Banshee Media Player as we know it is the default media player for Ubuntu 11.04. A new version of Banshee is out now. Banshee 2.2 is the culmination of six months’ work by 35 developers, 38 translators and dozens of bug reporters and testers. It is a stable release, the successor to Banshee 2.0. It will be available in updates or via official PPA i.e ppa:banshee-team/ppa soon enough.

Features

1) eMusic Store

Browse, search, preview, buy, and download music straight into your Banshee library from the eMusic online store.

2) New custom support for the Barnes & Noble Nook

Transfer music between your library and your Nook device, it just works !

3) Support default internet radio stations

At first start, XSPF playlists in $datadir/banshee/stations/ are imported automatically.

4) OtherImprovements

• Add “Stop when finished” option in the notification popup menu
• Hide labels in the source pane when the group is empty.
• New Devices Supported:
  • Motorola Atrix
  • Notion Ink Adam
  • Samsung Galaxy Ace
  • Samsung Galaxy S2
  • Xperia X12
• Add “Smiley Face Curve” default equalizer.
• ArtworkManager: add –fetch-artwork argument.
• Set UserAgent when doing MusicBrainz queries.
• Get info from the database or the file when opening a URI.
• Various bugfixes.

Take a look -

Njoy !

Banshee 2.0 has been released after a long wait and to be frank we’ve lost count of days we waited for it . Surprisingly, this Media player has replaced Rythmbox and made it to Ubuntu’s Default Media application & will come preinstalled in Ubuntu 11.04. Banshee 2.0 will be available in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 onwards. So regular Natty testers will get it in an upgrade. Talking of Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 users, PPA is available to get it easily on your system. This release of Banshee includes UI improvements, Ubuntu One Music Store extensions, Music Library improvements, Subtitles & numerous bugfixes.

PPA Install

Banshee can be easily installed or upgraded from the following PPA. Just type the following in your terminal, type root password when prompted and you are good to go.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:banshee-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install banshee

Wait for it to complete. After the install or upgrade is done, fireup Banshee from Applications>Sound and Video and enjoy the latest version.

Improvements to Banshee

UI Improvements

Many changes hasve been made towards a cleaner and more usable UI. Search is now beside the volume button. The source list has smaller icons, hidden counts for the libraries, and named group-separators. The seek slider and search entry are resizable via their grips. Podcasts episodes are now shown in a grid, with several lines of description shown to help you find an appealing episode to enjoy.

Ubuntu One Music Store and SoundMenu Extensions

These two extensions have been moved from Banshee Community Extensions and are now core Banshee extensions.

‘Play After’ Queue Options

The ‘Play After’ option will insert it another album into the queue to help you listen to your music right after the present album/track.

Subtitles

Added support for embedded and external-file subtitles.

Artist/Album Browser Track Actions

Track actions (play, queue, remove, delete, edit, properties) now work for the artist and album browser too! Right click an artist or album to act on it, or click an album and press ‘q’ to queue it.

For details, you can check the release notes.

Njoy !

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. The latest package of VLC just got released is VLC 1.1.8 which is available for Ubuntu via PPA. Not only VLC but the Official VLC website also got an awesome new design.

Installation

Open the terminal and type the following commands in sequence :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/vlc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc vlc-plugin-pulse

and done.

Whats New

Njoy !

Banshee is an open-source media player, originally called Sonance. It has been built upon Mono and Gtk#, & it uses the Helix & GStreamer multimedia platform for encoding and decoding various media formats, including Ogg Vorbis, MP3 ,FLAC etc. Banshee also supports many portable media players, including Apple’s iPod, Android devices and Creative’s ZEN players.

Installing Banshee via PPA

As we all know that Banshee is going to be the default Media player for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and came pre-packed with the Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 2 version, so it makes perfect sense to install it and get used to it. Here is how you can get it to your existing Ubuntu installation:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:banshee-team/banshee-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install banshee

and we are done. Fire-up Banshee from Applications> Sound & Video> Banshee Media Player.

Why Banshee ?

1) Music : Playlists, Search, Sort. Cover art, BPM detection, Automatic file organization & a Library folder watcher.

2) Videos : Enjoy your video collection within Banshee as well.

3) Audiobooks : Organize audiobooks, lectures with ease.

4) Podcasts : Subscribe to podcasts and stream or download episodes.

