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<article id="musicvideophotos" status="complete">
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<title>Music, Video, and Photos</title>
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This chapter contains information about the various multimedia possibilities
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<sect1 id="music" status="complete">
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<sect2 id="audio-cds" status="complete">
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<title>Playing Audio CDs</title>
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When you insert an Audio <acronym>CD</acronym> into Kubuntu, the system will
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recognize it, mount it, and then ask you what you would like to do with the
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<acronym>CD</acronym>. To play the <acronym>CD</acronym>, select <guilabel>Play
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Audio CD with Amarok</guilabel> and then press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
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button. If you would like to always play Audio <acronym>CD</acronym>s with
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<application>Amarok</application>, select the <guilabel>Always do this for this
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type of media</guilabel> and then press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. If you
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are connected to the Internet, <application>Amarok</application> will retrieve
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the <acronym>CD</acronym> artist, title, and track data from <ulink
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url="http://freedb.org">freedb.org</ulink>. If lyrics are available for the
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song currently playing, select the <guilabel>Lyrics</guilabel> tab. You can
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also retrieve artist information from <ulink
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url="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</ulink> by selecting the
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<guilabel>Artist</guilabel> tab.
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<sect2 id="ripping" status="complete">
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<title>Ripping Audio CDs</title>
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When you insert an Audio <acronym>CD</acronym> into Kubuntu, the system will
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recognize it, mount it, and then ask you what you would like to do with the
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<acronym>CD</acronym>. Choose <guilabel>Extract and Encode Audio
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Tracks</guilabel> and then press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. This will open
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<application>K3b</application>, the <acronym>CD</acronym> and
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<acronym>DVD</acronym> Kreator, providing you with various options.
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To start <application>K3b</application> manually go to &menuk3b;.
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Inside <application>K3b</application>, select what tracks you want to rip. All
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tracks are selected by default.
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Press the <guibutton>CD Ripping</guibutton> button.
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<imagedata fileref="../../images/C/k3b.png" format="PNG"/>
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<phrase>K3b ripping button</phrase>
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<para>The K3b ripping button</para>
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Inside the <guilabel>CD Ripping</guilabel> window you are provided with many
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<guilabel>Options</guilabel> - provides settings for filetype (Wave, MP3, Flac,
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and Ogg-Vorbis), destination directory, and other options.
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<note><title>No MP3 Support by Default</title>
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The <acronym>MP3</acronym> protocol is a restricted protocol. In order to
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utilize it with <application>K3b</application>, please refer to the information
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at the end of this procedure.
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<guilabel>File Naming</guilabel> - provides settings for file naming pattern,
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playlist pattern, as well as the ability to remove blanks with a user
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configurable character.
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<guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> - provides settings for paranoia, read retries,
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Select the <guilabel>Filetype</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Options</guilabel>
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tab. To the right of the filetype is a blue gear, select that for advanced
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settings for the filetype selected.
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Once all settings are complete press the <guibutton>Start Ripping</guibutton>
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Once the process is completed, close out of <application>K3b</application>.
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<application>K3b</application> can extract audio files to the following formats:
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<emphasis role="strong">Ogg Vorbis</emphasis> - Ogg
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Vorbis is a patent-free lossy audio compression format which typically produces
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higher quality and greater compression than MP3. See the <ulink
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url="http://www.vorbis.com/faq/">Vorbis website</ulink> for more information.
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<para><emphasis role="strong">FLAC</emphasis> - FLAC is the
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Free Lossless Audio Codec. It can compress audio files up to 50% without
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removing any information from the audio stream. For more information on this
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format, see the <ulink url="http://flac.sourceforge.net/">FLAC homepage</ulink>
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<para><emphasis role="strong">WAV</emphasis> - Wav is an
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uncompressed audio format, which can be compressed into OGG Vorbis or a codec of
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your choice. It is often used while working on sound in applications like
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Audacity, before being compressed.
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You can also extract CD audio files to the proprietary non-free
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<emphasis role="strong">MP3</emphasis> format by using the lame encoder.
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Install the <application>lame</application> to enable recording to the
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<acronym>MP3</acronym> protocol. Please refer to the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation
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for help with installing applications.
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<sect2 id="music-files" status="complete">
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<title>Playing and Organizing Music Files</title>
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Kubuntu does not directly support the <emphasis
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role="strong">MP3</emphasis> format, because it is restricted by patents and
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proprietary rights. Instead Kubuntu supports the <emphasis role="strong">Ogg
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Vorbis</emphasis> format out of the box, a completely free, open and
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non-patented format. Ogg Vorbis files also sound better then MP3 files of the
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same file size and are supported by many popular music players (a list of
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url="http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers">here</ulink>).
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You can still play your old MP3 files by installing MP3 support
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(see <xref linkend="codecs"/>). Instructions for other formats, such as Windows
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Media Audio (wma/wmv) and other patent encumbered formats can be located in the
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Ubuntu community documentation at <ulink
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url="http://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats"/>.
