# Manual de Totem Movie Player

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Totem Movie Player is a media player for GNOME that runs on GStreamer by default, but can also be run on xine. It has support for most audio and video codecs including DVDs and Digital CDs among many others. Features include TV-out, fullscreen, subtitles, and more.

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Totem Movie Player Manual V2.0
Agost de 2006

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This manual describes version 1.6.0 of Totem Movie Player.

## Feedback

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Totem Movie Player application or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page.

## Introduccion

The Totem Movie Player application is a movie player for the GNOME desktop based on GStreamer framework and xine library, and enables you to play movies or songs.

Totem Movie Player provides the following features:

- Support a variety of video and audio files.

- Provide a variety of zoom levels and aspect ratios, and a fullscreen view.

- Seek and Volume controls.

- Una tièra de lectura.

- Complete keyboard navigation.

Totem Movie Player also comes with additional functionality such as:

- Video thumbnailer for GNOME.

- Nautilus properties tab.

## Per començar

### To Start Totem Movie Player

You can start Totem Movie Player in the following ways:

Menut Applications

  Choose Sound & Video Movie Player .

Linha de comanda

  To start Totem Movie Player from a command line, type the following command, then press Return:

  `totem`

  To view other command line options that are available, type `totem --help`, then press Return.

### When You Start Totem Movie Player

When you start Totem Movie Player, the following window is displayed.

#### Totem Movie Player Start Up Window

Shows Totem Movie Player main window with sidebar opened on playlist. Contains menubar, display area, sidebar, time elapsed slider, seek control buttons, volume slider and statusbar.

The Totem Movie Player window contains the following elements:

Barra de menuts.

  The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands you need to use in Totem Movie Player.

Display area.

  The display area displays the movie or a visualisation of the current song.

Barra laterala.

  The sidebar displays properties of the file played and acts as playlist. It can also be used by various plugins, such as the MythTV, YouTube and Video Search plugins.

Time elapsed slider.

  The time elapsed slider displays the elapsed time of movie or song that is playing. It also enables you to skip forward or backward in a movie or song.

Seek control buttons.

  The seek control buttons enables you to move to the next or previous track, and to pause or play a movie or song.

Volume slider.

  The volume slider enables you to adjust the volume.

Statusbar.

  The statusbar displays status information about the movie or song that is playing.

## Utilizacion

### Dobrir un fichièr

To open a video or an audio file, choose CtrlO Movie Open . The Select Movies or Playlists dialog is displayed. Select the file(s) you want to open, then click OK.

You can drag a file from another application such as a file manager to the Totem Movie Player window. The Totem Movie Player application will open the file and play the movie or song. Totem Movie Player displays the title of the movie or song in the titlebar of the window and in the playlist in the sidebar.

If you try to open a file format that Totem Movie Player does not recognize, the application displays an error message. This error is most often encountered if you do not have the correct codecs installed. Information on getting codecs working can be found on the Totem Movie Player website.

You can double-click on a video or an audio file in the Nautilus file manager to open it on the Totem Movie Player window.

### Dobrir un emplaçament

To open a file by URI location, choose CtrlL Movie Open Location . The Open Location dialog is displayed. Use the drop-down combination box to specify the URI location of file you would like to open (it lists URIs which have previously been opened) – or type one in directly – then click on the Open button.

### Legir un film (DVD, VCD o CD)

Insert the disc in the optical device of your computer, then choose Movie Play Disc .

### Ejectar un DVD, un VCD o un CD

To eject a DVD, VCD, or CD, choose CtrlE Movie Eject .

### To Pause a Movie or Song

To pause a movie or song that is playing, click on the Shows pause button. button, or choose CtrlSpace Movie Play / Pause . You may also use the P key to pause or play a movie. When you pause a movie or song, the statusbar displays Paused and the time elapsed on the current movie or song stops.

To resume playing a movie or song, click on the Shows play button. button, or choose CtrlSpace Movie Play / Pause .

### To View Properties of a Movie or Song

To view properties of a movie or song, choose View Sidebar to make the sidebar appear, and choose Properties in the drop-down list.

The dialog contains the following information:

General

  Title, artist, album, year and duration of the movie or song, as well as any embedded comment the movie or song has.

Vidèo

  Video dimensions, codec, framerate and bitrate.

Audio

  Audio codec, channels, sample rate and bitrate.

### To Seek Through Movies or Songs

To seek through movies or songs, you can use the following methods:

To skip forward

  To skip forward a movie or song, choose Right Go Skip Forward .

To skip backward

  To skip backward a movie or song, choose Left Go Skip Backward .

To skip to a time

  To skip to a specific elapsed time in the movie or song, choose CtrlK Go Skip to . The Skip to dialog is displayed. Use the spin box to specify the elapsed time (in seconds) to skip to, then click OK.

To move to the next movie or song

  To move to the next movie or song, choose AltRight Go Next Chapter/Movie or click on the Shows a seek next button button.

To move to the previous movie or song

  To move to the previous movie or song, choose AltLeft Go Previous Chapter/Movie , or click on the Shows a seek previous button button.

### To Change the Zoom Factor

#### To Change the Video Size

To change the zoom factor of the display area, you can use the following methods:

- To zoom to fullscreen mode, choose F11 View Fullscreen. You can also use the F key to toggle fullscreen mode. To exit fullscreen mode, click on the Leave Fullscreen button or press Esc, F11 or F.

- To zoom to half the size (50%) of the original movie or visualisation, choose Ctrl0 View Fit Window to Movie Resize 1:2 .

