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by Kyle Rankin
Linux Multimedia Hacks
Linux Multimedia Hacks
Credits
About the Author
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Why Linux Multimedia Hacks?
How to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
How to Contact Us
Safari Enabled
Got a Hack?
1. Images
1.1. Hacks 1–12: Introduction
1. Take a Screenshot
1.2.1. From the Command Line
1.2.2. From Within GNOME
1.2.3. From Within KDE
2. Convert from One Image Format to Another
1.3.1. Tile Images
1.3.2. Add a Border to an Image
1.3.3. Flip and Flop Images
3. Make Image Thumbnails
4. Animate Images
5. Leave a Watermark
6. Pull Images from a Digital Camera
1.7.1. USB Storage Devices
1.7.2. Non-USB Storage Devices
7. Manage Photos with f-spot
1.8.1. Install f-spot
1.8.2. Import Your Pictures to f-spot
1.8.3. View Your Pictures
1.8.4. Edit Your Pictures
1.8.5. Organize Your Pictures with Tags
1.8.6. Export Photographs
1.8.7. See Also
8. Edit Images
9. Remove Red Eye from Photos
1.10.1. Select the Red Eye
1.10.2. Take the Red Out
10. Create a Slideshow
11. Automatically Synchronize Your Camera and Computer
1.12.1. Configure Hotplug
1.12.2. Use autofs Instead of Mounting Manually
1.12.3. Make a Synchronization Script
12. Make a Screen-Capture Movie
1.13.1. The Tools
1.13.2. How to Use the Tools
1.13.3. Enhancing a Screencapture
1.13.4. Screen Capture Tips
1.13.5. Conclusion
2. Audio
2.1. Hacks 13–46: Introduction
13. Mix Your Audio for Perfect Sound
2.2.1. Command-Line Mixer Applications
14. Surround Yourself with Sound
2.3.1. Configuring Your Mixer
2.3.2. Testing Surround Sound
2.3.3. Movie Watching
15. Play Multiple Sounds at the Same Time
2.4.1. Configure aRts
2.4.2. Configure EsounD
2.4.3. Legacy Compatibility
16. Get MP3 Libraries for Red Hat–Based Distributions
2.5.1. Use Yum
2.5.2. Use up2date
17. Configure Network Sound
18. Manage Your Audio with XMMS
2.7.1. Plug-ins
2.7.2. XMMS Command-Line Control
19. Shuffle Your Music the Smart Way
2.8.1. Get IMMS
2.8.2. More IMMS Magic
20. Try Rhythmbox
21. Let amaroK Rock Your Music Collection
2.10.1. Get amaroK
2.10.2. amaroK Window Sections
2.10.3. Configure amaroK
2.10.4. The Sidebar
2.10.4.1. The Context Pane.
2.10.5. The Collections Pane
2.10.6. The Playlist Pane
2.10.7. The Media Device Pane
2.10.8. The Files Pane
22. Store amaroK Data in MySQL
2.11.1. Transfer SQLite Data to MySQL
23. Enable Your Multimedia Keyboard
24. Rip CDs from the Command Line
2.13.1. Rip the CD
2.13.2. Encode the WAVs to MP3s
2.13.3. Encode the WAVs to Ogg Vorbis
25. Rip CDs Straight from Konqueror
26. Get a Grip on CD Ripping
2.15.1. Configure Grip
2.15.2. Rip a CD
27. Edit ID3v2 Tags from the Command Line
28. Add Album Art to ID3 Tags
29. Automate Music File Tagging
2.18.1. Three Ways to Tag and Rename Files
2.18.1.1. Manually.
2.18.1.2. Automatically with the Fill Tag scanner.
2.18.1.3. Automatically with CDDB.
2.18.2. Correct Tag Fields with the Process Fields Scanner
30. Correct Music Metadata with MusicBrainz
2.19.1. MusicBrainz’s Database
