Multimedia

This article describes how you can listen to music and watch movies on your Linux computer.

= Sound =
 * to play any kind of music file, use mplayer
 * to play a CD, start kaffeine and click on "Play Audio CD"
 * to record sound, use an audio editor like krecord or audacity
 * CD ripping and encoding can be done easily with tools such as grip or cdparanoia. KDE users can Rip and Encode Audio CDs from the File Manager and other Frontends
 * you can listen to webradio

= Video =
 * to watch any movie file, use a video player like mplayer
 * mplayer will automatically contain all codecs you need if you install it as described at mplayer.


 * to watch any DVD (including DVDs with a menu) use VLC media player
 * to get a video from your camcorder onto your computer via FireWire, use kino
 * to get a video from your mobile phone, use Bluetooth
 * Watch TV using a Hauppage WinTV PVR USB2


 * The links below describe how to use
 * webcams
 * digital cameras

= See also =
 * areas