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The default music application on your Kubuntu system is the
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<application>Amarok</application> Music Player, a music management and playback
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application that looks similar to <application>iTunes</application>. When you
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first start <application>Amarok</application>, it will scan your home directory
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for any supported music files you have and add it to the database. To start
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<application>Amarok</application> go to &menuamarok;.
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<application>Amarok</application> has an inbuilt ID3 tag editor that can edit
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the metadata on your OGG and other music files. Please see the
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<ulink type="help" url="help:/amarok">Amarok Handbook</ulink>.
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<sect2 id="iPod" status="complete">
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<title>Using your iPod</title>
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You can play music directly off your iPod with
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<application>Amarok</application>. Simply plug your iPod into the computer, and
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open <application>Amarok</application>.
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To transfer music files to and from an iPod, you can use
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<application>Amarok</application> as well. Please see the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/amarok">Amarok Handbook</ulink> on how to manage media files in your
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<sect2 id="edit-audio-files" status="complete">
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<title>Edit Audio Files</title>
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Audacity is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. To
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Install the <application>audacity</application> package.
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To run <application>Audacity</application> go to &menuaudacity;.
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For further help about using <application>Audacity</application>, consult the
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program's help by choosing
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<guimenu>Help</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Contents</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice> from within <application>Audacity</application>.
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<sect1 id="video" status="complete">
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Many video formats can be played in Kubuntu using free codecs found in the
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repositories. This includes formats such as MPEG, AVI, and RM(Real Media). To
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install further codec support see <xref linkend="codecs"/>.
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In Kubuntu, videos can be played with the <application>Kaffeine</application>
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Media Player. Some features of <application>Kaffeine</application> include
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custom playlists, DVD playback and more. You can start
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<application>Kaffeine</application> by going to &menukaffeine;.
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<sect2 id="dvdplayback" status="complete">
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<title>DVD Playback</title>
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The legal status of this library is not fully clear. In some countries it is
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possible that the use of this library to play or copy DVDs is not permitted by
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law. Verify that you are within your rights in using it.
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The movie players provided in Kubuntu are capable of reading DVDs that are not
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encrypted. However, most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (Content
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Scrambling System) and currently, for legal reasons, it is not possible to
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include support for these DVDs in Kubuntu. However, it is possible to enable
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Install the <application>libdvdread3</application> package.
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Open <application>Konsole</application> by going to &menukonsole;. Type the
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following command into a terminal prompt followed by pressing the
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<keycap>Enter</keycap> key (if asked for a password, enter your user password
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and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key):
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sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
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<sect2 id="realplayer" status="complete">
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<title>RealPlayer 10</title>
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For more information pertaining to the proprietary application
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<application>RealPlayer</application>, please refer to the Ubuntu community
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documentation at <ulink
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url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RealplayerInstallationMethods"/>.
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<sect2 id="video-editing" status="complete">
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<title>Video Editing</title>
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<application>Kino</application> is an advanced video editor. It features
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excellent integration with IEEE-1394 (Firewire) for capture, VTR control, and
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recording back of the camera. It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI
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format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encoding. For
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more information, see <ulink url="http://www.kinodv.org/article/static/2">the
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Kino website</ulink>. To use it:
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Install the <application>kino</application> package.
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To run <application>Kino</application> go to &menukino;.
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<sect1 id="codecs" status="complete">
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<title>Multimedia Codecs</title>
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Codecs for playing non-free formats are not included in Kubuntu by default. You
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can get support for the extra codecs by installing the
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<application>libxine-extracodecs</application> package.
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Some of these packages may not be permitted in some countries: you should verify
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that you are permitted to use them before installing them.
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Due to patent and copyright restrictions, some codecs are not included at all in
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Kubuntu. For more information on these, go to <ulink
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url="&restricted-formats;">&restricted-formats;</ulink>.
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<sect1 id="burning-cds" status="complete">
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<title>Burning and Ripping CDs/DVDs</title>
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<sect2 id="burn-photodata-cd-dvd" status="complete">
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<title>Burning a Photo or Data CD/DVD</title>
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Launch <application>k3b</application> by going to &menuk3b;.
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Follow the <ulink type="help" url="help:/k3b/cdcopyhowto.html">Quickguide:
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Copying a Data-CD in 4 Steps</ulink> located in the K3B handbook.
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<sect2 id="burn-audio-cd" status="complete">
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<title>Burning an Audio CD/DVD</title>
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If you want to burn MP3 files into audio CDs, you will need
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to install the <application>libk3b2-extracodecs</application> package. Please refer to
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the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding
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Applications</ulink> document for help on installing applications.
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Launch <application>k3b</application> by &menuk3b;.
