From 680eedd8895ac91149cf415fb6397f483e0125d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Koeritz Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 20:58:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] useful gnudb info for asunder lookups --- .../utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt | 43 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt b/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt index 66f7a32d..e3dbb794 100644 --- a/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt +++ b/walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt @@ -9,25 +9,28 @@ audio tools + 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. + 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'. + 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 ++ gnudb: works in apps that need exact old freedb format, had more success + in asunder with gnudb + => gnudb.gnudb.org 8880 -------------------------------- music library manager and player -------------------------------- + lollypop is our current choice for managing a large music library and -playing back songs in it. + 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. + seems to no longer be updated. --------------------------------- @@ -41,8 +44,8 @@ dvd burner and dvd player support + for dvd processing, vobcopy is a must. + for dvd playing and ripping in general, decss is needed. -it's available in the restricted packages on ubuntu. -lots of articles describe how to set that up. + it's available in the restricted packages on ubuntu. + lots of articles describe how to set that up. + vlc is a good player for dvds. @@ -52,10 +55,10 @@ ripping music using a turntable audacity is the go-to tool for ripping music from vinyl records and many other audio toaster processes: -http://www.audacityteam.org/ + 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 + https://www.linux.com/news/using-usb-turntable-linux ---------------- @@ -63,26 +66,26 @@ 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. + 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. + 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. + 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. + 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. ----------------------------- @@ -90,8 +93,8 @@ 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. + currently the top picture manipulation and manager tool i use at home. + the imaginations folder is based on the date management in shotwell. -- 2.34.1