Phonon is the Qt multimedia toolkit. It allows developers to add multimedia functionality to applications with minimal effort.
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For the most detailed and up-to-date information on using phonon, have a look at the latest API documentation. Several tutorials are also available:
In addition, numerous examples can be found inside the demos/ directory of the phonon sources. They are well-documented and provide the basis for the above tutorials.
To provide cross-platform support, Phonon is powered by various backend libraries. The stable backends are:
Other backends have been created in the past, however they are currently unmaintained and looking for developers:
For general Phonon support, you can join the KDE-Multimedia mailing list. If you wish to join us in backend development, you might also want to subscribe to the phonon-backends list.
If you desire a more real-time support method, you can also hang out in #phonon on freenode.
Phonon's source code is hosted on the KDE infrastructure and is available for viewing at projects.kde.org. It is recommended that you also join the kde-multimedia and phonon-backends mailing lists mentioned in the previous section. Finally, join us in #phonon on Freenode.
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