Playing Audio and Video

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Audio and Video Useage

Inveneo Desktop Linux provides multiple ways to play audio recordings such as music and audio books, as well as recorded or streaming videos and movies. One way to play audio and video is by using the pre-installed audio and video programs found in the Start > All Programs > Multimedia folder. Another way to hear audio and watch video is with the Firefox web browser, which can play many of the popular audio and video formats used on various web sites.

IDL plays a variety of file types, including .mp3, mp4, .mov and .avi; however, given the wide-variety of content-types these files can contain, not all will play properly.

Tip
It is not recommended to run Firefox and Totem Movie Player at the same time. Since they both play audio and video files, conflicts can arise that cause one program to disable features in the other. However, using Firefox and Totem Movie Player separately does not cause a conflict.

Audio Files

Playing CDs with CD Player

The program "CD Player" that comes pre-installed on with Inveneo Desktop Linux plays CD discs. To play CD discs, you must have a USB CD drive connected to the ICS.

Note
The eject button on the CD-ROM will not work. To eject the CD, right click on the CD icon on the Desktop and click Eject.

To play audio with CD player:

  1. Select Start > All Programs > Multimedia > CD Player.
  2. Insert the CD into the CD drive.
  3. Press the Play button to play all songs on the CD, or click an individual track in the list to the right, then click the "Play" button to play the selected track.
  4. To stop playing the CD, press the Stop button.
  5. To quit the CD Player program, click the Disc menu and choose Quit.

Playing Audio with Movie Player

Audio and music other than CDs can be opened with the program Movie Player. Although it is called Movie Player, the program also plays audio such as music or recordings saved to a USB memory stick.

Playing a Single Audio File

The movie player playing a single audio file.
The movie player playing a single audio file.
  1. Insert the USB memory stick into one of the available USB ports on the rear, right side of the Inveneo Computing Station.
  2. A File Manager window will open and display files saved on the USB memory stick.
  3. Move the scroll bar down if necessary to find the music or audio file.
  4. Double-click the mouse on the audio file to launch Movie Player.
  5. The Movie Player program will open and the audio will automatically begin playing.
  6. To pause the audio, click the Pause button.
  7. To stop the audio and return to the beginning, click the Stop button.
  8. To exit the Movie Player program, click the Movie menu and then select Exit.

Playing Multiple Audio Files

  1. Click Start > All Programs > Multimedia > Movie Player to launch Movie Player.
  2. In lower right of the window, click the + button. Image:Audio1.png
  3. In the left column named "Places", double-click USB Disks.
  4. In the right column, double-click the USB memory stick.
  5. This will display only and all audio files on the USB stick.
  6. Hold down the space bar and use the arrow keys to highlight the files you want play.
  7. Click Add
  8. Movie Player automatically begin playing the first audio file. All audio tracks are listed in the "Playlist" column.
  9. When one audio file finishes playing, the next audio file will play automatically.
  10. Use the control buttons to pause, play, stop, play the next audio track or play the previous audio track.
  11. To exit the Movie Player program, click the Movie menu and then select Exit.

Playing Web Audio with Firefox

Web sites with music, and other audio like interviews and radio programs can be listened to with Firefox.

To listen to audio with Firefox:

  1. Click the Start menu and choose Browse the Web to launch the Firefox web browser.
  2. Type in the web address you wish to visit to listen to audio, and press the Enter key. For example, to listen to music on the National Geographic website, type www.nationalgeographic.com and press the Enter key. Click the word Music in the left column.
  3. Click the Play button to begin playing audio. Note: Sometimes web sites use the word "Listen" instead of "Play," and often a <speaker> icon or <play button> icon is used to indicate audo; often those icons can be clicked on to begin playing music. For example, to listen to music on the National Geographic web site described above, go to the web page, scroll scroll down to the "What's Hot" section, and click Listen below one of the featured artists listed in the section.
  4. Sometimes a new web window will open with controls to pause, stop and quit listening to audio or music. Other times the music will begin playing and no new window will open. In our example of listening to audio on the National Geographic site, a window will appear with information about the featured artist, and buttons at the bottom of the window may be clicked to rewind, pause and start, fast forward, and mute the audio.
  5. To quit listening to audio on a web site, close the new window if one was opened, or click the stop button if no new window was open.
  6. To quit listening to audio and quit Firefox, click the File menu and choose Quit.