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Follow the <ulink type="help" url="help:/k3b/audiocdcdreating.html">Quickguide:
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Burning an Audio-CD in 4 Steps</ulink> located in the K3B handbook.
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<sect2 id="rip-dvd" status="complete">
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<title>Rip a DVD with K3B</title>
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Install the following packages
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<member>transcode</member>
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<member>libxvidcore4</member>
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<member>mjpegtools</member>
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<member>toolame</member>
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<member>libdvdread</member>
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the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding
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Applications</ulink> document for help on installing applications.
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Follow the <ulink type="help" url="help:/k3b/howtos.html#videointroduction">How
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to rip a DVD and encode it into an MPEG-4 AVI with K3b</ulink> located in the
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<sect2 id="gen-md5" status="complete">
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<title>Generate MD5 Checksum files</title>
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Open <application>Konsole</application> by going to &menukonsole;.
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At the command prompt type the following line and then press the
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<keycap>Enter</keycap> key:
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To save the md5sum of file.iso to a file, run:
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md5sum file.iso > file.iso.md5
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<sect2 id="check-md5" status="complete">
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<title>Check MD5 checksum of an ISO image</title>
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Open <application>Konsole</application> by going to &menukonsole;.
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Assuming that <filename>file.iso</filename> and
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<filename>file.iso.md5</filename> are in the same folder, type the following at
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the command prompt and then press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key:
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md5sum -c file.iso.md5
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<sect2 id="mountunmout-iso" status="complete">
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<title>Mount/unmount Image (ISO) files without burning to CD</title>
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Open <application>Konsole</application> by going to &menukonsole;.
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To mount Image (ISO) file type the following at the command prompt, pressing
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the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key after every line:
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sudo mkdir /media/iso
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sudo mount file.iso /media/iso/ -t iso9660 -o loop
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To unmount Image (ISO) file type the following at the command prompt and then
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press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key:
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sudo umount /media/iso/
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<sect1 id="graphics" status="complete">
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<title>Graphics & Drawing</title>
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Kubuntu has some very powerful, world-class graphics and drawing applications
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<sect2 id="krita" status="complete">
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<application>Krita</application> lets you draw, paint, edit images, and much
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more! Krita includes the functionality and plug-ins of other famous image
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editing and processing programs.
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Krita is installed in Kubuntu by default. Launch Krita by going to &menukrita;.
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More information is available from the <ulink
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url="http://www.koffice.org/krita/">Krita homepage.</ulink>
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<sect2 id="gimp" status="complete">
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<application>Gimp</application> is a powerful graphics editing package similar
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Install the <application>gimp</application> package. Please refer to the <ulink
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type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding Applications</ulink>
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document for help on installing applications.
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Once installed, start <application>Gimp</application> by going to
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<sect2 id="inkscape" status="complete">
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<title>Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor</title>
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<application>Inkscape</application> is a powerful editor for working with the
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<acronym>SVG</acronym> (Scalable Vector Graphics) format.
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Install the <application>inkscape</application> package. Please refer to the
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<ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding
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Applications</ulink> document for help on installing applications.
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Once installed, start <application>Inkscape</application> by going to
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<sect2 id="blender" status="complete">
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<title>Blender 3d Modeler</title>
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<application>Blender</application> is an integrated 3d suite for modeling,
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animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback
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Install the <application>blender</application> package. Please refer to
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the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding
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Applications</ulink> document for help on installing applications.
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Once installed, start <application>Blender</application> by going to
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<sect2 id="scribus" status="complete">
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<title>Scribus Desktop Publishing Application</title>
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Install the <application>scribus-ng</application> package. Please refer to
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the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding
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Applications</ulink> document for help on installing applications.
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To install additional templates, install the
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<application>scribus-template</application> package. Please refer to
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the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding
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Applications</ulink> document for help on installing applications.
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Once installed, start <application>Scribus</application> by going to
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<sect2 id="Digikam" status="wip">
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<title>Digkam Photo Management</title>
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After your initial installation of Kubuntu, the default photo management
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application is <application>Digikam</application>.
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When you connect a camera to your computer, Kubuntu should pop-up a dialog box
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asking you for further action. If you select "digiKam Detect and Download",
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digiKam should open and begin importing pictures.
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If auto-detection does not work, launch <application>digiKam</application> by
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going to &menudigikam;.
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<guimenu>Camera</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Add Camera...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> and follow the instructions to add your camera. Once your camera
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has been setup, you can download pictures from the camera by going to
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<guimenu>Camera</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Your camera</guimenuitem>
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Further help for <application>digiKam</application> can be found in
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the <ulink type="help" url="help:/digikam">digiKam Handbook</ulink>.
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Since the digiKam Handbook is not installed by default, you will need
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to install the package <application>digikam-doc</application>
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Please refer to the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/"> Adding Applications</ulink>
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document for help on installing applications.