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diff --git a/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt b/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt
index 22f4ff61..66f7a32d 100644
--- a/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt
+++ b/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt
@@ -6,16 +6,33 @@ audio tools
 
 + k3b is good for ripping+converting cd audio to mp3 or other formats.
 
++ asunder is a great ripper for CDs and supports a lot of output formats.
+
 + for lossless music compression, the flac and shorten (shn) formats are
 very nice.  there are some canonical tools for each platform for these.
 
 + for converting from ogg and such to mp3 and m4a and such, use the
 gnome tool called 'soundconverter'.
 
++ musicbrainz provides a freedb style gateway for looking up albums, artists and songs...
+  https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/History:FreeDB_Gateway
+  use this instead of the old freedb URL:
+    http://freedb.musicbrainz.org:80/~cddb/cddb.cgi
+
+--------------------------------
+music library manager and player
+--------------------------------
+
++ lollypop is our current choice for managing a large music library and
+playing back songs in it.
+
++ banshee used to be our app of choice for managing our music library, but it
+seems to no longer be updated.
+
 
--------------------------
-burner and player support
--------------------------
+---------------------------------
+dvd burner and dvd player support
+---------------------------------
 
 + k3b is a pretty great and versatile cd and dvd burner.
 
@@ -39,3 +56,43 @@ http://www.audacityteam.org/
 
 this article helps a lot to get the music off of vinyl records using a usb turntable:
 https://www.linux.com/news/using-usb-turntable-linux
+
+
+----------------
+movie processing
+----------------
+
+avidemux:
+if you need to manipulate a video, for example to rotate it or transcode it to a different
+format, then avidemux works great.
+
+openshot:
+if you need to jam a bunch of videos together, crossfade them, and that kind of stuff,
+then try openshot.  it also supports simple saving with different quality levels, which
+lets you drop a bunch of size at the expense of the picture.  sometimes needed.
+
+---------------------------
+music collection management
+---------------------------
+
+dupeguru:
+found this to be pretty helpful in finding my duplicate songs.  it is able to analyze
+when the files are the same, even if their names don't match.
+check: did it even compare by metadata?  not remembering currently.
+
+fdupes:
+another useful tool for finding duplicate tracks in a music collection, but relies on exact
+matches in the names(?).  was not so powerful as dupeguru, but still useful.
+
+
+-----------------------------
+picture collection management
+-----------------------------
+
+shotwell:
+currently the top picture manipulation and manager tool i use at home.
+the imaginations folder is based on the date management in shotwell.
+
+
+
+