Kaffeine is a Free KDE Media Player that is good at handling various types of media. You can use it to play most of the media and has a nice support for many types of codecs. Kaffeine uses the Xine as an engine and it tries to make the most of it.

The interface is very much user friendly and supports efficient file handling. Even though the overall look is not so captivating, the player doesn’t fail to win hearts given the versatility it has.

The first time you start the Free KDE Media Player Kaffeine, you will see the quick start window that allows access to most of the common media available. There are several options to let you listen music from the HDD or CDs, to encode music, to play DVDs, to watch digital television and much more.

One of the best things about the Free Kaffeine Media Player, is that for every song that is played it tries to show a cover. If none is available for that artist it goes online and retrieves several covers. You can see if anything is found in a window that usually pops up to show the thumbnails. Under the thumbs the resolution is shown so you can get the cover that is best for you! Kaffeine also contain a 10 band graphical equalizer and options for video settings that is no doubt nice and lets you tweak your media.

With this Free KDE Media Player, an user can create several playlist. The active playlist can be changed from the dropdown list that is in the upper part of the window. Under this playlist selector is a “filters” field. This is the one that helps the user locate the media from a large collections. Filtered results are shown as you type in the keywords. The media player also supports codecs like the OGG Vorbis and has option for audio CD ripping. An user can also Play Encrypted DVDs with Free Kaffeine Media Player in no time at all!The Free Kaffeine Media Player also has a network broadcast feature thats simple enough for any user to control. To create a stream you just have to click a button and select a port. Connecting to one is easy. Set the sender and the port and click the OK button.The approach is straight forward and if the user wishes can also save the stream on the hard drive.

Many of the settings related to the Free KDE Media Player are actually settings for the xine. There is a window for setting the engine parameters and users can change options to suit their needs. There is also a system tray announcer and a DVB client that comes with the player. Supporting xine in the backend definitely makes the Free Kaffeine Media Player, a powerful and a versatile one. You can Download KDE Kaffeine Media Player Free .The Free KDE Media Player is excellent in playing files and provides the users with lots of useful functions. Although, the overall look factor needs to be tweaked further, I do not see any reason why this player shoudn’t be popular!

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