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<para><emphasis role="italic">All the topics in this lesson do not hold same relevance. It is advisable to cover all the topics during the training. However, if you fall short of time then cover only the following topics:</emphasis></para>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">Legal Restrictions</emphasis></para>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">Playing Music Files</emphasis></para>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">Playing Audio Files</emphasis></para>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">Using an iPod</emphasis></para>
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<title>Legal Restrictions</title>
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free and unrestricted formats. A number of multimedia formats are
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<title>Playing Music Files</title>
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<para>Ubuntu comes with the Rhythmbox Music Player to let you play and organise your
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music files. Similar to iTunes in its interface, this music player is a free software
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application designed to work in the Gnome desktop environment. Using Rhythmbox, you
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<para><emphasis role="italic">You must demonstrate and let the students play fully with at least 1 music, 1 DVD playback and 1 audio recording.</emphasis></para></instructornote>
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<para>While importing music files from your music collection,
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files. These tags are used by Rhythmbox to categorise the music files
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by genre, artist, album, title, and track number.</para>
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<para>The selected music files are imported into the library and are
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displayed in the the Rhythmbox window. You will notice that the main
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Rhythmbox window is split into various panes. Each pane displays
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different details about your music collection. To play music from the
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</emphasis> plugin enables iTunes-style song previews and paid
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downloads. Activating <emphasis role="strong">Visualization
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you listen to a song track. Similarly, if you want to automatically
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retrieve the lyrics of the song being played, activate
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<para><emphasis role="italic">If the students want to know more about podcasts, you can ask them to visit the following URL: <ulink url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting</ulink> </emphasis> </para></instructornote>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">If the students want to know more about podcasts, advise them to visit the following URL: <ulink url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting</ulink> </emphasis> </para></instructornote>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">Ask the students to visit the following URL to know more about Internet radio: <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet radio</ulink> </emphasis> </para></instructornote>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">Advise students to visit the following URL to know more about Internet radio: <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet radio</ulink> </emphasis> </para></instructornote>
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<title>Playing and Extracting Audio CDs</title>
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<para>Sound Juicer is the default application available in Ubuntu for playing and
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extracting audio compact disks (CDs). It is an easy-to-use CD player and ripping tool
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extracting audio compact discs (CDs). It is an easy-to-use CD player and ripping tool
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that requires minimal user intervention in playing and extracting audio CDs. Using
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Sound Juicer, you can play audio tracks directly from the CD and extract audio tracks
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and convert them into audio files. Sound Juicer allows you to extract audio files
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<para>Ogg Vorbis: Ogg vorbis is a free, unpatented and open source alternative to
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the proprietary MP3 format. As MP3 it is a lossy audio compression format. </para>
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the proprietary MP3 format. Similarly to MP3, it is a lossy audio compression format.</para>
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<para>FLAC: FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. It is also an
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unpatented, open source and non-proprietary audio format. Though FLAC
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is quite similar to the MP3 format, but it is lossless. This means that
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is quite similar to the MP3 format, it is considered 'lossless'. This means that
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in FLAC, audio is compressed without any loss in sound quality.</para>
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<para>WAV: WAV is short for Waveform audio format. This format is
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typically used for voice recordings. Sound Juicer uses this format
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for low quality mono audio files.</para>
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<para>The Sound Juicer main interface is displayed. When Sound
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<para>The Sound Juicer's main interface is displayed. When Sound
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Juicer detects a CD, it examines the CD and tries to search the
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Internet to locate information about the CD's content. If you
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are connected to the Internet, Sound Juicer will retrieve the CD
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artist, title, and track data from MusicBrainz.org.</para>
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<para>Notice that Sound Juicer has fetched the tracks' information
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from MusicBrainz.org. In the upper part of the Sound Juicer window,
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you can see the basic information about the disk, including title,
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you can see the basic information about the disc, including title,
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artist, genre and total duration. The lower part of the window
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displays a list of tracks, each with its full title, artist and
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<title>Extracting Audio CDs</title>
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<para>If you want to listen to your favourite music tracks without needing to
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insert a CD every time, you can create a copy of the CD by extracting the music
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insert a CD every time, you can create a copy of the CD and extract the music
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tracks on your computer. To extract the audio CD:
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<para>The <emphasis role="strong">Serpentine Window</emphasis> displays
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the disk usage of the inserted disk graphically as well as in words. You
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the disc usage of the inserted disc graphically as well as in words. You
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can now click the <emphasis role="strong">Add</emphasis> button to start
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adding the tracks that you want to be copied to the disk. However, if you
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want to change the default configuration settings for Serpentine before
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<para>You can use the <emphasis role="strong">Serpentine Preferences
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</emphasis> window to specify the writing speed for burning Cd and to
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</emphasis> window to specify the writing speed for burning CD and to
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define some writing options such as whether to insert two seconds gap
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between two tracks or to eject the CD after recording is complete. After
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defining your preferences, click <emphasis role="strong">Close</emphasis>
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the inserted CD. To start specifying the desired audio files, click
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<emphasis role="strong">Add</emphasis>. This opens a browser window.
