kdemultimedia is a KDE

KDE

KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...

 software package

Software package (installation)

In package management systems, which are commonly used with Linux-based operating systems, a package is a specific piece of software which the system can install and uninstall....

 to work with multimedia

Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...

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List of components

• Dragon Player - A simple and usability-focused multimedia player (formerly known as Codeine)
• JuK
  JuK
  JuK is a free software audio player by KDE, the default player since K Desktop Environment 3.2. JuK supports collections of MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC audio files....
  
   - Jukebox and music manager
• kio_audiocd
• KMix
  KMIX
  KMIX is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Tracy, California, USA, it serves the Stockton/Modesto area. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC....
  
   - Sound Mixer
• KsCD - CD Player
• libkcddb
• libkcompactdisc
• libkdemultimedia

Dragon Player

Dragon Player is a simple media player for the KDE

KDE

KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...

 desktop environment

Desktop environment

In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers. These GUIs help the user in easily accessing, configuring, and modifying many important and frequently accessed...

. It is the renamed continuation of a video player for KDE 3

KDE 3

K Desktop Environment 3 was the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment . There were six major releases in this series.-K Desktop Environment 3.0:...

 called Codeine, which was originally created and developed by Max Howell, and is now developed by Ian Monroe under the new name for KDE SC 4. Because Dragon Player makes use of Phonon

Phonon (KDE)

Phonon is the multimedia API provided by Qt and is the standard abstraction for handling multimedia streams within the KDE Software Compilation 4....

—a multimedia API that itself connects to any of several multimedia framework

Multimedia framework

A multimedia framework is a software framework that handles media on a computer and through a network. A good multimedia framework offers an intuitive API and a modular architecture to easily add support for new audio, video and container formats and transmission protocols...

s—it will play anything the particular connected multimedia framework

Multimedia framework

A multimedia framework is a software framework that handles media on a computer and through a network. A good multimedia framework offers an intuitive API and a modular architecture to easily add support for new audio, video and container formats and transmission protocols...

 supports. It was the default video player in the KDE 4 version of Kubuntu

Kubuntu

Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop as well as the Unity desktop on...

 from 8.04 to 9.10.

Features

• Simple interface
• Resuming videos
• Support for subtitles
• Video display settings (brightness, contrast)
• Due to using Solid
  Solid (KDE)
  KDE Platform is a set of frameworks by KDE that serve as technological foundation for all KDE applications. Ever since KDE’s brand repositioning the Platform is released as separate product in sync with KDE’s Plasma Workspaces as part of the KDE Software Compilation 4...
  
   and Phonon
  Phonon (KDE)
  Phonon is the multimedia API provided by Qt and is the standard abstraction for handling multimedia streams within the KDE Software Compilation 4....
  
  , Dragon Player is independent of any multimedia framework or hardware abstraction layer
• Supports playing CDs and DVDs