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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 21. Playing Videos with Totem</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="susebooks.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Documentation"><link rel="up" href="part.multimedia.html" title="Part VI. Multimedia"><link rel="prev" href="cha.banshee.html" title="Chapter 20. Playing and Managing Your Music with Banshee"><link rel="next" href="cha.k3b.html" title="Chapter 22. K3b: Burning CDs and DVDs"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header" border="0" class="bctable"><tr><td width="80%"><div class="breadcrumbs"><p><a href="index.html"> Documentation</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><a href="book.apps.html">Application Guide</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><a href="part.multimedia.html">Multimedia</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><strong><a accesskey="p" title="Chapter 20. Playing and Managing Your Music with Banshee" href="cha.banshee.html"><span>◀</span></a> <a accesskey="n" title="Chapter 22. K3b: Burning CDs and DVDs" href="cha.k3b.html"><span>▶</span></a></strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 21. Playing Videos with Totem"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="cha.gnome.totem"></a>Chapter 21. Playing Videos with Totem<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#cha.gnome.totem">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.totem.html#sec.gnome.totem.using">21.1. Using Totem</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.totem.html#sec.gnome.totem.prefs">21.2. Modifying Totem Movie Player Preferences</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
Totem is the default movie player for the GNOME desktop. Totem provides
the following multimedia features:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="bullet"><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Support for a variety of video and audio files
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
A variety of zoom levels and aspect ratios, and a full screen view
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Seek and volume controls
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Playlists
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Complete keyboard navigation
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Video thumbnailer for GNOME
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Nautilus properties tab
</p></li></ul></div><p>
To start Totem, click <span class="guimenu">Computer</span>+<span class="guimenu">More Applications</span>+<span class="guimenu">Multimedia</span>+<span class="guimenu">Totem</span>.
</p><div class="sect1" title="21.1. Using Totem"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using"></a>21.1. Using Totem<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
When you start Totem, the following window is displayed.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.gnome.totem.using.startup"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 21.1. Totem Movie Player Start Up Window</b><span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#fig.gnome.totem.using.startup">¶</a></span></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/totem_a.png" width="100%" alt="Totem Movie Player Start Up Window"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="sect2" title="21.1.1. Opening a Video or Audio File"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.open_file"></a>21.1.1. Opening a Video or Audio File<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.open_file">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Open</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Select the files you want to open, then click <span class="guimenu">Add</span>
</p></li></ol></div><p>
You can also drag a file from another application (such as a file
manager) to the Totem window. Totem opens the file and plays the movie
or song. Totem displays the title of the movie or song beneath the
display area and in the titlebar of the window.
</p><div class="note"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="Note: Unrecognized File Format"><tr class="head"><td width="32"><img alt="[Note]" src="admon/note.png"></td><th align="left">Unrecognized File Format</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><p>
If you try to open a file format that Totem Movie Player does not
recognize, the application displays an error message and recommends a
suitable codec.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
You can double-click a video or audio file in the Nautilus file manager
to open it in the Totem window by default.
</p></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.2. Opening a Video or Audio File By URI Location"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.open_uri"></a>21.1.2. Opening a Video or Audio File By URI Location<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.open_uri">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Open
Location</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Specify the URI location of the file you want to open, then click
<span class="guimenu">Open</span>.
</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.3. Playing a DVD, VCD, or CD"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.play_medium"></a>21.1.3. Playing a DVD, VCD, or CD<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.play_medium">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To play a DVD, VCD, or CD, insert the disc in the optical device of your
computer, then click <span class="guimenu">Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Play
Disc</span>.
</p><p>
To eject a DVD, VCD, or CD, click <span class="guimenu">Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Eject</span>.
</p><p>
To pause a movie or song that is playing, click the <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/totem_pause_button.png" alt="Totem Pause"></span> button, or click <span class="guimenu">Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Play/Pause</span>.
When you pause a movie or song, the statusbar displays
<span class="guimenu">Paused</span> and the time elapsed on the current movie or
song.
</p><p>
To resume playing a movie or song, click the <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/totem_play_button.png" alt="Totem Play"></span> button, or click <span class="guimenu">Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Play / Pause</span>.
</p><p>
To view properties of a movie or song, click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Sidebar</span> to make
the sidebar appear, then click <span class="guimenu">Properties</span> in the
drop-down list. The dialog contains the title, artist, year, and
duration of movie or song, video dimensions, codec, framerate, and the
audio bitrate.
