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To install programs listed first follow these instructions:
 *RestrictedFormats - adding support for MP3, DVD and other multimedia formats
 *AddingRepositoriesHowto - enabling installation of the '''extra''' software for your computer, in the "universe" and "multiverse" repositories

= Default Packages =

== Audio Applications ==
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== A Word About Multimedia Frameworks ==

Ubuntu offers a wide range of multimedia applications through its Main, Universe and Multiverse repositories. To help you choose the most suitable music player or video editor, it is useful to differentiate between the media players themselves (or 'front-ends') and the playback engines (the 'back-ends') they use.

The '''front-ends''' are the applications that you interact with on your desktop. Some are tightly integrated with the two desktop environments, GNOME and KDE; others are platform-independent. The two main '''back-ends''' are the [http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ gstreamer] and [http://xinehq.de/ xine] frameworks (Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake uses the gstreamer 0.10 framework by default.) Some players support both the gstreamer and xine back-ends.

Your choice will thus depend on the right combination of features, performance, choice of media formats, your preferred desktop environment, and personal preference.

This page describes the most popular front-ends: media players, music and video editors, podcast and streaming applications. For more information on gstreamer, xine and the (free and non-free) media formats they support, see the RestrictedFormats wiki page.




== Default Applications ==

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 * '''Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)'''



=== Totem ===

'''Totem''' is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment. It is also Ubuntu's default video player. Totem plays any xine or gstreamer-supported file (see the RestrictedFormats wiki page for gstreamer/xine setup and configuration). It can also be used to play DVDs (with menus) and VCDs, SMIL, shoutcast, m3u and Real''''''Audio playlists. It features a video thumbnailer, full-screen mode, Xinerama support, a playlist with repeat and shuffle modes, seek and volume controls, 5.1 surround stereo and TV-Out resolution switching. Totem supports either the gstreamer or [#totem-xine xine] back-ends. For more information, visit the [http://gnome.org/projects/totem/ Totem web site].

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This is the default music player in Ubuntu. It has a very simple layout and is quite easy to use, but still can meet most needs. Rhythmbox has a browser window with a list of Artists on the left and a list of Albums on the right (this window can be minimized). It also has a search function. This allows users to search for songs based on Artist, Album and track name simultaneously. In addition, Rhythmbox can integrate with an ipod.
For more information visit the [http://rhythmbox.sourceforge.net/ Rhythmbox Website].

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'''Rhythmbox''' is the default music player in Ubuntu. It is very easy to use, yet able to meet most needs. Rhythmbox has a simple user interface inspired by Apple's iTunes: a browser window with a music library and playlists on the left and a searchable track list sorted by album, genre, artist etc. on the right. Users can browse the library and playlists based on artist, album and track name simultaneously. Rhythmbox plays podcasts and streams, integrates with the i''''''Pod and rips audio CDs with the help of [#soundjuicer SoundJuicer]. Rhythmbox uses the gstreamer framework. For more information visit the [http://rhythmbox.sourceforge.net/ Rhythmbox Website].

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Sound Juicer is a simple and clean CD ripping tool. It allows you to extract the audio from audio compact discs and convert them into audio files that your computer can understand and play. Sound Juicer is designed to be easy to use and to work with little user intervention. For example, if your computer is connected to the Internet, it will automatically attempt to retrieve track information from the freely-available MusicBrainz service. For more information, visit [http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer Sound Juicer's website].

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'''Sound Juicer''' is a simple and clean CD ripping tool. It extracts audio tracks from compact discs. Sound Juicer is designed to be easy to use and to work with little user intervention. If your computer is connected to the Internet, it will attempt to retrieve CD track information from the open content [http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] service. Sound''''''Juicer integrates tightly with GNOME 2.14 and the gstreamer framemwork. For more information, visit the [http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer Sound Juicer website].

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Sound Recorder enables you to record and play .flac, .ogg, and .wav sound files.

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== Video Applications ==

=== Totem ===

Totem is Ubuntu's default video application. It has a nice user interface and can be used to play DVDs, AVI/MPEG-4 (e.g. encoded with DivX, XviD, FFmpeg MPEG-4 etc.), QuickTime and RealMedia videos.

