Multimedia Bootables ..............................................................................................500
MoviX............................................................................................................501
GeeXboX ......................................................................................................502
KnoppMyth ..................................................................................................502
Dyne:bolic ....................................................................................................503
Tiny Desktops ........................................................................................................503
Damn Small Linux ........................................................................................503
Puppy Linux ..................................................................................................505
Special-Purpose Bootables ......................................................................................506
Customizing a Bootable Linux ................................................................................508
Summary ................................................................................................................510
Part IV: Running Applications
Chapter 20: Playing Music and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Playing Digital Media and Obeying the Law ..........................................................514
Copyright Protection Issues ....................................................................................514
Exploring Codecs ....................................................................................................516
Playing Music ..........................................................................................................518
Setting Up Audio Cards ..........................................................................................518
Choosing an Audio CD Player ................................................................................520
Playing CDs with gnome-cd ..........................................................................520
Playing Music with the Rhythmbox Audio Player ..........................................522
Playing Music with the XMMS Multimedia Player..........................................524
Using MIDI Audio Players ......................................................................................528
Performing Audio File Conversion and Compression ..............................................528
Converting Audio Files with SoX ..................................................................528
Compressing Music Files with oggenc ..........................................................531
Recording and Ripping Music ................................................................................531
Creating an Audio CD with cdrecord ......................................................................532
Ripping CDs with Grip ............................................................................................533
Creating CD Labels with cdlabelgen ........................................................................535
Working with TV, Video, and Digital Imaging ..........................................................536
Watching TV with tvtime ........................................................................................536
Getting a Supported TV Card ........................................................................536
Running tvtime..............................................................................................537
Video Conferencing with Ekiga ..............................................................................538
Getting a Supported Webcam ........................................................................538
Opening Your Firewall for Ekiga ....................................................................539
Running Ekiga ..............................................................................................539
Watching Movies and Video ....................................................................................540
Watching Video with xine........................................................................................540
Using xine ....................................................................................................542
Creating Playlists with xine............................................................................542
xine Tips........................................................................................................543
Using Helix Player and RealPlayer 10 ......................................................................544
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