This is the main window of . You should see something like this when you start . The controls in this window are explained below, in no particular order.
This is the main control panel for . The function of these buttons should be familiar to anyone who has ever used a player.
The uppermost button in the above diagram toggles between playing and pausing the . The left button in the second row stops playing the . The right button in the second row toggles looping, so that the will start playing again from the beginning when the end of the last audio track is reached. The buttons in the third row advance the backward (left) or forward (right) 30 seconds. The buttons in the fourth row skip forward (right) or backward (left) to the beginning of the next or previous track.
This button ejects the . Note that the eject button on your drive may not respond if an audio is in the drive and is started. Some very old drives may not support software eject. You may also have to close the drive manually after inserting a new disc.
This is the status display. Starting at the top, from right to left, is the main time display (see below for a discussion of the various possible time display modes), the status of the drive, the total play time of the audio , the current volume setting, and the current and maximum track numbers (curr./max.). The bottommost two lines of text display the artist and title of the , and then the title of the track, assuming that appropriate entries exist in the local or network CDDB ( Data Base.)
This button toggles between the possible main time display modes. By default, displays the elapsed time of the current track, if the is playing, or either --:-- or 00:00 if the is not playing. Pressing this button toggles in sequence between remaining track time, total elapsed time, and total remaining time.
This button opens the configuration panel. This allows you to configure to work on your machine. See the configuring section, for details about configuring
This button opens the CDDB (Compact Disc Data Base) entry editor panel.
The CDDB can identify your and often download a list of tracks for that or load it from the filesystem. See the Database Editor section for more details about using this tool.
This button will help you search for information about the artist on the Internet. You can find out about performance dates, purchase information, and other information by pressing this button and choosing the appropriate option in the pop-up menu that appears.
This slider controls the volume of the audio output of the . Right is louder, left is quieter. If you are playing your through your sound card, the sound card mixer will affect the playback volume as well.