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= Extra Packages =

== Audio Applications ==

=== Amarok ===

This is KDE's premiere music player. It has all the bells and whistles one could want. It supports several visualizations and can be used like Rhythmbox with a single player window and playlist or like XMMS/Beep Media Player (think Winamp) with a seperate playlist and player windows. Amarok has an included database which will keep track of what songs you listen to most and least and rate them for you. It'll download CD covers, allow you to download lyrics from within the player and even burn tracks to CD. For more information visit [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok's website].

==== Installation ====
See ["Amarok"] for more information on installation.

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'''Sound Recorder''' is a small GNOME application that enables you to record and play .flac, .ogg, and .wav sound files.

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 * '''Kubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)'''


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=== AmaroK ===


'''AmaroK''' is a fully featured, bells and whistles music player for KDE. It is scriptable and themable; it has a 10-band equalizer, crossfade, visualizations, color schemes, a collection filter with a rating system. It supports iPod, iRiver and other mp3 players. It integrates with [http://www.last.fm/group/amaroK%2Busers last.fm]. It'll download CD covers from Amazon and metadata from [http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] and burn tracks to CD (using [http://www.k3b.org/ k3b]). It even lets you choose the database type you want to use (SQLite3, MySQL, PostGreSQL)! AmaroK supports both the xine and gstreamer back-ends. For more information visit the [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok web site].


attachment:IconsPage/apt.png See [wiki:Amarok this wiki page] for information on how to install '''AmaroK''' under GNOME (Ubuntu).

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=== Kaffeine ===

'''Kaffeine'''

Kaffeine is a fully featured multimedia player for KDE. It uses xine as backend by default, but also works with gstreamer and KPlayer if installed. It supports DVD playback with menus, multiple playlists, a 10-band equalizer, a cd cover manager. It rips and burns audio CDs to mp3 and ogg vorbis, streams audio and video and supports LIRC. See the [http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/ Kaffeine web site] for more.






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== Extra Packages ==

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attachment:IconsPage/dvd-video.png '''Video Players and Editors'''
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=== MPlayer ===

'''MPlayer''' is a powerful and customisable video player with support for a large number of audio and video codecs.
 Supported video codecs include:
    * MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video
    * MPEG-4 in all variants including Div''''''X, OpenDiv''''''X (Div''''''X4), Div''''''X 5 (Pro), Xvi''''''D
    * Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2)
    * Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL)
    * Real''''''Video 1.0, 2.0 (G2)
    * Real''''''Video 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries)
    * Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other Quick''''''Time codecs
    * DV video
    * 3ivx
    * Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2)
    * Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or X''''''Anim codecs)
    * VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other H.263(+) variants (using x86 DLL)
    * MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats
    * FLI/FLC
    * Huff''''''YUV
    * various old simple RLE-like formats

 Supported audio codecs include:
    * MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP3) audio
    * AC3/A52 (Dolby Digital) audio (software or SP/DIF)
    * AAC (MPEG-4 audio)
    * WMA (Div''''''X Audio) v1, v2
    * WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs)
    * Real''''''Audio: COOK, SIPRO, ATRAC3 (using Real libraries)
    * Real''''''Audio: DNET and older codecs
    * Quick''''''Time: Qclp, Q-Design QDMC/QDM2, MACE 3/6 (using QT libraries), ALAC
    * Ogg Vorbis audio
    * VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren) (using x86 DLL)
    * alaw/ulaw, (ms)gsm, pcm, adpcm and other simple old audio formats

For more information visit the [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html MPlayer web site].

attachment:IconsPage/apt.png Information on installing and setting up mplayer can be found on the [:MplayerInstallHowto:mplayer] wiki page.


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=== Diva ===

A video editor for the Gnome desktop.


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=== Kino ===

A non-linear DV Video Editor.




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=== gstreamer-editor ===

A graphical editor for creating GStreamer media pipelines.



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=== totem-xine ===

DVD support includes menus and subtitles. In addition, totem can be used to play MP3s, Ogg Vorbis and other music files as well as streaming media with its nice visualizations. For more information visit the [http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/ Totem Website].





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=== gxine ===

'''gxine''' is a GTK+ based GUI for the libxine video player library.