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<emphasis role="strong">Open</emphasis> to display its contents.</para>
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Specifying Audio Files to Copy</emphasis></title>
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<para>The selected files now appear in the Serpentine window. You can
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also view the estimated disk usage once these files are written to the
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disk. Based on this data, you may decide to add or delete some files
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also view the estimated disc usage once these files are written to the
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disc. Based on this data, you may decide to add or delete some files
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from your current selection. Once you are sure of the files to be copied
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to the disk, click the <emphasis role="strong">Write to Disc</emphasis>
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to the disc, click the <emphasis role="strong">Write to Disc</emphasis>
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button to start writing the audio files from your computer to the
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Writing Audio Files to Disc</emphasis></title>
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<para>You are asked to confirm your decision to record a media disk.
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Click <emphasis role="strong">Write to Disk</emphasis> to continue.</para>
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<para>You are asked to confirm your decision to record a media disc.
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Click <emphasis role="strong">Write to Disc</emphasis> to continue.</para>
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Confirming the CD Writing</emphasis></title>
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<para>Serpentine now starts writing the music files to the media disk.
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You can view the progress of the process in the <emphasis role="strong">
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Writing Audio Disk</emphasis> dialogue box. This process may take some
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time depending on the size of the files to be written to disk. Once the
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Writing Audio Disc</emphasis> dialogue box. This process may take some
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time depending on the size of the files to be written to disc. Once the
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process is complete, you get a new Cd containing all your favourite
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Writing Audio CD</emphasis></title>
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<title>Playing Proprietary Multimedia Formats</title>
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<para>As previously stated, due to the legal restrictions associated with the use of
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proprietary formats, by default, Ubuntu does not offer support for such formats. If
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proprietary formats, Ubuntu does not offer support for such formats by default. If
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you wish to play such proprietary formats, you will need to install additional
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multimedia codecs. A multimedia codec is a small piece of software that allows you to
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watch videos or listen to music of a specific format. Although Ubuntu includes many
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codecs by default, you may need to install more because there are many different
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multimedia formats.</para>
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<para>In Ubuntu playback of multimedia files is provided by the Gstreamer multimedia framework.
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multimedia formats and it is unrealistic to provide them all.</para>
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<para>Playing back multimedia files in Ubuntu is handled by the Gstreamer multimedia framework.
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A format can be played on a system in general, if Gstreamer supports it. Hence no matter which
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media player you prefer, support for a particular format is installed through a plugin to
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Gstreamer. Typical plugins are:
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<para>Codecs can be installed directly from the Movie Player. When Movie Player recognizes a format it
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cannot play, it checks if a Gstreamer plugin is available for this format. If it finds one, you can install
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the codec easily without following the lengthy solution presented below.</para></tip>
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<para>to Install a codec plugin using Synaptic Package Manager:
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<para>To install a codec plugin using Synaptic Package Manager:
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<para>On the <emphasis role="strong">System</emphasis> menu, point to
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Ubuntu software sources, you can download and install the required
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multimedia codecs. To install a software package, you need to first
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locate the package in the Synaptic Package Manager window. You can
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either search for a specific software package manually or can run a
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either search for a specific software package manually or run a
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search using the search utility provided in the Synaptic Package Manager.
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<emphasis role="strong">Search.</emphasis>
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<title>Using an iPod</title>
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<para>The ipod is a popular portable media player, designed and marketed by
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<para>The iPod is a popular portable media player, designed and marketed by
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Apple. You can play music in MP3 and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) audio file
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formats and also enables you to store up to ten thousand songs on the
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device itself. The ipod does not support free multimedia formats.</para>
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formats and store up to ten thousand songs on the device itself. The iPod does not support free multimedia formats.</para>
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<title>Playing Music Using iPod</title>
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<para>To play music using ipod:
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<para>To play music using iPod:
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<para>Plug your ipod into one of your computer's USB ports.