</p></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.4. Seeking Through Movies or Songs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.seek"></a>21.1.4. Seeking Through Movies or Songs<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.seek">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To seek through movies or songs, use any of the following methods:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To skip forward</span></dt><dd><p>
To skip forward, click <span class="guimenu">Go</span>+<span class="guimenu">Skip Forward</span>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To skip backward</span></dt><dd><p>
To skip backward, click <span class="guimenu">Go</span>+<span class="guimenu">Skip Backward</span>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To move to next movie or song</span></dt><dd><p>
To move to the next one, click <span class="guimenu">Go</span>+<span class="guimenu">Next Chapter/Movie,</span> or click the
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/totem_next_button.png" alt="Totem Next"></span> button.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To move to previous movie or song</span></dt><dd><p>
To move to the previous movie or song, click <span class="guimenu">Go</span>+<span class="guimenu">Previous Chapter/Movie</span>, or click the <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/totem_previous_button.png" alt="Totem Previous"></span> button.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.5. Changing the Zoom Factor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.zoom"></a>21.1.5. Changing the Zoom Factor<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.zoom">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To change the zoom factor of the display area, use any of the following
methods:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">To zoom to full screen mode</span></dt><dd><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Fullscreen</span>. To exit fullscreen mode,
click the Leave Fullscreen button or press <span class="keycap">Esc</span>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To zoom to half size (50%) of the original movie or visualization</span></dt><dd><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Fit Window to
Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Resize 1:2</span>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To zoom to size (100%) of the original movie or visualization</span></dt><dd><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Fit Window to
Movie</span>+<span class="guimenu">Resize 1:1</span>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">To zoom to double size (200%) of the original movie or visualization</span></dt><dd><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Fit Window to
Movie </span>+<span class="guimenu">Resize 2:1</span>.
</p></dd></dl></div><p>
To switch between different aspect ratios, click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Aspect Ratio</span>.
The supported aspect ratios include:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="bullet"><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Auto
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
Square
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
4:3 (TV)
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
16:9 (Widescreen)
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p>
2.11:1 (DVB)
</p></li></ul></div><p>
The default aspect ratio is <span class="guimenu">Auto</span>.
</p></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.6. Showing or Hiding Controls"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.controls"></a>21.1.6. Showing or Hiding Controls<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.controls">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To hide Totem window controls, click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Show Controls</span>
and deselect the Show Controls option. To show the controls on the Totem
Movie Player window, right-click the window, then select <span class="guimenu">Show
Controls</span>. If the Show Controls option is selected, Totem Movie
Player shows the menubar, time elapsed slider, seek control buttons,
volume slider, and statusbar on the window. If the Show Controls option
is not selected, the application hides these controls and shows only the
display area.
</p></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.7. Managing Playlists"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.playlists"></a>21.1.7. Managing Playlists<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.playlists">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To show the playlist, click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Sidebar</span>, then click
<span class="guimenu">Playlist</span> at the top of the sidebar. The Playlist
dialog box is displayed.
</p><p>
You can use the Playlist dialog box to do the following:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="bullet"><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p title="To add a track or movie:"><b>To add a track or movie: </b>
Click the <span class="guimenu">Add</span> button. Select the file you want to
add to the playlist, then click <span class="guimenu">OK</span>
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p title="To remove a track or movie:"><b>To remove a track or movie: </b>
Select the filenames from the filename list box, then click
<span class="guimenu">Remove</span>.
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p title="To save a playlist to file:"><b>To save a playlist to file: </b>
Click the <span class="guimenu">Save</span> button, then specify a filename
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p title="To move a track or movie up the playlist:"><b>To move a track or movie up the playlist: </b>
Select the filename from the filename list box, then click the
<span class="guimenu">Up</span> button.
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p title="To move a track or movie down the playlist:"><b>To move a track or movie down the playlist: </b>
Select the filename from the filename list box, then click the
<span class="guimenu">Down</span> button
</p></li></ul></div><p>
To hide the playlist, click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Sidebar</span>, or click the Sidebar button.
</p><p>
To enable or disable repeat mode, click <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>+<span class="guimenu">Repeat Mode</span>. To
enable or disable shuffle mode, click <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>+<span class="guimenu">Shuffle Mode</span>.
</p></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.8. Choosing Subtitles"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.subtitles"></a>21.1.8. Choosing Subtitles<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.subtitles">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To choose the language of the subtitles, click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Subtitles</span>, then
select the subtitles language you want to display.
