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and video. It is aimed at the average desktop application, whether that is a game
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<a href="http://amarok.kde.org/">Amarok</a> or
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<a href="http://www.dragonplayer.org/">Dragon Player</a>.
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<a href="http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/">Bangarang</a>.
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certainly the right choice for you. It provides an API that any Qt developer will
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be comfortable with, and uses the native sound systems on Windows and MacOS. On
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UNIX systems, where there is no one standard multimedia system, it offers
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<a href="http://www.gstreamer.net/">GStreamer</a> and <a href="http://xinehq.de/">Xine</a>
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backends, and more (such as <a href="http://www.videolan.org/">VLC</a>) are available
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If you writing a Qt program and want audio or video playback, then Phonon is
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almost certainly the right choice for you. It provides an API that any Qt
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developer will be comfortable with, and uses the native multimedia frameworks
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on Windows and MacOS. On UNIX systems, where there is no one standard
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multimedia system, it offers <a href="http://www.gstreamer.net/">GStreamer</a>
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and <a href="http://xinehq.de/">Xine</a> backends, and more (such as
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<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
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<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>, say). For these applications,
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and you should probably be using something like <a href="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</a>.
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Matthias Kretz \<kretz@kde.org\><br>
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Ricardo Villalba \<rvm@escomposlinux.org\><br>
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Ian Monroe \<ian@monroe.nu\><br>
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Matthias Kretz \<kretz@kde.org\><br/>
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Ricardo Villalba \<rvm@escomposlinux.org\><br/>
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Ian Monroe \<ian@monroe.nu\><br/>
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Colin Guthrie \<phonon@colin.guthr.ie\><br/>
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Martin Sandsmark \<martin.sandsmark@kde.org\><br/>
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Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies)
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Matthias Kretz \<kretz@kde.org\>
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Martin Sandsmark \<martin.sandsmark@kde.org\>
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Libraries: @lgpl<br>
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If you want to get involved with Phonon backend development please subscribe to <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/phonon-backends">phonon-backends@kde.org</a>.
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If you want to contribute, make comments or useful suggestions you can also write to the <a href="mailto:kde-multimedia@kde.org">KDE Multimedia mailinglist</a> or <a href="mailto:kretz@kde.org">Matthias Kretz</a>. You can join the mailinglist using the <a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-multimedia">webinterface</a> or take a look at the <a href="http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-multimedia">archives</a>
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If you want to get involved with Phonon backend development please subscribe to
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<a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/phonon-backends">phonon-backends@kde.org</a>.
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If you want to contribute, make comments or useful suggestions you can also
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<a href="mailto:kde-multimedia@kde.org">KDE Multimedia mailinglist</a>.
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<a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-multimedia">webinterface</a>
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<a href="http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-multimedia">archives</a>
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If you want more immediate help, try the \#phonon IRC channel on Freenode.
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// DOXYGEN_VERSION=4.3
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// DOXYGEN_VERSION=4.4.3
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// DOXYGEN_NAME=Phonon
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// DOXYGEN_SET_INPUT = @topdir@/phonon/phonon @topdir@/phonon/Mainpage.dox
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// DOXYGEN_SET_INPUT = @topdir@/phonon-git/phonon @topdir@/phonon-git/Mainpage.dox
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// DOXYGEN_SET_EXCLUDE_PATTERNS = *interface.h */phonon/examples/* */tests/* *_p.h */experimental/videocapturedevice/* */phonon/backend*