asunder info for ripping, musicbrains repl. freedb

[feisty_meow.git] / walrus / utilities / multimedia / multimedia_tools.txt

diff --git a/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt b/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt
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--- 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.
 
@@ -68,6 +85,14 @@ another useful tool for finding duplicate tracks in a music collection, but reli
 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.
+