# The &codeine; Handbook

## Introduction

&codeine; Screenshot Screenshot

&codeine; is a simple media player using Phonon technology. &codeine; is a no frills media player that excels at playing DVDs and movie files without getting in your way.

## Menu and Command Reference

### The Play Menu

&Ctrl;O Play Play Media...

- Opens the Play Media dialog, allowing you to Play a DVD, VCD or a video file.

Space Play Play/Pause

- If a movie is loaded, this option allows you to pause and resume playback.

S Play Stop

- If a movie is loaded, this option allows you to stop playback.

&Ctrl;Q Play Quit

- Quits &codeine;.

### The Settings Menu

F Settings Full Screen Mode

- While playing a movie, you can enter full screen mode. This uses the entire monitor to display the movie

Settings Aspect Ratio

- This menu lets you pick the aspect ratio of the playing movie. The aspect ratio is width of movie compared to the height.

Settings Subtitles

- This menu is active if there are any subtitles available from the currently playing movie. Note that it may take a few seconds of playback before the subtitles become available.

Settings Audio Channels

- This menu is active if there are any additional audio channels available. For instance, some DVDs have additional languages. Note that it may take a few seconds of playback before the audio channels become available.

R Settings Menu Toggle

- To be written

Settings Videosettings

- To be written

Settings Configure Shortcuts...

- Allows you to configure the &codeine; shortcuts.

Settings Configure Toolbars...

- Allows you to configure what buttons are available on the toolbar.

Settings Show Toolbar

- Enables or disable the main application toolbar.

### The Help Menu

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## Credits and License

### &codeine;

Program copyright 2004 Max B. Howell max.howell@methylblue.com

Program copyright 2007 Ian A. Monroe imonroe@kde.org

&underGPL;

### Documentation

Documentation copyright 2004 Mike Diehl madpenguin8@yahoo.com

Documentation copyright 2007 Ian Monroe imonroe@kde.org

&underFDL;

## Requirements

&codeine; requires the installation of some software packages. The required packages are listed below.

## Required:

- Kdelibs 4.0

- Kdebase 4.0

- xine-lib 1.1

## Installation

### How to obtain &codeine;

&codeine; is part of the &kde; multimedia module, it can be found at: http://multimedia.kde.org.

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