</p><p>
To disable the display of subtitles, click <span class="guimenu">View</span>+<span class="guimenu">Subtitles</span>+<span class="guimenu">None</span>.
</p><p>
By default, Totem Movie Player chooses the same language for the
subtitles that you use on your computer.
</p><p>
Totem Movie Player automatically loads and displays subtitles if the
file that contains them has the same name as the video file and has an
<code class="filename">asc</code>, <code class="filename">txt</code>,
<code class="filename">sub</code>, <code class="filename">smi</code>, or
<code class="filename">ssa</code> file extension.
</p></div><div class="sect2" title="21.1.9. Taking Screenshots"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.using.screenshots"></a>21.1.9. Taking Screenshots<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.using.screenshots">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To take a screenshot of a movie or a visualization of song that is
playing, click <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>+<span class="guimenu">Take
Screenshot</span>. You can save a screenshot to either
of the following:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="bullet"><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p title="File:"><b>File: </b>
Select <span class="guimenu">Save screenshot to file</span>, then click the
<span class="guimenu">Browse</span> button to specify a filename.
</p></li><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: disc"><p title="Desktop:"><b>Desktop: </b>
Select <span class="guimenu">Save screenshot to the desktop</span>.
</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="21.2. Modifying Totem Movie Player Preferences"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.prefs"></a>21.2. Modifying Totem Movie Player Preferences<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.prefs">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
To modify Totem Movie Player preferences, click <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>+<span class="guimenu">Preference</span>s. You
can modify the following:
</p><div class="sect2" title="21.2.1. General Preferences"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.prefs.general"></a>21.2.1. General Preferences<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.prefs.general">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
The Totem General Preferences let you select a network connection speed,
specify a TV-out connection type, and change the font and encoding used
to display subtitles.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.gnome.totem.prefs.general"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 21.2. Totem General Preferences</b><span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#fig.gnome.totem.prefs.general">¶</a></span></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="55%"><tr><td><img src="images/totem_general.png" width="100%" alt="Totem General Preferences"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
General Preferences include the following:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Networking</span></dt><dd><p>
Select network connection speed from the Connection speed drop-down
list box.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Text Subtitles</span></dt><dd><p>
Lets you change the font and encoding used to display subtitles.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" title="21.2.2. Display Preferences"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.prefs.display"></a>21.2.2. Display Preferences<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.prefs.display">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
The Totem Display Preferences let you choose to automatically resize the
window when a new video is loaded, change the color balance, and
configure visual effects when an audio file is played.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.gnome.totem.prefs.display"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 21.3. Totem Display Preferences</b><span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#fig.gnome.totem.prefs.display">¶</a></span></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="55%"><tr><td><img src="images/totem_display.png" width="100%" alt="Totem Display Preferences"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
Display Preferences include the following:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Automatically resize the window when a new video is loaded</span></dt><dd><p>
Select this option if you want Totem Movie Player to automatically
resize the window when a new video is loaded.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Also disable the screensaver when playing audio</span></dt><dd><p>
Select this option if you want Totem Movie Player to automatically
disable the desktop screensaver while an audio file is playing.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Visual Effects</span></dt><dd><p>
You can choose to show visual effects when an audio file is playing,
select the type of visualization you want to show, and the
visualization size.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Color Balance</span></dt><dd><p>
Specify the level of color brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" title="21.2.3. Audio Preferences"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.totem.prefs.audio"></a>21.2.3. Audio Preferences<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.totem.prefs.audio">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
The Totem Audio Preferences dialog box lets you select the audio output
type.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.gnome.totem.prefs.audio"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 21.4. Totem Audio Preferences</b><span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#fig.gnome.totem.prefs.audio">¶</a></span></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="55%"><tr><td><img src="images/totem_audio.png" width="100%" alt="Totem Audio Preferences"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer" border="0" class="bctable"><tr><td width="80%"><div class="breadcrumbs"><p><a href="index.html"> Documentation</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><a href="book.apps.html">Application Guide</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><a href="part.multimedia.html">Multimedia</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><strong><a accesskey="p" title="Chapter 20. Playing and Managing Your Music with Banshee" href="cha.banshee.html"><span>◀</span></a> <a accesskey="n" title="Chapter 22. K3b: Burning CDs and DVDs" href="cha.k3b.html"><span>▶</span></a></strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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