Translations by Anthony Scarth

Two services which offer unrestricted (DRM-free) music are <ulink url="http://www.jamendo.com">Jamendo</ulink> and <ulink url="http://www.magnatune.com/">Magnatune</ulink>. You can buy songs from both of these stores online, or directly from within Rhythmbox if the appropriate plugins are enabled (see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox"> Rhythmbox manual</ulink> for more information).

You can watch movies and video clips with the <application>Totem Movie Player</application> (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Movie Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>).

Install the <ulink url="apt:libdvdnav4">libdvdnav4</ulink>, <ulink url="apt:libdvdread4">libdvdread4</ulink>, <ulink url="apt:gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad">gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad</ulink> and <ulink url="apt:gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly">gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly</ulink> packages.

If you would like to play encrypted DVDs, 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>Enter</keycap> key: <screen>sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh</screen>

Song names and cover art are wrong, see <xref linkend="music-missingmetadata"/>

Rhythmbox can't rip MP3s, see <xref linkend="music-convert"/>

My MP3 player works in Windows but not in Ubuntu, see <xref linkend="music-portable-mtp"/>

I cant play videos, see <xref linkend="video-dvd"/>

Import photos from a digital camera, hard drive or memory card

Open <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Graphics</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>F-Spot Photo Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. If you are using <application>F-Spot</application> for the first time, the Import window will open automatically. Otherwise, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Photo</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

Select your digital camera, hard drive or memory card as the <guilabel>Import Source</guilabel> and then click <guibutton>Open</guibutton>. You will then see a preview of your photos.

Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton> to begin to import your photos. By default, your photos are saved to the Pictures folder in your <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

If your camera does not appear as an import source, press <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and check if your camera is visible there as a removable storage device.

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>

For advanced photo printing, <ulink url="apt:photoprint">install the <application>PhotoPrint</application> package</ulink> from the universe repository. Once installed, press <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Graphics</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>PhotoPrint</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to start PhotoPrint.

To change the amount of spacing between photos, change the <guilabel>Gap</guilabel> settings next to <guilabel>Columns</guilabel> and <guilabel>Rows</guilabel> under <guilabel>Layout</guilabel>

Share your photos over the Internet using a <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:f-spot#sharing-flickr-or-php-gallery"> photo sharing service</ulink> or a <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:f-spot#website-gallery-folder">web gallery</ulink>.

<ulink type="help" url="ghelp:f-spot#sharing-e-mail"> E-mail copies</ulink> of your photos directly.

The <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:eog#eog-manipulate"> Image Viewer</ulink>, F-Spot Photo Manager and the GIMP Image Editor are all capable of rotating photos.

This section describes how to import, organize and use music, videos and photos with Ubuntu.

You can use <application>Rhythmbox</application> (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Rhythmbox Music Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) and <application>Movie Player</application> (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Movie Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) to listen to music on your computer.

Audio files will be opened in Movie Player when double-clicked but Rhythmbox is better at handling large music collections.

Rhythmbox is also able to play audio CDs and work with MP3 players. It should open automatically when you insert a CD.

See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox"> Rhythmbox manual</ulink> for more information.

How can I prevent CDs from playing when I insert them?

Rhythmbox should start playing a CD automatically when you insert it into your CD drive.

To prevent this from happening, open your Home folder by clicking <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on the panel at the top of the screen. Then, click <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Media</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and change the <guilabel>CD Audio</guilabel> option to <guilabel>Do Nothing</guilabel>. Finally, press <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.

See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide#nautilus-preferences"> Nautilus Preferences article</ulink> for more information.

Sometimes, your music player may not be able to identify a particular song or album correctly. If this is the case, you can add the correct information manually by using a tag editor such as <ulink url="apt:cowbell">Cowbell</ulink> or <ulink url="apt:easytag-aac">EasyTAG</ulink>. Some music players, such as Rhythmbox and Banshee have their own tag editors included.

Rhythmbox and most other music players should display the correct cover art when a song from the album is next played.

Rhythmbox and some other music players allow you to drag a picture onto their cover art display area to change or add cover art for an album.

Extract from a CD

You can extract music from a CD to your computer so that you do not have to have the CD in the drive to play songs from it. You can then copy the songs to a digital audio player, such as an MP3 player.

Rhythmbox stores extracted files in the Music folder (<menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Music</guimenuitem></menuchoice>).

You will be prompted to choose which application to launch, choose <guilabel>Open Rhythmbox Music Player</guilabel>.

In the left hand pane, under <guilabel>Devices</guilabel>, right click the CD name you want to extract.

Click <guibutton>Extract to Library</guibutton>.

You can change the default file format used by Rhythmbox when copying CDs. Click <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Music</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and change the <guilabel>Preferred Format</guilabel> to the format of your choice. In future, all CDs copied to your computer will be copied in this format.

If an MP3 option is not shown in the <guilabel>Preferred Format </guilabel> list, <ulink url="apt:gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse">install the <application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse</application> package</ulink> and restart Rhythmbox. The option <guilabel>CD Quality, MP3 (.mp3 type) </guilabel> should appear in the <guilabel>Preferred Format </guilabel> list.

To begin creating an audio CD, start Brasero (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Brasero Disc Burner</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) and select <guibutton>Audio project</guibutton> from the main screen. Then, select the songs that you want to add to the CD and add them to the project. Finally, click <guibutton>Burn</guibutton> to copy the songs to a CD.

See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:brasero"> Brasero manual</ulink> for full instructions.

Ubuntu will work with most portable audio players, including iPods. Normally, all you have to do is plug the player into your computer and then use Rhythmbox to copy songs to and from the player. The audio player should appear in the <guilabel>Devices</guilabel> section of the list which is underneath the <guibutton>Play</guibutton> button. See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox">Rhythmbox manual</ulink> for more information.

A number of MP3 players, such as those produced by Samsung use Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). These devices, when used with the correct driver, often appear in Windows as a media device but can be accessed as a USB device.

Ubuntu supports these devices but requires two steps:

Open <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Rhythmbox Music Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

When you extract music from a CD onto a computer, it must be stored in a specific <emphasis>audio format</emphasis>. The default format used by Rhythmbox is Ogg Vorbis (<filename>.ogg</filename> or <filename>.oga</filename>). This is explained in <xref linkend="music-extract"/>.

You can use Rhythmbox to download and play podcasts; select <guilabel>Podcasts</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Library</guilabel> section of the Rhythmbox window to get started. The <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox">Rhythmbox manual</ulink> has further instructions. Alternatively, you may prefer to use a dedicated podcast manager such as <ulink url="apt:gpodder">gPodder</ulink> or <ulink url="apt:penguintv">PenguinTV</ulink>.

<emphasis role="strong">Internet radio stations</emphasis> are live <emphasis>audio streams</emphasis>, similar to standard radio but transmitted over the Internet. You can listen to Internet radio stations using Rhythmbox or Banshee, streams are also supported by some other music players. To listen to Internet radio select <guilabel>Radio</guilabel> from the left of the Rhythmbox or Banshee window. Then either select the station from the list or enter the url of the station you want to listen to. For more information you can look in the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox">Rhythmbox manual</ulink>.

<emphasis role="strong">RealAudio streams</emphasis>, as used by some Internet radio stations, are not supported by Rhythmbox. To listen to this type of stream, <link linkend="video-realplayer"> install RealPlayer</link>.