Beginner's Guide to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

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Beginner's Guide to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

Ubuntu general distro guide in PDF : https://ubuntu-manual.org/downloads

The communities which are busy developing Ubuntu & it's derivative has made an excellent effort to come out with Ubuntu Guide

Section 14 to 19 is dedicated to Audio & Video Applications:
14 Video Applications
14.1 OpenShot
14.2 PiTiVi (Non-linear Video Editing Suite)
14.3 Avidemux (Video editor/processor)
14.4 Kino (Non-linear Video Editing Suite)
14.5 KdenLive (Non-linear Video Editing Suite for KDE)
14.6 Cinelerra (Non-linear Video Editing Suite)
14.7 LiVES (Video editor/processor)
14.8 OpenMovieEditor
14.9 Lightworks
14.10 Blender
14.11 Stopmotion (Animation)
14.12 Animata (Animation)
14.13 Webcam Applications
14.14 Video Disk Recording (VDR)
15 Audio Applications
15.1 Audacity (Audio Editor and Recorder)
15.2 Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation)
15.3 Rosegarden (Digital Audio Workstation)
15.4 Hydrogen (Drum synthesizer)
15.5 EasyTag (ID3 editor)
15.6 PuddleTag (ID3 editor)
15.7 UbuntuStudio (Ubuntu distribution customized for multimedia editing)
16 Audio / Video conversion
16.1 Mencoder
16.2 FFMPEG video / audio conversion
16.2.1 FFMPEG GUI
16.2.2 Join video segments
16.2.2.1 Split a file into segments
16.3 Save any streaming Flash video
16.3.1 Save rtmp / flv streams
16.4 Convert Flash video audio to mp3
16.5 2ManDVD
16.6 DeVeDe
16.7 ManDVD
16.8 DVD Author
16.8.1 QDVDAuthor
16.8.2 Other DVD authoring programs
16.9 ToVid
16.10 Ripper X CD Ripper/Encoder
16.11 Asunder CD Ripper/Encoder
16.12 Audex CD Ripper/Encoder
16.13 Gnac (GNome Audio Converter)
16.14 SOX (encodes/decodes audio)
16.14.1 Install MP3 support for SoX
17 CDs and DVDs
17.1 Brasero (CD/DVD burner)
17.2 Gnomebaker (CD/DVD burner)
17.3 K3b (CD/DVD burner)
17.3.1 Normalize audio levels
17.3.2 Cdrecord troubleshooting
17.3.2.1 Cdrecord error 254
17.3.2.2 Cdrecord has no permission to open the device error
17.4 K9copy (DVD Ripper)
17.5 Handbrake
17.6 dvd::rip
17.7 Acidrip
17.8 DVD Fab (DVD Ripper)
17.9 DVD Playback Capability
17.9.1 libdvdcss
17.9.2 libudf
18 Music Players
18.1 Rhythmbox
18.1.1 Play Internet Radio through Rhythmbox
18.2 XMMS2
18.3 Audacious
18.4 QMMP
18.5 Amarok
18.5.1 Amarok themes
18.5.2 Play Shoutcast Internet Radio through Amarok
18.6 Banshee Music Player
18.7 Exaile Music Manager and Player
18.8 Songbird Music Player
18.9 aTunes
19 Multimedia Players
19.1 VLC Multimedia Player
19.1.1 VLC plugins
19.2 MPlayer Multimedia Player
19.2.1 Dump a video stream to disc
19.3 Xine-UI Multimedia Player
19.4 Kaffeine Video Player
19.5 RealPlayer 11 Multimedia Player
19.6 Internet TV
19.6.1 Myth TV
19.6.2 Miro Player
19.6.3 Sopcast Internet TV
19.6.4 Zattoo
19.6.5 TV Time (TV Viewer)
19.6.6 ABC iView
19.6.7 BBC iPlayer
19.6.7.1 get_iplayer (BBC program recording)
19.6.8 Netflix in Wine app
19.6.9 Netflix Android App
19.7 Internet Radio
19.7.1 Last FM
19.7.2 Shoutcast Internet Radio
19.7.3 StreamTuner Stream Directory Browser
19.7.4 Streamripper
19.7.5 RadioTray
19.7.6 Pithos (Pandora client)
19.7.7 Spotify
19.8 Media Centers and PVR (Personal Video Recorder)
19.8.1 MythTV
19.8.2 Mythbuntu
19.8.3 XBMC
19.8.4 Boxee
19.8.5 Elisa
19.8.6 LinuxMCE
19.9 Multimedia Servers
19.9.1 MPD Multimedia Playing Server
19.9.2 TiMidity++ MIDI Sound Server
19.9.3 uShare UPnP A/V Media Server
19.10 Content streaming
19.10.1 Icecast
19.10.2 CRTMPServer
19.10.3 Red5 Media Server
19.10.4 FLVStreamer
19.10.5 rtmpdump (Capture streaming video)
19.10.6 Streamcapture with VLC
19.10.7 Streamcapture with MPlayer