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=== xine-ui ===
xine doesn't have the most attractive interface but it's powerful and gets the job done. It allows you to fine tune keyboard shortcuts and has an excellent default set to make the program easy to use without a mouse. In addition, it has numerous options for DVD menus and subtitles. It also has a small footprint, and starts up in seconds. For more information visit the [http://www.xinehq.de/ xine website].

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=== VLC ===

'''VLC''' (also known as VideoLAN Client) is a versatile multimedia player that supports a very large number of audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI/MPEG-4, MP3, Ogg, ...) as well as DVD and VCD playback and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. For more information visit the [http://www.videolan.org/ videolan web site].

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=== Audacity ===



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=== Cowbell Music Organizer ===







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Beep Media Player (BMP) is very similar to Winamp. If you like Winamp, you're likely to enjoy this player. Ubuntu also includes tons of skins that can be used to make the player look any way you want.

For more information visit [http://bmp.beep-media-player.org/ Beep Media Player's home page].

Details on Installation and other instructions can be found on the [:BeepMediaPlayer:separate BMP page]

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'''Beep Media Player''' (BMP) is a multimedia player with an interface very similar to Winamp's. If you like Winamp, you're likely to enjoy this player. The Ubuntu package includes a lot of skins that can be used to change the looks of the player.

attachment:IconsPage/apt.png Detailed installation instructions can be found on the [:BeepMediaPlayer: Beep Media Player wiki page].


attachment:IconsPage/info.png BMP is currently being rewritten from scratch. See [http://bmp.beep-media-player.org/index.php/BMP_Homepage Beep Media Player's home page] and the [http://bmpx.beep-media-player.org/site/BMPx_Homepage new project page] for details.



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Features:
'''Muine''' is a music player for GNOME. It features:
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    * Automatic album-cover fetching     * Automatic album-cover fetching via [http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] or Amazon
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    * ReplayGain support     * [http://www.replaygain.org/ ReplayGain] support
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    * Translations into many languages 
For more information visit [http://muine-player.org/ Muine's website].

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    * Translations into many languages

For more information visit the [http://muine-player.org/wiki/Main_Page Muine website].

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Streamtuner allows you to browse streaming internet radio stations, and play them in your favorite media player. The program includes support for SHOUTcast, Live365 and Xiph and allows you to add custom stations.
For more information visit the [http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/ Streamtuner Webpage].

==== Installation ====
===== From Terminal =====
{{{
sudo apt-get install streamtuner
}}}
===== From Package Manager =====
System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

Search for and install the following packages:
 *'''streamtuner'''

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== Video Applications ==

=== MPlayer ===

MPlayer is quite simply the most comprehensive and customisable video program around for Linux. Its website is [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html here].

Information on installing and setting up mplayer can be found on our wiki on the [:MplayerInstallHowto:mplayer] page.

=== totem-xine ===

DVD support includes menus and subtitles. In addition, totem can be used to play MP3s, Ogg Vorbis and other music files as well as streaming media with its nice visualizations. For more information visit the [http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/ Totem Website].

==== Installation ====
===== From Terminal =====
{{{
sudo apt-get install totem-xine
}}}
===== From Package Manager =====
System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

Search for and install the following package(s):
 *'''totem-xine'''

=== xine-ui ===
xine doesn't have the most attractive interface but it's powerful and gets the job done. I personally find it to be the best DVD player. It allows you to fine tune keyboard shortcuts and has an excellent default set to make the program easy to use without a mouse. In addition, it has numerous options for DVD menus and subtitles. It also has a small footprint, and starts up in seconds. For more information visit the [http://www.xinehq.de/ xine website].

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=== gxine ===
If you don't like xine-ui, you should check '''gxine''', a GTK+ based GUI for the libxine video player library.

==== Installation ====
===== From Terminal =====
{{{
sudo apt-get install gxine
}}}
===== From Package Manager =====
System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

Search for and install the following package:
 *'''gxine'''

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=== VLC ===

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI/MPEG-4, MP3, Ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. For more information visit the [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC Website].

