Translations by Janelin

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.

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.

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.

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

Open F-Spot

Watch a slideshow of photos

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

The <application>GIMP Image Editor</application> is much more advanced. It is installed in Ubuntu by default, and can be started by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Graphics</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>GIMP Image Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

Resizing photos

Open the photo you want to resize in the GIMP Image Editor

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.

Press <guilabel>Save</guilabel> to save the resized photo

You can create your own audio CDs by copying music from your computer onto a blank disc. CDs that you create in this way should play in any device that can play standard (manufactured) audio CDs. All that is required is a CD burner (also called a CD writer). Most computers have one of these.

Portable music players

Neither the iPod Touch nor the iPhone are officially supported by any Linux music management applications at this time.

For more information on using iPods and iPhones with Ubuntu, see the <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices">Ubuntu Community Documentation for Portable Devices</ulink>.

My microphone does not work or is too quiet

Check that the microphone is connected to the correct socket

Most computers have three or more similar-looking audio sockets, so you should check that the microphone is plugged into the correct one. It is usually colored pink and has a microphone icon next to it.

Check that the microphone is not muted in the settings

The microphone input may have been muted or its volume reduced in the system settings.