7 + k3b is good for ripping+converting cd audio to mp3 or other formats.
9 + for lossless music compression, the flac and shorten (shn) formats are
10 very nice. there are some canonical tools for each platform for these.
12 + for converting from ogg and such to mp3 and m4a and such, use the
13 gnome tool called 'soundconverter'.
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17 burner and player support
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20 + k3b is a pretty great and versatile cd and dvd burner.
22 + k3b is good for ripping+converting cd audio to mp3 or other formats.
24 + for dvd processing, vobcopy is a must.
26 + for dvd playing and ripping in general, decss is needed.
27 it's available in the restricted packages on ubuntu.
28 lots of articles describe how to set that up.
30 + vlc is a good player for dvds.
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33 ripping music using a turntable
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36 audacity is the go-to tool for ripping music from vinyl records
37 and many other audio toaster processes:
38 http://www.audacityteam.org/
40 this article helps a lot to get the music off of vinyl records using a usb turntable:
41 https://www.linux.com/news/using-usb-turntable-linux
49 if you need to manipulate a video, for example to rotate it or transcode it to a different
50 format, then avidemux works great.
53 if you need to jam a bunch of videos together, crossfade them, and that kind of stuff,
54 then try openshot. it also supports simple saving with different quality levels, which
55 lets you drop a bunch of size at the expense of the picture. sometimes needed.