Installation
I've downloaded the nightly-build. Where is 'configure'?
Why did i get compiler errors under SuSE 9.0?
Where is the konqueror plugin?
On first run kaffeine asked me for installing the mozilla-plugin, but i pressed 'no'. How can i install it?
I've updated the xine-lib. But now... Why?
Video
I got a thin lacing image effect on DVD playback. What can i do?
Does kaffeine support tv-out via nvtv?
Audio
Kaffeine won't start because initialization of audio plugin fails. What can i do?
How can i change the AV synchronization?
Playback
How can i play encoded DVD's?
How can i switch to the DVD menu?
I get a jerky video on DVD playback. The image sometimes completely freeze.
Can i play my avi files with a external subtitle file?
Is there a possiblity to control kaffeine with my multimedia-keyboard?
Does kaffeine support LIRC?
Is there any way to resize kaffeine to the original dimension of the file it plays?
Other
How can i translate kaffeine into my own language?
How can i help you and your project?
I've downloaded the nightly-build. Where is 'configure'?
Run ./autogen.sh to create configure and the makefile templates. Requires at least automake 1.6 and autoconf 2.5
(http://www.gnu.org/software/automake , http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/).
Why did i get compiler errors under SuSE 9.0?
The xine-lib SuSE delivers is restricted for some copyright and licence reasons. Download xine from www.xinehq.de
or the SuSE RPM's from packman.links2linux.de.
Where is the konqueror plugin?
The konqueror plugin in fact is a khtml part and provides embedded preview for media types xine supports. Right-click over a file and
choose 'Preview with...' kaffeine.
On first run kaffeine asked me for installing the mozilla-plugin, but i pressed 'no'. How can i install it?
Remove the file ~/.kaffeine/mozilla-stamp and kaffeine will ask you again. You can also link $KDEDIR/lib/kaffeineplugin/kaffeineplugin.so manual with ~/.mozilla/plugins
or mozilla's global plugin directory.
I've updated the xine-lib. But now... Why?
Sometimes xine don't run correctly with the old configuration file. Simple remove ~/.kaffeine/config
I got a thin lacing image effect on DVD playback. What can i do?
You can activate deinterlace in the view-menu. But this method seems to be depreciated, since kaffeine version 0.4.1 you can use
the 'tvtime' postprocessing filter for deinterlacing.
Does kaffeine support tv-out via nvtv?
No. The xine-lib no longer supports tv-out. But i've planned to write a dialog to control the nvtv daemon.
Kaffeine won't start because initialization of audio plugin fails. What can i do?
You can overwrite xine configuration with command line switches. Use for example 'kaffeine -a arts' to set audio driver or 'kaffeine -x xshm' to set video driver.
How can i change the AV synchronization?
Open the videosetting dialog (config-menu). There is a slider to change AV Offset.
How can i play encoded DVD's?
You have to install libdvdcss (http://www.videolan.org/libdvdcss).
Beware: The use of this library is illegal in some countrys.
How can i switch to the DVD menu?
Since kaffeine version 0.4.1 you can find a 'DVD menus' submenu in the play-menu. Or press 'D' to toggle between playback and DVD-menu.
I get a jerky video on DVD playback. The image sometimes completely freeze.
Make sure your DVD drive is in DMA mode! Try using the xv video-driver. Maybe running 'xine-check' will give you some hints.
Can i play my avi files with a external subtitle file?
Yes, since kaffeine version 0.4.1 there is a point to open external subtitle files in the file-menu. Files with an sub/smi/srt/text extension and
same name as the video will be autoloaded. Possibly you have to uncheck (set false) misc.spu_use_unscaled_osd in the xine configuration.
Is there a possiblity to control kaffeine with my multimedia-keyboard?
Yes, you can use LinEAK (http://lineak.sourceforge.net) together with kaffeine's DCOP interface.
For example assign the command 'dcop kaffeine Kaffeine play' to the play-button. Enter 'dcop kaffeine Kaffeine' and 'dcop kaffeine PlaybackControl'
to get all DCOP functions.
Does kaffeine support LIRC?
Yes, you can use the kaffeine.profile.xml file with the new klirc module of KDE 3.2, which also provides a simple config dialog.
Is there any way to resize kaffeine to the original dimension of the file it plays?
No, not at the moment.
How can i translate kaffeine into my own language?
Thats simple. Check out kaffeine from CVS and open the file po/kaffeine.pot with kbabel. Translate all messages and save it as <country-code>.po
(for example de.po for german). Put the xx.po file into the /po directory of the kaffeine distribution, run ./autogen.sh - ./configure - make - make install
again an test your translation. Finally send me your .po file.