Trying pre-bundled applications with LiVE CD is the best way to know-how.
Once you install any apication, please also refer documentation for specific application.

For Example:

OpenShot

OpenShot is a GTK-based non-linear video editing suite for Linux. Install:
sudo apt-get install openshot

Read More : OpenShot Video Editor Manual – v1.3.0

FFMpeg

FFMPEG video / audio conversion

FFMPEG is the swiss-army knife of video and audio format conversion. It succeeds when no other program can. It is free and open source. If it not yet installed on your system as part of another package (it is used by many video/audio editors), then install it:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

FFMpeg requires that multiple restricted extra codecs be installed. This can be done in a single easy step from the command-line Terminal:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

FFMPEG GUI

WinFF is a free, GPL-licensed open source GUI frontend for FFMPEG. Install:

sudo apt-get install winff xterm

Run:
Menu -> Applications -> Sound & Video -> WinFF

Read More : FFMPeg Documentation
: WiNFF Documentation

Handbrake

Handbrake is a GPL-licensed open source tool for converting DVD to MPEG-4 (iPod format) that is an alternative to k9copy. (It can handle many DVDs that k9copy cannot.) Note that Handbrake supports X264/H.264 and MP4 video encoding but no longer supports the XVID video codec. It uses the .MP4/.M4V or .MKV containers, but no longer supports the .AVI container. However, it uses a streaming algorithm that (while slower than other methods) is compatible with a large variety of encryption techniques. (Following "ripping" from a DVD, the resulting .MP4 or .MKV file can be converted to other formats, such as .AVI with XVID, using these suggestions.) Installation is from the developmental PPA archive.

sudo add-apt-repository ppatebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli

If you do not intend to use the command-line interface, you can skip handbrake-cli.
Alternatively, to your package manager you can add the custom repository:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu raring main

then install the package handbrake-gtk (and handbrake-cli if desired).

Read More : HandBrake User Guide

LAME x86 32bits version 3.99.5 (static build) compiled with libsndfile.
Download URL : http://www.sendspace.com/file/h21wr3

LAME 32bits version 3.99.5 compiled with libsndfile can be used as either...
1) CLI - Commandline Interface with proper options
2) As an external encoder to other applications such as Audacity

How To Install:
Copy and paste lame-3.99.5 linux excutable into /usr/bin directory as a root
Set proper permissions.

For running 32bit Linux programs in x64bit Linux
It requires to install x32bit runtime libraries ia32-libs, lib32stdc++6, lib32z1, and lib32z1-dev
-or-
copy & paste following line
apt-get install ia32-libs lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 lib32z1-dev

usage:

1) As a CLI
lame-3.99.5 [options] <infile> [outfile]

<infile> and/or <outfile> can be "-", which means stdin/stdout.

2) Using as a External Encoder with Audacity

Cut-n-paste following line as an option of external encoder in Audacity
lame-3.99.5 -q 0 --cbr -b 320 -m j --resample 41000 - "%f"
lame-3.99.5 -q 0 --cbr -b 320 -m j --resample 41000 --replaygain-accurate - "%f" (may be slow on old machines)

Tested and works perfectly as stated.

