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To access these optional features, press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Plugins...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select the features which you would like to use by ticking them.

Follow the instructions in the Sound Juicer manual on <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:sound-juicer#extracting">how to rip audio CDs</ulink>.

Many alternative music players are available apart from the default Rhythmbox Music Player. These include Amarok, Banshee Music Player, Beep Media Player, Exaile! and Muine Music Player. Each player has its own strengths and weaknesses, and which one you use will probably depend on personal preference.

If you would like to play encrypted DVDs (see the legal note above), press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and type the following into the screen which appears, followed by the <keycap>Return</keycap> key:<screen>sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh</screen>

For the <application>Helix</application> plugin, install the <application>mozilla-helix-player</application> package.

For a free (open-source) <application>Flash</application> plugin, install the <application>mozilla-plugin-gnash</application> package. For the proprietary <application>Flash</application> plugin, install the <application>flashplugin-nonfree</application> package. See <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:internet#web-plugins-flash">Flash multimedia plugin</ulink> for more information.

Other applications, such as <application>Mplayer</application> and <application>Xine</application>, do not use the <application>Gstreamer</application> framework. Due to patent and copyright restrictions, codecs for these programs are not included in Ubuntu by default. For more information on these read the <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats">Restricted Formats</ulink> wiki page.

To install extra codecs, press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add/Remove...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, type <quote>codec</quote> in the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> box and select which codecs you want to install. Press <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to install the selected codecs.

In some countries, the use of certain codecs may be prohibited by law. You should verify that you are permitted to use them before installing them.

Watch a slideshow using the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:eog#eog-fullscreen">Image Viewer</ulink>

Watch a slideshow using the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:f-spot#enjoying-fullscreen-mode-and-slideshows">F-Spot Photo Manager</ulink>

Photos which are tagged as <guilabel>Favorites</guilabel> in <application>F-Spot Photo Manager</application> will be displayed as your screensaver

Double-click the photo you want to print to open it in the <application>Image Viewer</application>

Print quality is generally measured in <emphasis>DPI</emphasis> (dots per inch). A greater DPI value should result in better print quality.

The <application>GIMP Image Editor</application> supports several methods of resizing photos. We will concentrate on the simplest method.

Open the photo you want to resize in the <application>GIMP Image Editor</application>

Press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Scale Image...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

Adjust the <guilabel>Width</guilabel> or <guilabel>Height</guilabel> as appropriate. The image will be kept to scale.

If you want to adjust the width and height independently, press the link button which connects the <guilabel>Width</guilabel> and <guilabel>Height</guilabel> boxes, so that it looks like a broken link.

Under <guilabel>Quality</guilabel>, change the <guilabel>Interpolation</guilabel> to <guilabel>Cubic (Best)</guilabel>. This will give you the best quality resized image

Press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>File</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and choose a new filename for the photo

Ubuntu includes CD burning capabilities by default, and allows you to easily <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide#nautilus-cdwriter-data">create data CDs</ulink>, <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide#nautilus-cdwriter-copy">copy CDs and DVDs</ulink> and <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide#nautilus-cdwriter-writeimage">create CDs from a disc image file</ulink>.

The <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox#cd-burning">Rhythmbox Music Player</ulink> is also able to burn audio CDs.

There are a number of more advanced CD and DVD burning applications which you may find useful.