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<para>Plug your iPod into one of your computer's USB ports.
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Ubuntu automatically mounts it and places it as an icon on
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your desktop. Simultaneously, the ipod device opens in the
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your desktop. Simultaneously, the iPod device opens in the
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Rhythmbox Music Player window. You can view all the files
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loaded on your ipod device in the lower right pane of the
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Rhythmbox window. To play a music track from your ipod,
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loaded on your iPod device in the lower right pane of the
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Rhythmbox window. To play a music track from your iPod,
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just select the track from the list and click the <emphasis role="strong">Play</emphasis> button.</para>
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Plugging in an iPod</emphasis></title>
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<mediaobject><imageobject>
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<para>The song starts playing in the Rhythmbox Music
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Player. However, if the format of the music file is not supported
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by the Rhythmbox Music Player, you may not be able to play
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the file. Instead, you may receive an error message when you
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try to play the file. In this case, you will need to follow the
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the file and you will receive an error message. In this case, you will need to follow the
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procedure described in the previous section to download all
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the necessary software codecs from the Ubuntu repositories.</para>
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Playing Music from iPod</emphasis></title>
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<para>Ubuntu also allows you to transfer music files to and
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from the ipod device. However, this is not possible using
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from the iPod device. However, this is not possible using
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Rhythmbox. You will need to install the
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<emphasis role="strong">gtkpod</emphasis> software to be able to transfer
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music file between your computer and the ipod device. You
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music file between your computer and the iPod device. You
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can easily download this software from the Universe repository using
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the Synaptic Package Manager.</para>
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<para>To access gtkpod, after it is successfully installed on
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<para>You can view all the music files stored on the ipod
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<para>You can view all the music files stored on the iPod
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device in this gtkpod window. Notice that in the gtkpod
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interface, your music files have automatically been
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categorised based on artists, album and genre. This
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categorisation helps you quickly browse through your
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collection and reach to your desired selection.</para>
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collection and select.</para>
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<para>You can use the gtkpod interface to manage the files
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on your ipod in multiple ways. You can create and edit
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on your iPod in multiple ways. You can create and edit
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playlists, normalize the volume on single tracks or multiple
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tracks at a time. You can also use the gtkpod interface to
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add more files in your ipod or transfer files from your ipod onto
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your computer. To add files from your computer to your ipod
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add more files in your iPod or transfer files from your iPod onto
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your computer. To add files from your computer to your iPod
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device, click <emphasis role="strong">Files</emphasis>.
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'device name'</emphasis> dialogue box.</para>
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<para>In the <emphasis role="strong">Add Files to 'device
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name'</emphasis> dialogue box, navigate down to the folder
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from which you want to add the files to your ipod. Depending
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from which you want to add the files to your iPod. Depending
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on your preferences you may either add a single file at a time
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or may choose to add an entire directory. Select the tracks
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that you want added and click <emphasis role="strong">
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Selecting the Files to Transfer</emphasis></title>
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<para>Gtkpod starts adding the files to your ipod. When the
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<para>Gtkpod starts adding the files to your iPod. When the
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process is complete a message " Successfully added files"
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is quickly flashed at the bottom of the gtkpod window. You
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can also view the recently added files in the bottom pane of
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the gtkpod window.</para>
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<para>You can repeat the aforementioned steps to add more
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files from different folders. After you have added all the
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required files to your ipod, click the <emphasis role="strong">
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Save Changes</emphasis> button to load and save the files
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required files to your iPod, click the <emphasis role="strong">
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Save Changes</emphasis> button to load and save the files.</para>
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<figure><title><emphasis role="italic">Updating the iPod</emphasis></title>
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<mediaobject><imageobject>
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<para>When you are done updating your ipod and want to
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<para>When you are done updating your iPod and want to
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disconnect it, close down the Rhythmbox window. Right-click
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the ipod icon on the desktop and then select
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the iPod icon on the desktop and then select
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<emphasis role="strong">Eject</emphasis>. Now you can
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safely remove your ipod from the computer.</para>
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safely remove your iPod from the computer.</para>
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<title>Creating and Editing Audio Files</title>
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<para>Ubuntu provides you with various tools to create your own music
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and audio files. The default application available in Ubuntu for creation of
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audio files is the Gnome Sound Recorder. Similarly, you can also edit
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audio files is the GNOME Sound Recorder. Similarly, you can also edit
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audio files using Audacity.</para>
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<title>Creating Audio Files</title>
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<para>Ubuntu provides you with tools to create new audio files using
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an input device such as a microphone. Gnome Sound Recorder is the
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an input device such as a microphone. GNOME Sound Recorder is the
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default application available in Ubuntu for creating audio files. To start
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recording audio using Gnome Sound Recorder:
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<para>On the <emphasis role="strong">Applications
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<emphasis role="strong">Sound Recorder</emphasis>.
