Media : Introduction

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# Introduction

T his chapter looks at some of the BeOS applications that let you play and record sound and video

- MediaPlayer plays audio and video files.
- MidiPlayer play MIDI files.
- SoundRecorder records incoming audio signals.
- CDBurner lets you burn your own audio CDs.
- Camera is the interface to an external digital (still) camera.
- CodyCam lets you record from a video input.
- TV lets you hook your computer to a cable TV signal.

First we look at the Media Hardware support provided by BeOS, followed by a description of Media Preferences, the preferences application that lets you make system-wide audio and video settings, and Sounds Preferences, which lets you set the sounds that are used for system beeps.

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