2.19.2. Open Source and Open Data
2.19.3. Tools that Use MusicBrainz
2.19.4. How to Participate
31. Clean Music Metadata at the Command Line
2.20.1. Configure pimpmytunes
2.20.2. Run pimpmytunes
32. Clean Music Metadata with a GUI
33. Pass the Mic and Record Audio
34. Edit Audio with Audacity
2.23.1. Record Sound
2.23.2. Edit and Crop Sound
2.23.3. Save Changes
35. Convert from One Audio Format to Another
2.24.1. MP3
2.24.1.1. MP3 to WAV.
2.24.1.2. WAV to MP3.
2.24.2. Ogg Vorbis
2.24.2.1. Ogg Vorbis to WAV.
2.24.2.2. WAV to Ogg Vorbis.
2.24.3. FLAC
2.24.3.1. FLAC to WAV.
2.24.3.2. WAV to FLAC.
2.24.4. Other Audio Formats
2.24.4.1. Anything to WAV.
2.24.5. WAV
2.24.5.1. Change the Number of Audio Channels.
2.24.5.2. Change the Sample Rate.
36. Normalize the Volume of Your Audio Files
2.25.1. Normal Mode
2.25.2. Mix Mode
2.25.3. Batch Mode
2.25.4. Normalize MP3 and Ogg Files
37. Make Your Computer Talk to You
38. Search Audio for Hidden Messages
39. Burn Audio CDs from the Command Line
40. Automate Audio CD Burning with K3b
41. Turn Your Computer into a Turntable
2.30.1. The Turntables
2.30.2. Scratching
2.30.3. The Control Panel
2.30.4. Effects
2.30.5. Store Data and Audio
2.30.6. The Sequencer
2.30.7. Control terminatorX via MIDI
2.30.8. Extend terminatorX
42. Use an iPod with Linux
2.31.1. Setting Up Your Linux Desktop
2.31.2. Normal Usage
2.31.3. Downloaded MP3 Files and ID3 Tags
43. Sync Your iRiver with Linux
2.32.1. Transfer the Songs to the iRiver
2.32.2. Rebuild the Database
44. Use Other Portable Audio Players
2.33.1. Automatically Synchronize Your Media Device
45. Use a Bluetooth Headset with Linux
46. Find All Your Media Files
2.35.1. The Fast Way
2.35.2. The Slow Way
3. Video
3.1. Hacks 47–72: Introduction
47. Master Video Output Options
3.2.1. XV
3.2.2. X11
3.2.3. Simple Directmedia Layer
3.2.4. Direct Graphics Access
3.2.5. SVGAlib
3.2.6. Framebuffer
3.2.7. VESA
48. Use MPlayer
3.3.1. DVD Playback
3.3.2. (S)VCD Playback
3.3.3. Streaming Playback
3.3.4. Troubleshooting
3.3.5. More MPlayer Uses
49. Advanced MPlayer Tweaks
3.4.1. MPlayer Config File
3.4.2. Go Full Screen and Set Monitor Aspect
3.4.3. Increase the Cache for Streaming Video
3.4.4. Rotate the Video Before Playback
50. Create Family-Friendly Edits of Movies
51. Crop Video During Playback
52. Add Custom Subtitles to Video
3.7.1. A Sample .sub File
53. Play Restricted Media Formats
3.8.1. Playing non-DVD Media Formats
3.8.2. Playing DVDs
54. Watch Videos in ASCII Art
3.9.1. In Living Color
55. Try xine-Based Video Players
3.10.1. Other xine Frontends
56. View VLC, the Cross-Platform Video Player
57. Probe Video Settings
58. Rip a VCD
59. Rip a DVD
3.14.1. Back Up an Entire DVD
3.14.2. Back Up Specific Titles
60. Encode a DVD to MPEG4 from the Command Line
3.15.1. Full Quality Encoding with MP3 Audio
3.15.2. Encode with Specified Bitrates
61. Rip and Encode DVDs with a mencoder Frontend
62. Rip and Encode DVDs with K3b
63. Convert from One Video Format to Another
3.18.1. Simple Example: Encode a Video to XviD
3.18.2. Other Multipart Video Formats
