Ubuntu Wiki

Multimedia

• RestrictedFormats - Lists how to get MP3, DVD and other formats to play.

• MultimediaApplications - Introduction to most commonly used multimedia applications available on Ubuntu.

CD/DVD

• ["CDRipping"] - How to "rip" your audio CDs to your hard disk.

• [:DVDAuthoring:DVDAuthoring] - Software for authoring DVDs.

MIDI

• MidiSoftwareSynthesisHowTo - Setup MIDI sound using timidity.

Surround Sound

• SurroundSound - Setup Surround Sound in specific applications.

Digital Video

There are several applications available in the Ubuntu repositories, first you'll need to capture (grab/import) your DV files from your camera. Most cameras use a hardware technology called firewire (technically called ieee1394) so you'll need to learn about that.

IEEE1394 (Firewire)

• ["ieee1394"] - Hardware, drivers and software for getting ieee1394 (firewire) to work

• DigitalVideoEditing - A guide to making the most of the software available for editing DV

Graphics

GIMP

• [:TheGimpHowto:The Gimp] - How to use the powerful image editor.

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