To install programs listed first follow these instructions:

• RestrictedFormats - adding support for MP3, DVD and other multimedia formats

• AddingRepositoriesHowto - enabling more software for your computer, in the "universe" and "multiverse" repositories

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

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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. If you're going to use amarok, I recommend you install the amarok and the amarok-engines package. After starting amarok, right click and choose Settings , Configure Amarok. Then select Engine and use gstreamer. Choose the esdsink or alsasink output plugin. For more information, visit [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok's webiste].

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Beep Media Player: Beep Media Player 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. Install beep-media-player and bmp-skins. If you want musepack support install bmp-musepack. After installing the player you'll want to make few configuration changes. Right click the player and select Preferences , Plugins , Output and choose the eSound plugin. Select Close to save the change. For more information visit [http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage Beep Media Player's home page].

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Muine Features:

• A simple, intuitive user interface
• Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC and MP3 music playback support
• Automatic album-cover fetching
• Support for embedded ID3v2 album images

• ReplayGain support

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

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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 SHOUTcast, Live365 and Xiph and allows you to add custom stations. Install the streamtuner package from the Universe repository to use this program. With streamripper (also available in Universe) you can also simultaneously rip the songs to individual mp3s. A guide to setting it up can be found on the forums, here [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=28356 StreamTuner and StreamRipper]. For more information visit the [http://www.nongnu.org/streamtuner/ Streamtuner Webpage].

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Included Video Programs

Totem: Totem is Ubuntu's default video application. It has a nice user interface and can be used to play DVDs, DivX/Xvid, Quicktime and Realplayer videos with the

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Extra Video Programs

totem-xine package. 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].

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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VLC VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, 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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