Kubuntu Documentation

Multimedia

Contents

  1. Multimedia
    1. Pulseaudio
    2. Amarok
    3. K3b
    4. Kmix
    5. Dragon Player
    6. Other Popular Multimedia Applications
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Multimedia

The best in multimedia is installed when you open your new Kubuntu installation. If you get an error message about "missing codecs" please install `kubuntu-restricted-extras`.

Pulseaudio

Pulseaudio keeps all your sound and video inputs and outputs working together; pre-installed. If you need to direct your audio or video output to other devices, install the pavucontrol package, launch it by pressing alt + F2, then type `pavucontrol`.

Amarok

Exploring your music in Kubuntu is exciting with the pre-installed Amarok music player. For more about how to use and customize it see Amarok.

K3b

K3b is a simple, powerful and highly-configurable graphical optical disk burning application for audio, video, data projects, installed by default.

Kmix

Kmix controls all your audio channels; pre-installed.

Dragon Player

Dragon Player is a simple interface for playing your movies, TV shows, and music; pre-installed.

Other Popular Multimedia Applications

Available in the repositories.

  • Audacity audio recording and editing
  • Kid3 tag editor which can generate tags from files or vice-versa, import tags from databases, browse cover arts and lyrics from online resources, drag and drop cover art to a file, export tags, etc.
  • MusicBrainz Picard will identify track and CD information by matching digital thumbprints with the MusicBrainz database.
  • recordMyDesktop is a simple, friendly movie recording software, which allows you to easily create high-quality, impressive animations of your desktop.
  • Kdenlive is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor.
  • Blender is 3D content creation software that has created numerous open source video games and movies.
  • Tomahawk lets you lay music for many different offline and online sources, and share your playlist with your friends.
  • VLC is a player and framework that can handle most audio and video formats you'd want to use, and it also works with DVDs, audio CDs, and much more.
  • Kaffeine is a KDE media player that lets you play DVDs, video and audio CDs, and it has support for DVB devices as well. Whether you want to watch a movie on DVD, play a few songs, or tune into a show on digital TV, Kaffeine is a good choice for KDE users.
  • Banshee has many fans, as it was standard on Ubuntu desktops.
  • Rhythmbox is GNOME’s default music player, and now standard in the Unity Ubuntu desktop.
  • Miro plays video, but also provides the Miro Guide, which hosts all kinds of channels with content from broadcast and cable TV via Hulu. Also offered are podcasts, a video and audio library, and has built-in !BitTorrent to grab content from sites like !LegalTorrents, giving you video, audiobooks, comics, audio and more.
  • Boxee is a "social media center" that lets you play locally stored content or grab content from sources like Hulu. Netflix support is unfortunately not yet supported in Linux.
  • MythTV is a very nice, robust media center solution. Heavy users of MythTV might consider installing Mythbuntu on a dedicated media center box.
  • XBMC is a media center with a clean interface and easy-to-use controls.

KDE brings entertainment to your desktop. See Multimedia, Sound & Video for more.

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