Apart from audio & video applications, Linux offers lots more, LibreOffice and OpenOffice suites are also worth trying & LoTs MoRE!
Learning linux is bit something like riding a bike up-hill on curvy trails of a rocky mountain.
It's FuN worth trying. Welcome to FREE World of Computing!

[enim]

Lame-3.99.5 posted above is statically build, which does not depends on libmp3lame.so or sndfile1.so.

Where as lame (dynemic executable) from official software repo. may depends on libmp3lame.so and other shared libraries as under:

[enim]

% change in (OS Market Share) users From Dec 2013 to Apr 2014

Windows XP (-)9.28
Windows 7 (+)3.68
Windows 8 (-)7.69
------------------
(-)13.29 Users Driven Away

Where as Mac OSX and Linux is fractional gainer.
But still linux has long long way to go in terms of Audio & Video, and gaming.

[racer-x]

I noticed the video editor list doesn't include ShotCut. ShotCut works well in Linux. No need to install, just unpack and run the exe.

[enim]

I noticed the video editor list doesn't include ShotCut. ShotCut works well in Linux. No need to install, just unpack and run the exe.

There are tons - ocean full softwares to try.
May be guide prepares might have forget.

[enim]

Daddy I can fly...


Someone had already shooted a very beautiful video...

Video starts with a cute baby penguin
Nice theme conveyed in this video is:

First we will teach you how to walk,
Once you start walking, you will get nice company,
You have long way to run, No matter if you fell down,
If you feel tired or down, we are a family,
Come back to us, We are always there to take care.


Video also ends with a cute baby penguin asking...
Do you still love me?
Of course, I do.


========================================
Still there is long run for TuX for multimedia & gaming.

[enim]

I was surprised by someone's argument about possibilities of virus/malwares in custom static built Lame-3.99.5, as there is hardly any possibility of viruses and malwares in linux compiled programs unless and until source itself contains some malicious codes.

However here are the results from two trusted on-line scanners.
VIRUS SCAN RESULTS:
1) Virus Total
2) Virus Jotti Scan
You are also free to carry-out scanning per your choice in case of any doubts.

[bat999]

Lame-3.99.5 posted above is statically build...

Hi
It's not difficult to compile a static fdkaac encoder.
If you're interested, I can post some commands for Ubuntu-14.04.

@Xubuntu:/usr/local/bin$ ldd ./fdkaac
	not a dynamic executable

@Xubuntu:~$ fdkaac -m 3 -o foo.m4a foo.wav

@Xubuntu:~$ mediainfo foo.m4a
General
Complete name         : foo.m4a
Format                : MPEG-4
Format profile        : Apple audio with iTunes info
Codec ID              : M4A 
File size             : 742 KiB
Duration              : 1mn 0s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate      : 100 Kbps
Encoded date          : UTC 2014-05-14 20:53:14
Tagged date           : UTC 2014-05-14 20:53:14
Writing application   : fdkaac 0.5.3, libfdk-aac 3.4.12, VBR mode 3

Audio
ID                    : 1
Format                : AAC
Format/Info           : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile        : LC
Codec ID              : 40
Duration              : 1mn 0s
Bit rate mode         : Variable
Bit rate              : 98.8 Kbps
Channel(s)            : 2 channels
Channel positions     : Front: L R
Sampling rate         : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode      : Lossy
Stream size           : 730 KiB (98%)
Encoded date          : UTC 2014-05-14 20:53:14
Tagged date           : UTC 2014-05-14 20:53:14

[enim]

Originally posted by bat999

If you're interested, I can post some commands for Ubuntu-14.04.

Welcome!
Be my guest, and simply just go ahead.
It will definitely gonna help lots of the people. Like in past, your command-lines gave birth to Norm-2AAC - a aac batcher.
Still TuX needs rock solid aac encoder.

