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==Phonon Backends== | ==Phonon Backends== | ||
Amarok plays media via [http://phonon.kde.org/ Phonon multimedia framework]. You can choose either [http://packages.debian.org/stable/phonon-backend-vlc VLC | Amarok plays media via [http://phonon.kde.org/ Phonon multimedia framework]. You can choose either [http://packages.debian.org/stable/phonon-backend-vlc VLC] (recommended) or [http://packages.debian.org/stable/phonon-backend-gstreamer GStreamer] Phonon backend. | ||
'''VLC''' | '''VLC''' | ||
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apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer | apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer | ||
'''Xine (Debian | '''Xine (Debian oldstable only, deprecated in later versions)''' | ||
apt-get install phonon-backend-xine | apt-get install phonon-backend-xine | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 19 May 2013
Installing Amarok
Amarok can be installed by installing the amarok package. For example, using apt-get:
apt-get install amarok
Amarok versions currently in Debian
- The version in wheezy (currently stable) is 2.5.90-75-g47e75df (post 2.6-beta1 snapshot) at the moment.
- The version in wheezy-backports is 2.6.0 at the moment.
- The version in sid (unstable) is 2.6.0 at the moment.
- The version in experimental is 2.7.0 at the moment.
Phonon Backends
Amarok plays media via Phonon multimedia framework. You can choose either VLC (recommended) or GStreamer Phonon backend.
VLC
apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc
GStreamer
apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer
Xine (Debian oldstable only, deprecated in later versions)
apt-get install phonon-backend-xine
For more on Phonon, see the Phonon page.