FAQ

Questions

• I made the menubar go away, how do I get it back?
• I upgraded my mandrake packages and now Noatun won't start
• How can I use other audio apps with arts running?
• Why can't I play anything but WAV files? I use Debian.
• What kind of files can Noatun play?
• What about DivX?
• What about skins?
• What about shoutcast and icecast?
• How do I hide (or show) the main window?
• Noatun doesn't work on SuSE 7.3

Answers

I made the menubar go away, how do I get it back?

In the default user interface, just hit CTRL-M.

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I upgraded my mandrake packages and now Noatun won't start

Mandrake kinda packaged KDE screwely: `rpm -e arts` and reinstall kdelibs and kdemultimedia

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How can I use other audio apps with arts running?

Run it through artsdsp: `artsdsp nameofapp`

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Why can't I play anything but WAV files? I use Debian.

Install mpeglib and the corresponding mpeglib_artsplug, it's part of the kdemultimedia-package.

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What kind of files can Noatun play?

Either nothing, since aRts does the decoding, or everything, whatever you have a codec for.

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What about DivX?

If aRts has a decoder installed for DivX then it will be playable in Noatun. http://mpeglib.sourceforge.net. Download the opendivx plugin.

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What about skins?

Go into the Preferences window and you can set your UI plugin. Both Winamp and KJöfol skins are supported in KDE 3.

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What about shoutcast and icecast?

Since KDE 3 these streaming-formats are supported.

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How do I hide (or show) the main window?

Try the systray icon (it's the gray icon near the clock). Click on it.

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Noatun doesn't work on SuSE 7.3

SuSE decided to break the Noatun .desktop file. Edit /opt/kde/share/applnk/Multimedia/noatun.desktop, change the Exec line to: /opt/kde3/bin/noatun %i %m -caption "%c" %U

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