- To zoom to the size (100%) of the original movie or visualisation, choose Ctrl1 View Fit Window to Movie Resize 1:1 .

- To zoom to double the size (200%) of the original movie or visualisation, choose Ctrl2 View Fit Window to Movie Resize 2:1 .

#### To Change the Video Aspect Ratio

To switch between different aspect ratios, choose A View Aspect Ratio . The supported aspect ratios available are:

- Auto

- Carrat

- 4:3 (TV)

- 16:9 (Widescreen)

- 2.11:1 (DVB)

The default aspect ratio is Auto.

### To Adjust the Volume

To increase the volume, choose Up Sound Volume Up or move the volume slider to the right. To decrease the volume, choose Down Sound Volume Down or move the volume slider to the left.

To adjust the sound volume, you can also use the volume button. Press the volume button and choose the volume level with the slider.

### To Make the Window Always On Top

To make the Totem Movie Player window always on top of other application windows, choose Edit Plugins . Select the Always on Top plugin to enable it. The Totem Movie Player window will now stay on top of all other windows while a movie is playing, but not while audio or visualisations are playing.

To stop the window always being on top, disable the Always on Top plugin again.

### To Show or Hide Controls

To show or hide the Totem Movie Player window controls, choose CtrlH View Show Controls , or press the H key. You can also right-click on the Totem Movie Player window, then choose CtrlH Show Controls from the popup menu.

If the Show Controls option is selected, Totem Movie Player will show the menubar, time elapsed slider, seek control buttons, volume slider and statusbar on the window. If the Show Controls option is unselected, the application will hide these controls and show only the display area.

### Gerir una tièra de lectura

#### To Show or Hide the Playlist

To show the playlist, choose View Sidebar , or click the Sidebar button, and choose Playlist on the top of the sidebar. The Playlist dialog is displayed.

To hide Playlist, choose View Sidebar or click on the Sidebar button again.

#### Manage a Playlist

You can use the Playlist dialog to do the following:

Apondre una pista o un film

  To add a track or movie to the playlist, click on the Add button. The Select Movies or Playlists dialog is displayed. Select the file that you want to add to the playlist, then click Add.

Suprimir una pista o un film

  To remove a track or movie from the playlist, select the items to remove from the filename list box, then click on the Remove button.

To save the playlist to a file

  To save the playlist to a file, click on the Save Playlist button. The Save Playlist dialog is displayed; specify the filename as which you want to save the playlist, and click Save.

To move a track or movie up the playlist

  To move a track or movie up the playlist, select the item from the filename list box, then click on the Move Up button.

To move a track or movie down the playlist

  To move a track or movie down the playlist, select the item from the filename list box, then click on the Move Down button.

#### To Select or Unselect Repeat Mode

To enable or disable repeat mode, choose Edit Repeat Mode.

#### To Select or Unselect Shuffle Mode

To enable or disable shuffle mode, choose Edit Shuffle Mode.

### To Choose Subtitles

To choose the language of the subtitles, select View Subtitles and choose the subtitle language you want to display.

To disable the display of subtitles, select View Subtitles None.

By default, Totem Movie Player will choose the same language for the subtitles as the one you normally use on your computer.

Totem Movie Player will automatically load and display subtitles if the file which contains them has the same name as the video file played and the extension `asc`, `txt`, `sub`, `smi`, or `ssa`.

### To Take a Screenshot

To take a screenshot of the movie or visualisation that is playing, choose Edit Take Screenshot . The Save Screenshot dialog is displayed. Choose a location and insert the filename as which you want to save the screenshot, then click the Save button to save the screenshot.

Totem Movie Player will display a preview of the screenshot which is to be saved on the left-hand side of the Save Screenshot dialog.

## Preferéncias

To modify the preferences of Totem Movie Player, choose Edit Preferences . The Preferences dialog contains the following tabbed sections:

### General

Ret

  Select network connection speed from the Connection speed drop-down list box.

TV-Out

  - No TV-out: select this option if you have no TV-out connection (Selected by default if you don't have an TV-out interface).

  - TV-out in fullscreen by Nvidia (NTSC): select this option if you want TV-out connection in NTSC.

  - TV-out in fullscreen by Nvidia (PAL): select this option if you want TV-out connection in PAL.

Text Subtitles

  - Font: select this option to change the font used to display subtitles.

  - Encoding: select this option to change the encoding used to display subtitles.

### Visualizar

Visualizar

  Select the resize option if you want Totem Movie Player to automatically resize the window when a new video is loaded.

Visual Effects

  - Visual: select this option to show visual effects while an audio file is playing.

  - Type of visualisation: select type of visualisation from the drop-down list box.

  - Visualisation size: select visualisation size from the drop-down list box.

Color balance

  - Brightness: use the slider to specify the level of brightness.

  - Contrast: use the slider to specify the level of contrast.

  - Saturation: use the slider to specify the level of saturation.

  - Hue: use the slider to specify the level of hue.

### Audio

Audio Output

  Select audio output type from the Audio output type drop-down list.

## A prepaus de Totem Movie Player

Totem Movie Player is written by Bastien Nocera (hadess@hadess.net), Julien Moutte (julien@moutte.net) for GStreamer backend, and Guenter Bartsch (guenter@users.sourceforge.net). To find more information about Totem Movie Player, please visit the Totem Movie Player Home Page.

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Totem Movie Player application or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page.

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public license as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license can be found at this link, or in the file COPYING included with the source code of this program.