Equaliser Equalizer Equali*er

[Wakou]

Hi folks, there is a similar thread from two years ago but no useful responses.
Is there a "global" equaliser for kde, so I can turn down the default bass output from my 5.1 speakers?

I tried using VLC which has an Eq, but it seems to need to be invoked at every track, and does not seem to be able to save a custom set of settings..

I am currently trying Amarok, but its EQ is greyed out in the menu, the help file says, not very helpfully that

The built in equalizer is easy to use and works with all engines.

Well it is not, and it doesn't!
I would rather not use a "big" player like Amarok, I have had enough probs with WMP, Real Player, and I-Tunes copying my entire library into about seven different locations, and filling my hard drive..
....although in the 10 minutes I have spent trying it, it has impressed me with its search capabilities


Kaffeine seems unable to play mp3! I can't be b******red to download codecs for each and every format!

Any and all suggestions welcome, including other media/audio apps

[Wakou]

..... and
Despite Amarok's help file boast "The built in equalizer is easy to use and works with all engines. "
I downloaded the xine engine...

Now, it does not support mp3.
Amarok sends me to a commercial site which wants $30.00 or so for a codec pack, or to register for spam to get just the mp3 abilities.

[Wakou]

I found the "1-click install" here:
Multimedia - openSUSE-Community

Yast does not like, giving me 16 conflicts and 12 conflicts under two different headings, like so:
Quote:
#### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2009-03-18 13:34:17 ####

ffmpeg-0.5-0.pm.1.i686 requires libavutil49 = 0.5-0.pm.1, but this requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: libavutil49-0.5-0.pm.1.i586[Packman Repository]
libavutil49-0.5-0.pm.1.i686[Packman Repository]
[ ] Following actions will be done:
architecture change of libavutil49-0.4.9.17550-1.1.i586 to libavutil49-0.5-0.pm.1.i686
install libavutil49-0.5-0.pm.1.i686 (with vendor change)
VideoLAN Project (VideoLAN - Free and Open Source software and video streaming solutions for every OS!)
-->
PackMan :: Startseite
architecture change of libavcodec52-0.4.9.17550-1.1.i586 to libavcodec52-0.5-0.pm.1.i686
install libavcodec52-0.5-0.pm.1.i686 (with vendor change)
VideoLAN Project (VideoLAN - Free and Open Source software and video streaming solutions for every OS!)
-->
PackMan :: Startseite
architecture change of libavformat52-0.4.9.17550-1.1.i586 to libavformat52-0.5-0.pm.1.i686
install libavformat52-0.5-0.pm.1.i686 (with vendor change)
VideoLAN Project (VideoLAN - Free and Open Source software and video streaming solutions for every OS!)
-->
PackMan :: Startseite
architecture change of libswscale0-0.4.9.17550-1.1.i586 to libswscale0-0.5-0.pm.1.i686
install libswscale0-0.5-0.pm.1.i686 (with vendor change)
VideoLAN Project (VideoLAN - Free and Open Source software and video streaming solutions for every OS!)
-->
PackMan :: Startseite
[ ] Ignore some dependencies of ffmpeg

[ ] do not install ffmpeg-0.5-0.pm.1.i686



libxine1-codecs-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686 requires libxine1 = 1.1.16.2, but this requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: libxine1-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i586[Packman Repository]
libxine1-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686[Packman Repository]
[ ] do not install libxine1-codecs-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686

[ ] Ignore some dependencies of libxine1-codecs

[ ] Following actions will be done:
do not install libxine1-1.1.15-20.8.i586
architecture change of libxine1-1.1.15-20.8.i586 to libxine1-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686
install libxine1-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686 (with vendor change)
openSUSE
-->
PackMan :: Startseite
architecture change of libxine1-pulse-1.1.15-20.8.i586 to libxine1-pulse-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686
install libxine1-pulse-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686 (with vendor change)
openSUSE
-->
PackMan :: Startseite
architecture change of libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.15-20.8.i586 to libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686
install libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.16.2-0.pm.2.i686 (with vendor change)
openSUSE
-->
PackMan :: Startseite



#### YaST2 conflicts list END ###
I tried accepting YAST's suggestions, but the install hangs. /var/logs/yast2 is 60,000 lines long, (just for today!) so I won't paste it here.

I then Un-installed Amarok, Kaffeine, and VLC/videolan and tried again. same results. Where should I go from here?

I have looked at:
Check your multimedia problem in ten steps - openSUSE Forums
But I am not expert enough to really go through this, I do not know what results I SHOULD get, or what to do with them.

Where should I go from here?