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'''Streamtuner''' allows you to browse streaming internet radio stations, and play them in your favorite media player. The program includes support for [http://www.shoutcast.com/ SHOUTcast], [http://www.live365.com/ Live365], [http://dir.xiph.org/ Xiph] and [http://www.basic.ch/ basic.ch] and allows you to add custom stations. For more information visit the [http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/ Streamtuner web page].

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== For More Information ==

 * The [wiki:RestrictedFormats restricted formats] wiki page



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A Word About Multimedia Frameworks

Ubuntu offers a wide range of multimedia applications through its Main, Universe and Multiverse repositories. To help you choose the most suitable music player or video editor, it is useful to differentiate between the media players themselves (or 'front-ends') and the playback engines (the 'back-ends') they use.

The front-ends are the applications that you interact with on your desktop. Some are tightly integrated with the two desktop environments, GNOME and KDE; others are platform-independent. The two main back-ends are the [http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ gstreamer] and [http://xinehq.de/ xine] frameworks (Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake uses the gstreamer 0.10 framework by default.) Some players support both the gstreamer and xine back-ends.

Your choice will thus depend on the right combination of features, performance, choice of media formats, your preferred desktop environment, and personal preference.

This page describes the most popular front-ends: media players, music and video editors, podcast and streaming applications. For more information on gstreamer, xine and the (free and non-free) media formats they support, see the RestrictedFormats wiki page.

Default Applications

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  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

Totem

Totem is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment. It is also Ubuntu's default video player. Totem plays any xine or gstreamer-supported file (see the RestrictedFormats wiki page for gstreamer/xine setup and configuration). It can also be used to play DVDs (with menus) and VCDs, SMIL, shoutcast, m3u and RealAudio playlists. It features a video thumbnailer, full-screen mode, Xinerama support, a playlist with repeat and shuffle modes, seek and volume controls, 5.1 surround stereo and TV-Out resolution switching. Totem supports either the gstreamer or [#totem-xine xine] back-ends. For more information, visit the [http://gnome.org/projects/totem/ Totem web site].

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Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox is the default music player in Ubuntu. It is very easy to use, yet able to meet most needs. Rhythmbox has a simple user interface inspired by Apple's iTunes: a browser window with a music library and playlists on the left and a searchable track list sorted by album, genre, artist etc. on the right. Users can browse the library and playlists based on artist, album and track name simultaneously. Rhythmbox plays podcasts and streams, integrates with the iPod and rips audio CDs with the help of [#soundjuicer SoundJuicer]. Rhythmbox uses the gstreamer framework. For more information visit the [http://rhythmbox.sourceforge.net/ Rhythmbox Website].

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Sound Juicer

Sound Juicer is a simple and clean CD ripping tool. It extracts audio tracks from compact discs. Sound Juicer is designed to be easy to use and to work with little user intervention. If your computer is connected to the Internet, it will attempt to retrieve CD track information from the open content [http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] service. SoundJuicer integrates tightly with GNOME 2.14 and the gstreamer framemwork. For more information, visit the [http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer Sound Juicer website].

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Sound Recorder

Sound Recorder is a small GNOME application that enables you to record and play .flac, .ogg, and .wav sound files.

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AmaroK

AmaroK is a fully featured, bells and whistles music player for KDE. It is scriptable and themable; it has a 10-band equalizer, crossfade, visualizations, color schemes, a collection filter with a rating system. It supports iPod, iRiver and other mp3 players. It integrates with [http://www.last.fm/group/amaroK%2Busers last.fm]. It'll download CD covers from Amazon and metadata from [http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] and burn tracks to CD (using [http://www.k3b.org/ k3b]). It even lets you choose the database type you want to use (SQLite3, MySQL, PostGreSQL)! AmaroK supports both the xine and gstreamer back-ends. For more information visit the [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok web site].

attachment:IconsPage/apt.png See [wiki:Amarok this wiki page] for information on how to install AmaroK under GNOME (Ubuntu).

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Kaffeine

Kaffeine

Kaffeine is a fully featured multimedia player for KDE. It uses xine as backend by default, but also works with gstreamer and KPlayer if installed. It supports DVD playback with menus, multiple playlists, a 10-band equalizer, a cd cover manager. It rips and burns audio CDs to mp3 and ogg vorbis, streams audio and video and supports LIRC. See the [http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/ Kaffeine web site] for more.

