Launching gmplayer from the GNOME Panel
Until now, you have been manually launching MPlayer. Now it’s time to put gmplayer in its place on the GNOME Panel. You can create an applet launcher (an icon to click) for gmplayer on the GNOME Panel.RememberThe Panel is the gray bar that rests along the bottom of your screen.Follow these steps to create a launcher applet for gmplayer:Right-click any blank section of the GNOME Panel and choose Add to PanelLauncher menus.
Type a name for the gmplayer launcher icon and press the Tab key to display the Generic Name text box. Enter any name you want.
An entry such as Radio Player or Streaming Audio/Video player describes what the launcher is meant to do.
Press the Tab key again and enter a descriptive comment in the Comment text box.
The comment is displayed whenever you place the cursor over the MPlayer icon.
Press the Tab key one more time and type /usr/bin/gmplayer in the Command text box.
Click the Icon button at the bottom of the Launcher window to pick an icon for the launcher.
The Browse icons window opens and displays the generic GNOME icon images. You can select any image you want by clicking the image and then clicking the OK button. You return to the Create Launcher window.Selecting an icon image in this step means that you can skip Steps 7 through 9, which help you find custom icon images. Skip to Step 9.
Click the Browse button to select a custom image.
The Browse window opens.
Select any generic icon you like and click the OK button.
The gmplayer icon is displayed in the Launcher window, ready and waiting to launch the program.
Click the Close button and the gmplayer icon is placed on the GNOME Panel.
Click the OK button in the Launcher window and click the new gmplayer launcher you just created on the GNOME Panel.
The new icon is inserted into the GNOME Panel and the gmplayer window opens.
You can also reach gmplayer from the GNOME menu. After you install the MPlayer packages, log out and then log in again. Click the GNOME Menu button and choose Sound & VideoTipYou can easily copy the gmplayer icon (or any icon) from the GNOME Panel to your desktop. Click and hold the gmplayer icon in the GNOME Panel and drag it to your desktop. Release the mouse button and the icon is copied to your desktop background. You can then right-click the desktop icon and choose Properties from the menu that pops up. The gmplayer Properties window opens and enables you to modify the icon’s look and feel.