3.18.3. Final Notes
64. Create Archos-Compatible Video
65. Convert Dual-Layer DVD to Single-Layer DVD
3.20.1. Shrink a Single Title
3.20.2. Shrink Multiple Titles
3.20.3. Start Copy Process
66. Use a Digital Video Camcorder with Linux
67. Edit Video
68. Resize a Video
69. Create a VCD
3.24.1. Choose VCD or SVCD
3.24.2. Create (S)VCD-Compatible Video
3.24.3. Create the (S)VCD XML File
3.24.4. tCreate the BIN and CUE Files
3.24.5. Burn to a CD
70. Create a DVD
71. Customize a DVD Menu
3.26.1. Add Video Titles
3.26.2. Design the Main Menu
3.26.3. Add Buttons
3.26.4. Create the DVD
72. Create Self-Booting Movies
3.27.1. The Tools
3.27.2. The Moviemaking Routine
3.27.2.1. Ripping the DVD Using MPlayer.
3.27.2.2. Breaking Up the AVI.
3.27.2.3. Creating the ISO.
3.27.3. Using the CDs
3.27.4. One More Trick
4. Broadcast Media
4.1. Hacks 73–88: Introduction
73. Install a TV Tuner
74. Watch TV on Your Computer
4.3.1. Zapping
75. Output to a TV with NVIDIA Cards
4.4.1. nvtv
4.4.2. NVIDIA X Drivers
76. Cut Commercials
77. Create a DVR with MythTV
4.6.1. The Hardware
4.6.2. The Basic Steps
4.6.3. Install Fedora Linux
4.6.4. Configure Fedora
4.6.5. Update Fedora
4.6.6. Configure a Third-Party MythTV Repository
4.6.7. Install MythTV
4.6.8. Configure System Modules
4.6.8.1. Setting up your NVIDIA card.
4.6.8.2. Setting up your capture card.
4.6.8.3. Setting up your remote control.
4.6.9. Create the MythTV Database
4.6.10. Configure Zap2it Data Direct
4.6.11. Configure MythTV
4.6.12. Running MythTV for the First Time
4.6.13. Automatically Log In and Start MythTV
4.6.14. Connect to TV
4.6.15. Final MythTV Tweaks
4.6.16. Schedule Recordings
4.6.17. Conclusion
78. MythTV as a Digital Hub
4.7.1. MythVideo
4.7.2. MythDVD
4.7.3. MythMusic
4.7.4. MythGallery
4.7.5. MythGame
4.7.6. MythWeather
4.7.7. MythPhone
4.7.8. MythNews
4.7.9. MythBrowser
4.7.10. MythWeb
79. Take (Remote) Control
80. Browse Streaming Radio Stations
81. Rip Streaming Audio
4.10.1. Schedule Recordings
4.10.2. Listen to Streams as They Are Ripped
4.10.3. Track Detection
82. Rip Streaming Video
83. Command-Line Streaming MP3 Player
84. Build a Linux Jukebox with Jinzora
85. Stream Video with VLC
86. Grab Podcasts from the Command Line
87. Get Podcasts with a GUI
4.16.1. Install
4.16.2. Run Monopod
4.16.3. Listening to Podcasts
4.16.4. Synchronizing with an iPod
88. Broadcast Sound to AM with a Monitor
5. Web
5.1. Hacks 89–100: Introduction
89. Install the Macromedia Plug-in in a Flash
90. Use the Real RealPlayer
91. Watch Videos Within Firefox
92. Kaffeinate Konqueror
93. Install the Acrobat Reader Plug-in
94. Control Your Media Player with Firefox
95. Grab Color Profiles from Other Web Sites
96. Browse Graphical Sites from an xterm
97. Star in Your Own Reality TV Show
5.10.1. Install the Webcam
5.10.2. Use Your Webcam
98. Make Internet Phone Calls with Skype
99. Turn Your Linux Box into a PBX
5.12.1. Start and Stop the Asterisk Server
5.12.2. Linux-Specific Start and Stop Scripts
100. Host a Photo Gallery
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