gnome tool called 'soundconverter'.
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-burner and player support
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+--------------------------------
+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.
+
+
+---------------------------------
+dvd burner and dvd player support
+---------------------------------
+ k3b is a pretty great and versatile cd and dvd burner.
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.
+
+
+