Throughout this section, you will learn how to work with media - and by that I mean how to edit audio and video files, how to split or join movies, convert formats, tag, stream, record, use various codecs, and more. On top of that, you will also find media center and media player reviews, and other merry articles.
A few select, recommended articles are shown as thumbnail previews just underneath this paragraph. A full listing of published articles is available farther below.
How to edit MP3 metadata and cover art using VLC
Updated March 8, 2024
Copy local music to iPhone with VLC and without iTunes
Updated December 19, 2023
An early look at VLC 4.0 - Hello darkness, my old friend
Updated February 19, 2021
Plasma, Dolphin, VLC, Samba - intermittent playback errors
Updated August 21, 2020
Open Broadcast Software Studio - Ready for the silver screen?
Updated February 8, 2020
OpenShot - If you have to ... shot, shot, don't talk
Updated January 20, 2020
Quod Libet review - Sounds of music?
Updated October 7, 2019
Kdenlive 19.08 review - Film Noir Redux
Updated September 2, 2019
A guide to ffmpeg - your one-stop shop to multimedia
Updated June 17, 2019
Kdenlive 18.08 Beta – Film Noir
Updated July 19, 2018
SMTube review - Your train to Youtube
Updated May 19, 2018
Elisa music player – Fur Elise
Updated April 28, 2018
VLC 3.0 Vetinari review - The bleeding edge of goodness
Updated March 9, 2018
VLC & Playlists - Little known party tricks
Updated November 8, 2017
Oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine
Updated September 1, 2017
22 things Amarok does: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the hope
Updated March 22, 2017
How to work around video and subtitle embed errors
Updated March 3, 2017
How to embed subtitles using VLC - Tutorial
Updated March 1, 2017
How to configure H.265/HEVC in Linux? - Tutorial
Updated February 8, 2017
VideoLAN (VLC) cannot play remote files - Solution
Updated December 28, 2016
Ex-Mozilla dev talks about Firefox
Updated December 26, 2016
Spotify & Local Files problems on Linux
Updated November 26, 2016
Spotify for Linux - In the friendzone
Updated October 26, 2016
Updated September 26, 2016
Rotate videos in VLC - Tutorial
Updated September 21, 2016
SoundHound - Music search galore?
Updated August 20, 2016
Mp3tag - Can it redeem my songs?
Updated June 23, 2016
iPhone & iTunes sync - Don't want
Updated January 8, 2016
Rhythmbox & iPhone sync - Improving
Updated January 6, 2016
Feel like tagging your music? You might as well buy fresh.
Updated November 30, 2015
Updated October 28, 2015
Updated October 14, 2015
CentOS 7 & Audio CD strikes back
Updated October 2, 2015
Gmusicbrowser - Forget the name, enjoy the songs
Updated July 15, 2015
KDE Connect - Insieme, unite unite smartphone
Updated June 27, 2015
Updated May 23, 2015
Rhythmbox & smartphone sync - Just don't
Updated January 24, 2015
From Windows to Linux, Part 2: Multimedia applications
Updated July 21, 2014
VLC does not support error - Howto & fix
Updated July 12, 2014
WinFF is a dandy ffmpeg frontend
Updated July 13, 2013
Netflix outside the USA - in Linux & with Tunlr
Updated June 17, 2013
How to manage VirtualDub codecs
Updated May 31, 2013
How I made my Windows 8 video guide
Updated March 25, 2013
VLC secrets: Logging and how it helps with bad files
Updated January 12, 2013
Updated September 18, 2012
How to stream and record media in VLC
Updated March 23, 2012
How to record slow-motion video and audio in VirtualDub
Updated March 17, 2012
Create slow motion videos in VirtualDub + AviSynth
Updated June 13, 2011
Updated May 14, 2011
How to resize videos using VirtualDub
Updated May 9, 2011
How I made my Frankenstein movie
Updated March 9, 2011
Grooveshark - The perfect online music service
Updated February 21, 2011
Best media players for Linux - A choice selection
Updated January 7, 2011
Assistive technologies in Linux - Orca
Updated December 4, 2010
Sharpen your Karaoke skills with Performous
Updated November 10, 2010
Festival - Speech Synthesis System - tutorial
Updated October 15, 2010
XBMC Camelot - Beautiful, stylish, classy, and fun
Updated August 12, 2010
Updated July 24, 2010
animoto - Create killer videos quickly, easily
Updated March 20, 2010
Songbird - The finest music player ever
Updated December 12, 2009
Free online multimedia conversion tools
Updated November 9, 2009
Updated November 1, 2009
VideoLAN (VLC) media player - You're simply the best
Updated August 30, 2009
Working with subtitles (create, edit, embed) in Linux
Updated June 17, 2009
Updated June 5, 2009
Create exciting desktop movies with recordMyDesktop
Updated May 5, 2009
How to create DVD movies in Linux with DeVeDe
Updated April 28, 2009
How to rip DVD movies in Linux with Handbrake
Updated April 27, 2009
Wink - Tutorial and Presentation creation software
Updated December 24, 2008
MythTV - Linux home cinema - is it worth it?
Updated December 15, 2008
Azureus is dead, long live Vuze
Updated December 13, 2008
Working with multimedia files - Part 3: Audio - Tutorial
Updated December 6, 2008
Working with multimedia files - Part 2: Video - Tutorial
Updated December 4, 2008
Working with multimedia files - Part 1: Flash - Tutorial
Updated December 3, 2008
Installing Flash in (Ubuntu) Linux - Tutorial
Updated October 21, 2008
Converting music file formats in Linux - Tutorial
Updated August 30, 2008
Playing MP3 music files in Linux - Tutorial
Updated August 28, 2008