Translations by Chen Yu

Music, Video, and Photos

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This chapter contains information about the various multimedia possibilities within Kubuntu.

Music

Playing Audio CDs

Inside <application>K3b</application>, select what tracks you want to rip. All tracks are selected by default.

K3b ripping button

The K3b ripping button

Press the <guibutton>CD Ripping</guibutton> button. <placeholder-1/>

<emphasis role="strong">FLAC</emphasis> - FLAC is the Free Lossless Audio Codec. It can compress audio files up to 50% without removing any information from the audio stream. For more information on this format, see the <ulink url="http://flac.sourceforge.net/">FLAC homepage</ulink> on sourceforge.net.

<emphasis role="strong">WAV</emphasis> - Wav is an uncompressed audio format, which can be compressed into OGG Vorbis or a codec of your choice. It is often used while working on sound in applications like Audacity, before being compressed.

Kubuntu does not directly support the <emphasis role="strong">MP3</emphasis> format, because it is restricted by patents and proprietary rights. Instead Kubuntu supports the <emphasis role="strong">Ogg Vorbis</emphasis> format out of the box, a completely free, open and non-patented format. Ogg Vorbis files also sound better then MP3 files of the same file size and are supported by many popular music players (a list of players is <ulink url="http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers">here</ulink>).

Edit Audio Files

Audacity is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. To use Audacity:

DVD Playback

The legal status of this library is not fully clear. In some countries it is possible that the use of this library to play or copy DVDs is not permitted by law. Verify that you are within your rights in using it.

RealPlayer 10

Video Editing

<application>Kino</application> is an advanced video editor. It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 (Firewire) for capture, VTR control, and recording back of the camera. It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encoding. For more information, see <ulink url="http://www.kinodv.org/article/static/2">the Kino website</ulink>. To use it:

Multimedia Codecs

Some of these packages may not be permitted in some countries: you should verify that you are permitted to use them before installing them.

Burning and Ripping CDs/DVDs

Burning a Photo or Data CD/DVD

Rip a DVD with K3B

transcode

Mount/unmount Image (ISO) files without burning to CD

Graphics &amp; Drawing

Kubuntu has some very powerful, world-class graphics and drawing applications available.

<application>Krita</application> lets you draw, paint, edit images, and much more! Krita includes the functionality and plug-ins of other famous image editing and processing programs.

More information is available from the <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/krita/">Krita homepage.</ulink>

Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor

Blender 3d Modeler

<application>Blender</application> is an integrated 3d suite for modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback (games).