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# Chapter 4. Questions, Answers, and Tips

## Frequently asked questions

4.1. The music skips a lot when moving windows.
4.2. The Plugins menu empty.
4.3. I can't remove a playlist or user-interface from the plugins list
4.4. Where can I get more plugins?
4.5. How do I write a Noatun plugin?

4.1. The music skips a lot when moving windows.

Have aRts buffer more by starting the KDE Control Center, and moving to the Sound group, and Soundserver section, and increasing the response time. 348ms is usually sufficient for most computers. You may also consider running the soundserver with real-time priority if setting the response time doesn't help. Be aware that this can cause your system to lock-up.

4.2. The Plugins menu empty.

Not every plugin puts an item in there. The ID3 plugin does, for editing the currently playing file's ID3 tag.

4.3. I can't remove a playlist or user-interface from the plugins list

Since Noatun requires at least one user-interface loaded, and exactly one playlist, you have to add a new user-interface plugin before removing the old one. Adding a new playlist will automatically remove the old one.

4.4. Where can I get more plugins?

Third-party developers can submit their own plugins to the Noatun web-site, where they can be downloaded by you, the users.

4.5. How do I write a Noatun plugin?

Documentation, an API reference, and example source code is available at the Noatun web-site. Also, in the spirit of Open Source software, the source code to Noatun, and all default plugins is available.

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