry> 0157 0158 <varlistentry> 0159 <term> 0160 <guisubmenu>Subtitles</guisubmenu> and <guisubmenu>Audio Channels</guisubmenu> 0161 </term> 0162 <listitem><para> 0163 These menu items from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu are active if there are any subtitles or additional audio channels (⪚ with different languages) available from the currently playing movie. Note that it may take a few seconds of playback before the subtitles or audio channels become available. 0164 </para></listitem> 0165 </varlistentry> 0166 0167 </variablelist> 0168 0169 </chapter> 0170 0171 <chapter id="credits"> 0172 0173 <title>Credits and License</title> 0174 0175 <para> 0176 &dragon; 0177 </para> 0178 0179 <para>Program copyright 2004 Max B. Howell <email>max.howell@methylblue.com</email></para> 0180 <para>Program copyright 2007 Ian A. Monroe <email>imonroe@kde.org</email></para> 0181 0182 <para> 0183 Documentation copyright 2004 Mike Diehl <email>madpenguin8@yahoo.com</email> 0184 </para> 0185 <para> 0186 Documentation copyright 2007 Ian Monroe <email>imonroe@kde.org</email> 0187 </para> 0188 0189 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> 0190 &underFDL; 0191 &underGPL; 0192 0193 </chapter> 0194 0195 &documentation.index; 0196 </book> 0197 <!-- 0198 Local Variables: 0199 mode: sgml 0200 sgml-minimize-attributes:nil 0201 sgml-general-insert-case:lower 0202 sgml-indent-step:0 0203 sgml-indent-data:nil 0204 End: 0205 -->