By the way I am compiling llvm-clang and gcc right now for my personal use right now.

[bat999]

... needs rock solid aac encoder.

fdkaac is rock solid, with these profiles...
AAC-LC
AAC-HE
AAC-HEv2

These tools are needed:-

sudo apt-get install autoconf build-essential checkinstall

Create a build folder in $HOME:-

cd ~/; mkdir build

Compile local static libfdk-aac:-

cd ~/build; \
wget github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac/archive/master.tar.gz -qO- | tar -xz; cd fdk-aac-master; ./autogen.sh; \
./configure --prefix=$HOME/build --disable-shared --disable-dependency-tracking; \
make; make install

Compile and install static fdkaac:-

cd ~/build; \
wget github.com/nu774/fdkaac/archive/master.tar.gz -qO- | tar -xz; cd fdkaac-master; autoreconf -fi; \
CFLAGS="-I$HOME/build/include" \
LDFLAGS="-static -L$HOME/build/lib" \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/build/lib/pkgconfig" \
./configure ; make; \
sudo checkinstall --pakdir "$HOME/Desktop" --pkgname fdkaac \
--pkgversion "$(cat version.h | grep -oP '"\K[^"\047]+(?=["\047])')+git$(date +%Y%m%d)" \
--backup=no --fstrans=no --default

[enim]

@bat999
Thanks!
I guess, x264, handbrake, mkvtoolnix and mp4box from gpac framework plus fdk-aac makes TuX story complete for mkv & mp4.

It would be still better ffmpeg (or handbrake?) compiled with --enable-libfdk-aac should be made available in official restricted-repo. Rather than I provide un-official binaries here.

[enim]

In case if you prefer either switch to or trying linux desktop, you must be ready for three things:

1) Expect unexpected.
2) Spare some time to check daily security bulletin for your distro.

Daily Security Advisories for your distro:
web-browser (multiple vulnerabilities - session hijack, TLS/SSL Crypto vulnerabilities, SQLite Piracy),
media-players (remote code execution, play on your desktop, watch,iisten-n-record over network),
linux-kernel-image (multiple vulnerabilities, insecure-boot, memory-corruption, firewall-holes),
osr-on-screen-recording (multiple vulnerabilities, remote code execution).

3) Be patient to have rough-ride on learning curve on the rocky mountains.

Apart from these, the rest seems OK! and ejoyable.

[Hoser Rob]

I'm mostly a linux user now, so I'm all for plugging it, but why the hell is there so much here about how to build LAME in ubuntu when it is included in ubuntu-restricted-extras?

I've installed ubuntu a few times and I've never had to install LAME separately. And I use it regularly (actually usually with soundconverter).

Whatever differences there may be in newer builds aren't worth the trouble to me, and I think it's an inappropriate discussion in a thread that's aimed at noobs, as ubuntu-manual.org is.

Also worth mentioning: there are NO good up to date tools for backing up DVD/BRs. For serious media people that's a problem, innit? That's the main reason I still have one Windoze partition.

Beyond that I find the media app selection in linux pretty good. Especially for editors. And music players.

[enim]

I'm mostly a linux user now, so I'm all for plugging it, but why the hell is there so much here about how to build LAME in ubuntu when it is included in ubuntu-restricted-extras?

I've installed ubuntu a few times and I've never had to install LAME separately. And I use it regularly (actually usually with soundconverter).

Whatever differences there may be in newer builds aren't worth the trouble to me, and I think it's an inappropriate discussion in a thread that's aimed at noobs, as ubuntu-manual.org is.

Also worth mentioning: there are NO good up to date tools for backing up DVD/BRs. For serious media people that's a problem, innit? That's the main reason I still have one Windoze partition.

Beyond that I find the media app selection in linux pretty good. Especially for editors. And music players.

I'm mostly a linux user now, so I'm all for plugging it

I am purely a linux user since a way back. Following is Kernel (supplied by distro) IP routing - itself without Opening and Running any other programs. I am still thinking what should I plug?

