Using Amarok
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Amarok is a versatile audio player that offers many different ways of controlling your music collection. Like any ordinary audio player, Amarok has a player window for controlling your most basic functions. Amarok also has a playlist that is second to none. The playlist window has multiple browsers for creating and browsing your entire audio collection.
In this chapter we will go over how to use all the features of Amarok including creating a collection and a playlist.
The player window is your one click Amarok control center. At the top of the player there is a scrolling display to show the currently playing track or stream. Just below the scrolling display there is an area to display the current track's play time, bit rate, and sample rate. Clicking this area will change the track time from total played to total time remaining.
The player window also features a selection of audio analyzers also located under the scrolling display. You can cycle through the available analyzers by left clicking the analyzer area.
The Amarok player analyzers can be detached from the player window. By pressing d on your keyboard the active analyzer will open in an independent, re-sizeable window.
Also below the scrolling display are the and buttons. The button is used to quickly enable or disable the playlist window, while the button is used to enable and disable the equalizer if your engine is compatible.
The remainder of the player includes the playback buttons and the volume and track position sliders. Use the sliders to choose a track postion or volume level that suits your needs. Use the playback buttons to control the playback of the current track, or to skip either forward or back through your tracks.
