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<emphasis role="strong">Ogg Vorbis</emphasis> - Ogg Vorbis is a patent-free lossy audio compression format which typically produces higher quality and greater compression than MP3. See the <ulink url="http://www.vorbis.com/faq/">Vorbis website</ulink> for more information.

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<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.

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<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.

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<application>K3b</application> can extract audio files to the following formats: <placeholder-1/>

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You can also extract CD audio files to the proprietary non-free <emphasis role="strong">MP3</emphasis> format by using the lame encoder. Install the <application>lame</application> to enable recording to the <acronym>MP3</acronym> protocol. Please refer to the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation for help with installing applications.

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Playing and Organizing Music Files

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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>).

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You can still play your old MP3 files by installing MP3 support (see <xref linkend="codecs"/>). Instructions for other formats, such as Windows Media Audio (wma/wmv) and other patent encumbered formats can be located in the Ubuntu community documentation at <ulink url="http://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats"/>.

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The default music application on your Kubuntu system is the <application>Amarok</application> Music Player, a music management and playback application that looks similar to <application>iTunes</application>. When you first start <application>Amarok</application>, it will scan your home directory for any supported music files you have and add it to the database. To start <application>Amarok</application> go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Application Launcher</guimenu><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Music Player (Amarok)</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

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<application>Amarok</application> has an inbuilt ID3 tag editor that can edit the metadata on your OGG and other music files. Please see the <ulink type="help" url="help:/amarok">Amarok Handbook</ulink>.