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<h1>PyKDE4.phonon Module</h1>
<hr><p><h2>The Phonon Library API Reference </h2>
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<p>
<p><b>
Overview |
development
</b></p>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://phonon.kde.org/">Phonon</a> provides a Qt-style interface for audio
and video. It is aimed at the average desktop application, whether that is a game
that needs sound effects or a full-blown multimedia playback application like
<a href="http://amarok.kde.org/">Amarok</a> or
<a href="http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/">Bangarang</a>.
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<p>
If you writing a Qt program and want audio or video playback, then Phonon is
almost certainly the right choice for you. It provides an API that any Qt
developer will be comfortable with, and uses the native multimedia frameworks
on Windows and MacOS. On UNIX systems, where there is no one standard
multimedia system, it offers <a href="http://www.gstreamer.net/">GStreamer</a>
and <a href="http://xinehq.de/">Xine</a> backends, and more (such as
<a href="http://www.videolan.org/">VLC</a>) are available from third parties.
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However, Phonon is not aimed at professional audio applications (in the style of
<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>, say). For these applications,
you will probably want more control over the audio layer than Phonon will give you,
and you should probably be using something like <a href="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</a>.
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<dl compact><dt><b>Author(s):</b></dt><dd>
Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org><br/>
Ricardo Villalba <rvm@escomposlinux.org><br/>
Ian Monroe <ian@monroe.nu><br/>
Colin Guthrie <phonon@colin.guthr.ie><br/>
Martin Sandsmark <martin.sandsmark@kde.org><br/>
Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org><br/>
Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies)
</dd></dl> </p>
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<dl compact><dt><b>Maintainer(s):</b></dt><dd>
Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
Martin Sandsmark <martin.sandsmark@kde.org>
</dd></dl> </p>
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<dl compact><dt><b>License(s):</b></dt><dd>
Libraries: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html#SEC1">LGPLv2</a>
Examples: @mit<br>
Backends: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html#SEC1">LGPLv2</a> or <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC1">GPLv2</a>
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</p><h2>Namespaces</h2>
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<tbody><tr><td><a name="letter_G"> G </a></td><td><a name="letter_P"> P </a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="global.html"><i>global</i></a> </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a> </td><td></td></tr>
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<h2>Class Index</h2>
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<tbody><tr><td><a name="letter_A"> A </a></td><td><a name="letter_M"> M </a></td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.Path.html">Path</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.AbstractAudioOutput.html">AbstractAudioOutput</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.MediaController.html">MediaController</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.PulseSupport.html">PulseSupport</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.AbstractMediaStream.html">AbstractMediaStream</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.MediaNode.html">MediaNode</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a name="letter_S"> S </a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.AbstractVideoOutput.html">AbstractVideoOutput</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.MediaObject.html">MediaObject</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.SeekSlider.html">SeekSlider</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.AudioDataOutput.html">AudioDataOutput</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.MediaSource.html">MediaSource</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.StreamInterface.html">StreamInterface</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.AudioOutput.html">AudioOutput</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.Mrl.html">Mrl</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a name="letter_V"> V </a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="letter_E"> E </a></td><td><a name="letter_N"> N </a></td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.VideoPlayer.html">VideoPlayer</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.Effect.html">Effect</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.BackendCapabilities.Notifier.html">Notifier</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.BackendCapabilities.html">Phonon.BackendCapabilities</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.VideoWidget.html">VideoWidget</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.EffectParameter.html">EffectParameter</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a name="letter_O"> O </a></td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.VideoWidgetInterface.html">VideoWidgetInterface</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.EffectWidget.html">EffectWidget</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.ObjectDescriptionData.html">ObjectDescriptionData</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.VolumeFaderEffect.html">VolumeFaderEffect</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a name="letter_G"> G </a></td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.ObjectDescriptionModelData.html">ObjectDescriptionModelData</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.VolumeSlider.html">VolumeSlider</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td></tr>
<tr><td><a class="el" href="Phonon.GlobalConfig.html">GlobalConfig</a> (<a class="el" href="Phonon.html">Phonon</a>) </td><td><a name="letter_P"> P </a></td><td></td></tr>
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