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Alternatively, you can just press <emphasis role="strong">
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<emphasis role="strong">Run.</emphasis> The
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<emphasis role="strong">Sound Recorder</emphasis> is
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<title>Using DVDs</title>
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<title>Playing DVDs</title>
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<para>By default, Ubuntu is capable of playing DVDs that are not
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scrambled. Most commercial DVDs are scrambled with the Content
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Scrambling System (CSS), which attempts to restrict the sotware that
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can play a DVD. Due to legal restrictions surrounding the scrambled
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format, as well as Ubuntu's total commitment to completely free
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multimedia formats, some software packages needed for encrypted DVD
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format, as well as Ubuntu's total commitment to free multimedia formats, some software packages needed for encrypted DVD
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playback are not installed by default in Ubuntu. You can install these
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packages from Ubuntu repositories to enable the playback of scrambled
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<para>Totem-xine</para>
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<para>Though Totem-gstreamer, the default movie player included in
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Ubuntu can play a DVD automatically when it is inserted into the DVD
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drive, it does not enable you to navigate through the menu of the DVD.
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You cannot also start playing a DVD from inside the Totem movie player
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by selecting Movie ? Play Disc 'DVD Name'.</para>
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<para>Other free software media players like VLC, mplayer and xine do make the DVDs menu available.</para>
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<para>Totem-gstreamer, the default movie player included in
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Ubuntu can automatically play a DVD when it is inserted into the DVD drive. However, it will not provide access to the menu.
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Other free software media players like VLC, mplayer and xine do make the DVD menu available.</para>
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<title>Playing DVD in Totem</title>
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<para>After you have installed all the required software packages from
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<title>Backing up DVDs</title>
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<para>If you have a big and old collection of now not-so-easy-to-find
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<para>If you have a collection of old and not-so-easy-to-find
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DVDs, you may wish to back up these on your computer or create
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extra copies of it. You may even want to extract certain tracks from
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extra copies of them. You may even want to extract certain tracks from
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your DVD and watch it later. To do so, Ubuntu provides you with a
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number of DVD backup applications or DVD rippers. Although these
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applications are not included in Ubuntu by default, you can download and install them from the Ubuntu repositories. Some of
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<instructornote><title>Instructor Notes:</title>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">If the students want to know more about the above mentioned applications, you can ask them to visit the following Web pages: For dvd::rip- <ulink url="http://www2.exit1.org/dvdrip/">http://www2.exit1.org/dvdrip/</ulink> For K9copy- <ulink url="http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/">http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/</ulink> For HandBrake- <ulink url="http://handbrake.m0k.org/?chapter=documentation">http://handbrake.m0k.org/?chapter=documentation</ulink></emphasis></para></instructornote>
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<para><emphasis role="italic">If the students want to know more about the above applications, advise them to visit the following Web pages: For dvd::rip- <ulink url="http://www2.exit1.org/dvdrip/">http://www2.exit1.org/dvdrip/</ulink> For K9copy- <ulink url="http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/">http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/</ulink> For HandBrake- <ulink url="http://handbrake.m0k.org/?chapter=documentation">http://handbrake.m0k.org/?chapter=documentation</ulink></emphasis></para></instructornote>
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<para><emphasis role="strong">Backing up DVDs Using Thoggen</emphasis></para>
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<para>Thoggen is a DVD backup utility for Linux, based on
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GStreamer and Gtk+. This application is designed to be easy-to-use.