Kernel IP routing cache
Source Destination Gateway Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.101 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.226.140 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.46 192.168.0.1 0 0 6 eth0
192.168.0.2 204.79.197.200 192.168.0.1 0 0 2 eth0
192.168.0.2 24.156.130.24 192.168.0.1 0 0 31 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.102 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
64.71.255.204 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 90 lo
192.168.0.2 54.230.49.67 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.51.206 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.71.255.204 192.168.0.1 0 0 90 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.23 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 8.18.45.90 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.139 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 67.231.211.203 192.168.0.1 0 0 2 eth0
192.168.0.1 224.0.0.1 224.0.0.1 ml 0 0 4 lo
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.59 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 89.238.89.44 192.168.0.1 0 0 1 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.23 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 199.27.74.185 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.48.86 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
67.231.211.203 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 20 lo
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.42 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.31 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.46 192.168.0.1 0 0 12 eth0
192.168.0.2 24.156.130.24 192.168.0.1 0 0 15 eth0
192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 2 lo
192.168.0.2 208.111.181.253 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 69.89.93.43 192.168.0.1 0 1 596 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.48.86 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.102 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
8.18.45.90 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 3 lo
192.168.0.2 54.230.49.223 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.113 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.48.38 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.101 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
74.209.219.102 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 7 lo
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.100 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.226.140 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 205.251.251.108 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 208.111.181.253 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 205.251.251.108 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 69.89.93.43 192.168.0.1 0 0 294 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.48.38 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.226.138 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.60 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.31 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 204.79.197.200 192.168.0.1 0 0 5 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.49.147 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
89.238.89.44 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 273 lo
192.168.0.2 54.230.49.147 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.60 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 8.18.45.90 192.168.0.1 0 0 1 eth0
192.168.0.2 205.251.251.22 192.168.0.1 0 0 12 eth0
192.168.0.2 199.27.74.185 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 89.238.89.44 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 67.231.211.224 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.138 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 199.27.74.184 192.168.0.1 0 0 2 eth0
24.156.130.24 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 61 lo
192.168.0.2 67.231.211.224 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.49.223 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
64.94.107.17 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 5 lo
176.32.98.152 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 15 lo
192.168.0.2 74.125.226.139 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.17 192.168.0.1 0 0 2 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.209.219.102 192.168.0.1 0 0 4 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.49.67 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 0 0 3 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.17 192.168.0.1 0 0 4 eth0
69.89.93.43 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 8302 lo
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.59 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.113 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.209.219.102 192.168.0.1 0 0 1 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.39 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 54.230.51.206 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
205.251.251.22 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 32 lo
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.138 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.71.255.204 192.168.0.1 0 0 90 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.226.139 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.42 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.139 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 208.111.181.254 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 205.251.251.22 192.168.0.1 0 0 6 eth0
204.79.197.200 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 28 lo
192.168.0.2 74.125.226.138 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 176.32.98.152 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 199.27.74.184 192.168.0.1 0 0 1 eth0
192.168.0.2 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 0 0 1 eth0
199.27.74.184 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2 l 0 0 4 lo
192.168.0.2 208.111.181.254 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 176.32.98.152 192.168.0.1 0 0 1 eth0
192.168.0.2 64.94.107.39 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 74.125.192.100 192.168.0.1 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.2 67.231.211.203 192.168.0.1 0 0 1 eth0
- Excessive routing may because of Linux Sponsors.
May be it is a treat like As in Free Beer!

but why the hell is there so much here about how to build LAME in ubuntu when it is included in ubuntu-restricted-extras?

Did you skip fdkaac part, too? There are lots of users still prefer to use self-builds ONLY.

Also worth mentioning: there are NO good up to date tools for backing up DVD/BRs. For serious media people that's a problem, innit? That's the main reason I still have one Windoze partition.

I have my fingers crossed and lips tight shut.
I guess, I did recommended many times.

Beyond that I find the media app selection in linux pretty good. Especially for editors. And music players.

Same here, I do too!
That's why I LuV Tux.