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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>.

<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>.

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

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.

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

RealPlayer is a proprietary application, and so is not installed in the usual way.

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

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

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

<application>Rhythmbox</application> has three music stores which give you access to an extremely large catalog of music with a variety of licensing options. Open it with <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Rhythmbox Music Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

Ubuntu's default music management application, <application>Rhythmbox</application> (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Rhythmbox Music Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), supports first to fifth generation iPods, including the iPod mini, iPod Photo, iPod Shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod Video. Rhythmbox can transfer music to these iPods and create playlists.

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

The applications <ulink url="apt:banshee">Banshee</ulink>, <ulink url="apt:amarok">Amarok</ulink> and <ulink url="apt:gtkpod">gtkpod</ulink> can also handle music transfer to and from these iPod devices. These applications also include added support for transferring photos and videos encoded in iPod-compatible formats to and from first to fifth generation iPods

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.

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

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.

All about playing music and video files, CDs, DVDs as well as importing, managing and editing your photos and pictures.

In order to play DVDs you must install some additional software. Unfortunately, DVD support cannot be provided by default in Ubuntu due to legal restrictions in some countries.

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>

Enter your password if prompted. The <application>libdvdcss2</application> package will be downloaded and installed from a website.

Insert a DVD into your drive. It should open automatically in the Movie Player.

In order to play the most common proprietary formats in the Totem movie player or Firefox web browser, <ulink url="apt:ubuntu-restricted-extras">install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package</ulink> (see <ulink url="ghelp:add-applications#restricted-software">Restricted Software</ulink> for more information).

Once installation is complete, the video should begin to play. If not, try closing and then re-opening the video.

When you first try to play a Flash video in the Firefox web browser, a bar will appear at the top of the window saying that <guilabel>Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page</guilabel>. Press the <guibutton>Install Missing Plugins</guibutton> button and follow the instructions on-screen to install a Flash player.

Ubuntu offers numerous programs for recording and editing video.

For creating screencasts (recordings of desktop sessions), two available programs are <ulink url="apt:istanbul"><application>Istanbul</application></ulink> and <ulink url="apt:gtk-recordmydesktop"><application>gtk-recordMyDesktop</application></ulink>.

Use <ulink url="apt:cheese"><application>Cheese</application></ulink> to record video using a webcam.

To backup DVDs, use <ulink url="apt:thoggen"><application>Thoggen DVD Ripper</application></ulink> which rips video DVD files into patent-free, royalty-free, Ogg/Theora video files, or <ulink url="apt:acidrip"><application>AcidRip</application></ulink> which provides a bit more flexibilty by encoding video DVD files into other video formats.

<ulink url="apt:kdenlive"><application>Kdenlive</application></ulink>, <ulink url="apt:kino"><application>Kino</application></ulink>, and <ulink url="apt:pitivi"><application>PiTiVi Video Editor</application></ulink> are some of the programs available to edit video.

<application>Kdenlive</application> is multi-track video editor that offers support for a range of camcorders and cameras. It includes guides and markers to organize timelines, support for a wide range of codecs and formats, and the capability to use different media types such as video, audio and images.

<application>Kino</application> is a video editor that features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 (Firewire) for capture, VTR control, and recording back to 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) encodings.

<application>PiTiVi Video Editor</application> is a simple, easy to use video editor.

<ulink url="apt:devede"><application>DeVeDe</application></ulink> is a DVD authoring application capable of creating DVD discs which can be played in set-top DVD players.

Some other interesting recording and video editing programs include <ulink url="apt:stopmotion"><application>Stopmotion</application></ulink> which creates videos using the stop-motion animation technique, and <ulink url="apt:subtitleeditor"><application>Subtitle Editor</application></ulink> which edits subtitles for videos.

More recording and video editing program options are available in the <application>Ubuntu Software Center</application> or <application>Synaptic Package Manager</application>. See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:add-applications">Add Applications</ulink> section for help on installing new software.

Prevent CDs from playing when inserted, see <xref linkend="music-cd-autoplay"/>

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

I can't play Quicktime or WMV, see <xref linkend="video-playback-file"/>

I can't play flash video, see <xref linkend="video-playback-flash"/>

There are many tools available to help you to work with your digital photo collection.

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

Ubuntu automatically detects most digital cameras when you plug them in, and will offer to import your photos automatically.

Plug-in and switch on the camera by placing it in review mode. Ubuntu should ask you if you would like to import the photos that the camera contains.

Click on <guibutton>Import</guibutton>. You should then see a preview of the photos.

Choose a location to save your photos to, then click on <guibutton>Import</guibutton>. The photos will be saved to your hard drive.

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.