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Extra Packages

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MPlayer

MPlayer is a powerful and customisable video player with support for a large number of audio and video codecs.

  • Supported video codecs include:
    • MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video
    • MPEG-4 in all variants including DivX, OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5 (Pro), XviD

    • Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2)
    • Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL)
    • RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 (G2)

    • RealVideo 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries)

    • Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other QuickTime codecs

    • DV video
    • 3ivx
    • Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2)
    • Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or XAnim codecs)

    • VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other H.263(+) variants (using x86 DLL)
    • MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats
    • FLI/FLC
    • HuffYUV

    • various old simple RLE-like formats
    Supported audio codecs include:
    • MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP3) audio
    • AC3/A52 (Dolby Digital) audio (software or SP/DIF)
    • AAC (MPEG-4 audio)
    • WMA (DivX Audio) v1, v2

    • WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs)
    • RealAudio: COOK, SIPRO, ATRAC3 (using Real libraries)

    • RealAudio: DNET and older codecs

    • QuickTime: Qclp, Q-Design QDMC/QDM2, MACE 3/6 (using QT libraries), ALAC

    • Ogg Vorbis audio
    • VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren) (using x86 DLL)
    • alaw/ulaw, (ms)gsm, pcm, adpcm and other simple old audio formats

For more information visit the [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html MPlayer web site].

attachment:IconsPage/apt.png Information on installing and setting up mplayer can be found on the [:MplayerInstallHowto:mplayer] wiki page.

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Diva

A video editor for the Gnome desktop.

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Kino

A non-linear DV Video Editor.

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gstreamer-editor

A graphical editor for creating GStreamer media pipelines.

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totem-xine

DVD support includes menus and subtitles. In addition, totem can be used to play MP3s, Ogg Vorbis and other music files as well as streaming media with its nice visualizations. For more information visit the [http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/ Totem Website].

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gxine

gxine is a GTK+ based GUI for the libxine video player library.

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xine-ui

xine doesn't have the most attractive interface but it's powerful and gets the job done. It allows you to fine tune keyboard shortcuts and has an excellent default set to make the program easy to use without a mouse. In addition, it has numerous options for DVD menus and subtitles. It also has a small footprint, and starts up in seconds. For more information visit the [http://www.xinehq.de/ xine website].

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VLC

VLC (also known as VideoLAN Client) is a versatile multimedia player that supports a very large number of audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI/MPEG-4, MP3, Ogg, ...) as well as DVD and VCD playback and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. For more information visit the [http://www.videolan.org/ videolan web site].

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Audacity

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Cowbell Music Organizer

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Beep Media Player

Beep Media Player (BMP) is a multimedia player with an interface very similar to Winamp's. If you like Winamp, you're likely to enjoy this player. The Ubuntu package includes a lot of skins that can be used to change the looks of the player.

attachment:IconsPage/apt.png Detailed installation instructions can be found on the [:BeepMediaPlayer: Beep Media Player wiki page].

attachment:IconsPage/info.png BMP is currently being rewritten from scratch. See [http://bmp.beep-media-player.org/index.php/BMP_Homepage Beep Media Player's home page] and the [http://bmpx.beep-media-player.org/site/BMPx_Homepage new project page] for details.

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Muine

Muine is a music player for GNOME. It features:

  • A simple, intuitive user interface
  • Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC and MP3 music playback support
  • Automatic album-cover fetching via [http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] or Amazon

  • Support for embedded ID3v2 album images
  • [http://www.replaygain.org/ ReplayGain] support

  • Support for multiple artist and performer tags per song
  • Plug-in support
  • Translations into many languages

For more information visit the [http://muine-player.org/wiki/Main_Page Muine website].

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Streamtuner

Streamtuner allows you to browse streaming internet radio stations, and play them in your favorite media player. The program includes support for [http://www.shoutcast.com/ SHOUTcast], [http://www.live365.com/ Live365], [http://dir.xiph.org/ Xiph] and [http://www.basic.ch/ basic.ch] and allows you to add custom stations. For more information visit the [http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/ Streamtuner web page].

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