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<para>The <emphasis role="strong">Thoggen</emphasis>
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window appears. As told earlier, Thoggen is an easy-to-use
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application. As a first step to back up your DVD, it simply
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window appears. As a first step to backing up your DVD, it simply
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asks you to select the specific tracks on the DVD that you
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want to back up. Specify the tracks by selecting the
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corresponding check boxes and then click
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<para>In the next step of the backing up process, you are
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allowed to view and configure some of the settings according
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to your requirements. You can select the picture size from
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the corresponding drop-down list, and define the cropping of
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the output, if you desire, by clicking the
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the corresponding drop-down list and define the output crop, by clicking the
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<emphasis role="strong">Configure Cropping</emphasis>
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button. Otherwise, you cam simply click
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<emphasis role="strong">OK</emphasis> to accept the
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<title>Playing Online Media</title>
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<para>Ubuntu provides you with tools to directly play the music and
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<para>Ubuntu provides you with tools to directly play music and
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videos available on the Internet. You can listen and watch online videos
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and audios directly from within your browser or may require to install
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some special player for this. Your ability to watch or listen online media
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would depend on how the provider of the music and video has made
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and audios directly from within your browser but may require to install
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some special player for this. Your ability to watch or listen to online media
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depends on how the provider of the music and video has made
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them available.</para>
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<title>Watching Videos in a Web Browser</title>
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RealPlayer 10, to watch online video streams in Realmedia formats.
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When you have installed all the above mentioned plugins and codecs,
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you can watch RealMedia files even with your default media player,
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such as Totem. But, you may as well wish to install RealPlayer on
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such as Totem. But, you may also want to install RealPlayer on
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your computer because RealPlayer supports streaming RealMedia
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files slightly better than other players.</para>
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<para>The RealPlayer, developed by RealNetworks, supports a
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<title>Editing Videos</title>
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<para>In addition to viewing movies and videos, Ubuntu also offers you
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<para>In addition to viewing movies and videos, Ubuntu also provides you
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tools to help you edit a video. The tools available with Ubuntu include:</para>
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<emphasis role="strong">Kino:</emphasis> An advanced video
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window opens.</para>
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<para>The main Pitivi interface is divide in many panes. You
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can use the various buttons on the task bar a to
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perform several tasks, such as opening, importing, adding,
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<para>The main Pitivi interface is divided into a number of panes. You
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can use the various buttons on the task bar to perform tasks such as opening, importing, adding,
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viewing and saving video clips. To edit a video clip, first import
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the clip in the Pitivi Video editor by clicking the
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<emphasis role="strong">Import Clips</emphasis> button.</para>
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<title>Lesson Summary</title>
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<para>In this lesson, you learned that:
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<listitem><para>Software usage and distribution is controlled by certain
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laws and legislations.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>When playing proprietary media formats, you should be aware
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<listitem><para>Software usage and distribution is controlled by laws and legislations unique to each country and sometimes region.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>When using or redistributing proprietary media formats, you should be aware
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of the associated patent or copyright laws.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You can use Rhythmbox to play your music files, listen to
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Internet radio, import music from CDs and organise your music
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files.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Using Sound Juicer, you can play audio tracks directly from
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the CD, extract audio tracks and convert them into audio files of various
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file formats. In addition, Serpentine, the default audio CD burner for Ubuntu, can be used to create audio CDs.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Playback for proprietary multimedia formats can be enabled in Ubuntu by installing additional multimedia codecs from the repositories.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You can use the Synaptic Package Manager, or the apt-get
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Command Line Interface (CLI) to install these multimedia codecs available in
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the repositories.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Ubuntu offers you tools to play music from your
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iPod.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>After installing gtkpod, you can also transfer music files to and from your ipod device.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Gnome Sound Recorder can be used to create audio files in various formats.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Audacity helps you to record and edit audio
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<listitem><para>You can use Rhythmbox to play and organise music files, listen to
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Internet radio and import music from CDs.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Using Sound Juicer, you can play audio tracks direct from
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the CD, extract audio tracks and convert them into audio files in various
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file formats. In addition, the default audio CD burner for Ubuntu, Serpentine, can be used to create audio CDs.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Playback of proprietary multimedia formats can be enabled in Ubuntu by installing additional multimedia
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codecs from the repositories.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Ubuntu offers you tools to play music from your iPod through gtkpod.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>GNOME Sound Recorder can be used to create audio files in various formats.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Audacity enables you to record and edit audio
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files.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>DVD playback in Totem Movie Player can be enabled by installing the required software packages.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Thoggen is a DVD backup utility for Linux that can be used
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<para><emphasis role="strong">Question 4</emphasis></para>
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<para>Which application is available in Ubuntu by default to play and extract
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audio compact disks?</para>
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audio compact discs?</para>
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<orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
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<listitem><para>Xsine</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>RealPlayer</para></listitem>
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<para>Synaptic Package Manager or Command Line Interface</para>
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<title>Lab Exercise</title>
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<para><emphasis role="strong">Exercise 1: Playing Music Using Rhythmbox</emphasis></para>
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<para>You have recently got Ubuntu installed on your computer as the default operating
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system. Being an ardent music listener, you now want to play and organise your music files,
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listen to music podcasts and Internet radio. List the steps that you would need to
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perform to do all that you want.
