Using Noatun
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Chapter 2. Using Noatun

Noatun, by default, starts with the Excellent user interface plugin. This plugin was chosen as it bears the most similarity to other KDE applications.

Noatun is unique in that no two installations are the same, and there is no standard interface, although there is a default one. You're free to mix-and-match your selection of plugins, and customize Noatun until it is your ideal media player!

Title Format

The Noatun Preferences Window has an odd Title Format text box. You can enter a format string to customize how titles appear.

  • Any text appears normally, unless it is within a $( ).

  • The text within $( ) will read the Noatun property for the given item, and replace the text with it.

  • If, within the $( ) are quotes, the text within the quotes will be displayed normally, but only if the property of the name exists.

  • The quotes may be either at the beginning of the $( ), at the end of it, or at both the end or the beginning

For example, $(bitrate) is replaced by the bitrate of the file, as loaded by the Metatag plugin. However, if you insert quotes into that field, the text within the quotes will be displayed: $(bitrate"kbps") for example will display the bitrate of the file, followed by the characters "kbps". Neither will be displayed if the property “bitrate” does not exist.

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