Video Files

Playing Videos with Movie Player

DVDs and other video stored on a USB memory stick can be watched with the program Movie Player (Start > All Programs > Multimedia > Movie Player.) Note: To watch DVDs, you must have a USB DVD drive connected to the Inveneo Computing Station.

Note
The video processor in the Inveneo Computing Station can play high-quality video in a window, but it is not powerful enough for full screen playback. Adding additional RAM (up to 1GB) will improve video quality.

Watching a DVD with Movie Player

  1. Press the open/eject button on the USB DVD drive to open the disc tray.
  2. Place the DVD on the tray and press the tray in to close it.
  3. After several seconds the Movie Player program will detect the DVD drive and launch the Movie Player program. Depending on the DVD, the Movie Player may begin playing the video automatically; it may also present a DVD menu, which may be clicked on to choose individual videos or chapter. Click on the one you wish to watch to being playing the video.
  4. Use the control buttons to pause, resume, or stop watching the video.
  5. To exit the Movie Player program, click the Movie menu and then select Exit.

Watching a Video File from a USB Stick

There are two methods to open and view a video file.

Double-click the Video File

  1. Insert the USB memory stick into one of the available USB ports on the rear, right side of the Inveneo Computing Station.
  2. A File Manager window will open and display files saved on the USB memory stick.
  3. Move the scroll bar down if necessary to find the video file.
  4. Double-click the video file to launch Movie Player.
  5. Movie Player will open and automatically begin playing.
  6. Use the control buttons to pause, resume or stop watching the video.
  7. To exit the Movie Player program, click the Movie menu and then select Exit.

Launch Movie Player, Then Open a Video File

  1. Click Start > All Programs > Multimedia > Movie Player to launch Movie Player.
  2. Click the Movie menu and select Open....
  3. In the left column named "Places," double-click USB Disks.
  4. In the right column, double-click the USB memory stick.
  5. Scroll down the list of files saved on the USB memory stick if necessary to locate the video file, then double-click on the file to open it.
  6. Movie Player will open and automatically begin playing.
  7. Use the control buttons to pause, resume or stop watching the video.
  8. To exit the Movie Player program, click the Movie menu and then select Exit.

Playing Web Video with Firefox

Web sites with video can be watched with Firefox.

To watch video with Firefox:

  1. Click the Start menu and choose Browse the Web to launch the Firefox web browser.
  2. Type in the web address you wish to visit to watch video, and press the Enter key. For example, to watch video on the National Geographic website, type www.nationalgeographic.com and press the Enter key. Click the word Video in the left column.
  3. Click the Play button to begin watching video. Note: Sometimes web sites use the an <video> icon to indicate video; often the icon can be clicked to begin playing the video. For example, to watch video on the National Geographic web site described above, go to the web page, and click the WATCH VIDEO button to begin watching video. Note: Firefox may pop up an alert stating you must allow "pop-up" windows for the site nationalgeographic.com; if so, click OK then click the Preferences button to the upper right of the web page and choose Allow popups for video.nationalgeographic.com; click the WATCH VIDEO button again to watch the video.
  4. Sometimes a new web window will open with controls to pause, stop and quit watching video. Other times the video will begin playing in the currently opened Firefox window and no new window will open. In our example of watching video on the National Geographic site, a new window will open with information about the video, and buttons beneath the playing video to pause and start, fast forward, and mute the video's audio.
  5. To quit watching video on a web site, close the newly opened window if one was opened, or click the stop button if no new window was open.
  6. To quit watching video and quit Firefox, click the File menu and choose Quit.

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