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<para>You have recently installed Ubuntu and want to play and organise your music files,
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listen to music podcasts and Internet radio. List the steps that you would take.</para>
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem><para>On the <emphasis role="strong">Application</emphasis> menu,
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point to <emphasis role="strong">Sound & Video</emphasis> and then click
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<listitem><para>You can add many more Internet radio stations in the same way
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and listen to your favourite radio stations with just a click of your
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mouse.</para></listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="strong">Exercise 2: Playing and Extracting Audio CDs</emphasis></para>
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<para>You have been laboriously collecting audio CDs to build your music collection over the years.
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Now, you want to play these audio CDs in your Ubuntu desktop, retrieve details about the music tracks
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stored on your CDs and extract your favourite music tracks on your computer in a compatible format to be able to
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play them later at your convenience. List the steps that you would need to perform to
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do all that you want.</para>
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<para>You have built up an impressive CD collection over the years and you would like
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to play these on your Ubuntu desktop, retrieve details about the music tracks
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and extract your favourite music tracks onto your computer in a compatible format to be able to
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play them later. List the steps that you would need to perform to do all that you want.</para>
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<para><emphasis role="strong">To play audio CDs:</emphasis>
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem><para>Insert an audio CD in the CD drive of your computer. The
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<para><emphasis role="strong">Exercise 3: Burning Audio CDs</emphasis></para>
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<para>You have recently discovered a Web site from where you can freely download
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hundred of songs of your choice. You do not want these files to occupy the precious
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hundreds of songs. You do not want these files to occupy the precious
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space on your computer's hard drive. Therefore, you want to copy these files on audio
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CDs, so that you can listen to your favourite songs in future without exhausting the
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capacity of the hard drive.</para>
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CDs, so that you can listen to them in future without taking up capacity of the hard drive.</para>
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<para>To burn an audio CD:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem><para>Insert a blank (recordable) CD in the CD drive of your
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click the <emphasis role="strong">Write to Disc</emphasis> button to start
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writing the audio files from your computer to the CD.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You are asked to confirm your decision to record a media
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disk. Click <emphasis role="strong">Write to Disk</emphasis> to
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disc. Click <emphasis role="strong">Write to Disc</emphasis> to
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continue.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Serpentine now starts writing the music files to the media
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disk. You can view the progress of the process in the <emphasis role="strong">
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Writing Audio Disk</emphasis> dialogue box.</para></listitem>
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disc. You can view the progress of the process in the <emphasis role="strong">
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Writing Audio Disc</emphasis> dialogue box.</para></listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="strong">Exercise 4: Playing Proprietary Multimedia
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formats</emphasis></para>
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<para>As a previous Microsoft Windows user, you have a huge collection of music in MP3
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format stored on your computer. Now you want to play these music files on your
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Ubuntu desktop by installing the required multimedia codecs from the Restricted
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repository. List the steps that you will need to take to be able install these
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<para>You have a huge collection of music in MP3 format stored on your computer and want to
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play these music files on your Ubuntu desktop. List the steps that you will need to take to be able install the required
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multimedia codecs.</para>
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<para>To Install a codec plugin using Synaptic Package Manager:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem><para>Install the Ubuntu Restricted Extras software package from the
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Ubuntu repository.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Insert the DVD in the DVD drive of your computer. This will
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<listitem><para>Insert the DVD into the DVD drive of your computer. This will
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automatically launch the Totem and the DVD will start playing.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>To view the DVD in full screen mode, on the View menu, click
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Fullscreen. Alternatively, you can simply press F on your keyboard.</para></listitem>