5) Internet Radio : Listen to and organize Internet Radio stations.

6) MP3 Players and Phones : Sync your music and videos to your Android, iPod, iPhone, or other device – or import its media. Files are transcoded as needed. Choose to sync your entire library, or just one playlist.

7) Migrate to Banshee : Importers for Amarok, Rhythmbox and iTunes.

8 ) Bookmarks : Set a bookmark on any song, video, or podcast so you can return to it later.

9) Last.fm Scrobbling & Streaming : Last.fm scrobbling and context pane recommendations. Streaming radio for paid subscribers is also available.

10) Miro Guide : Browse and subscribe to thousands of audio and video podcasts.

Well, this is just a glimpse of what really Banshee is capable of but we think this is sufficient to make you install it, discover it and love it. Also, this release has undergone few enhancements that includes Multimedia Keys which support pause, fastforward, rewind, repeat and shuffle operations. Here, take a look at it:

Njoy !

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. All the XBMC fans out there will be glad to know that the much awaited XBMC 10.0 ‘Dharma’ has been released and is now available for use. The main focus of this release was the “Add-ons”. Earlier we used to google to find new themes etc for XBMC but this ends up here with 10.0 release as 11 Themes are already available by default for XBMC. Just goto the Add-ons section and select the one you like. XBMC 10.0 is all set to rock.

Installation via PPA :- Open the terminal and type :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

and done. Access it via Applications> Sound & Video > XBMC. This PPA also works for Ubuntu 10.04 and 9.10.

Wait, there’s more…

- XBMC’s GUI Engine / Skinning Framework has been improved making it even more flexible and powerful.
- You can now watch your favourite videos on Youtube right here in XBMC.
- Web Radio / Podcasts have also been integrated.
- A Web-interface is there to help you manage your media from anywhere.
- CrystalHD has been added for all platforms.
- Hardware acceleration has been improved.

It’s all available in the new add-ons system. Great!  Isn’t it ? And the best part is that the add-ons are very much alive. New ones are being added every day, and current ones are continuously updated.

Take a look :

Note : Details of this release lie here.

For any queries regarding XBMC, or any other can be asked at the Forum.

Njoy !

Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia editing/creation flavor of Ubuntu, built for the GNU/Linux audio, video, and graphics enthusiast/professional.

Ubuntu Studio Maverick Meerkat 10.10 is available as a 1.7GB DVD iso image here at Ubuntu Studio Download page.

As we have already covered this topic in detail in our previous post about Ubuntu Studio 9.10 & Ubuntu studio 10.04, we will just be highlighting the changes for this release.

Download

• Intel
  • Direct link
  • Torrent

• AMD
  • Direct link
  • Torrent

For more, please see this page.

New Programs & Features

Audio:- The following are the applications available by default in Ubuntu Studio for Audio creation/recording/editing :-

• Aeolus 0.8.4 – a pipe-organ emulator program
• Ardour 2.8.11 – a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application (Works with JACK)
• Audacity 1.3.12 – a digital audio editor application
• Echomixer 1.0.23 – linux quivalent application of echoaudio
• envy24controls 1.0.23
• HDSPConf  1.0.23 – a GUI for to control the Hammerfall HDSP alsa settings
• HDSPMixer 1.0.23 – linux equiv. to Totalmix from RME
• Hexter 0.6.2 – software synthesizer that models sound generation
• JACK 1.9.5 -system for handling real-time, low latency audio
• JACK control (qjackctl) 0.3.6 – Jack audio connection kit
• JAMin 0.97.14 – Jack audio connection kit Audio Mastering Interface
• Mixxx 1.8.0.1 – a free Digital DJ software
• MuseScore 0.9.6.3 – Music composition & notation software
• Patchage 0.4.4 – Modular patch bay for audio & MIDI systems
• Puredata 0.42.6 – Real-time graphical data programming environment for audio, video & graphical processing
• Qsynth 0.3.5 – Qt4 app wrapper for fluidsynth software MIDI sequencer
• Rakarrak 0.5.8 – a Guitar effects processor
• RMEdigicontrol 1.0.23 – RME digital controller
• Sound Recorder (gnome-media) 2.31.6

Video :- For Video recording/creation/editing, Ubuntu Studio has the following to offer:-

• Freemix 0.2 beta – a live video performance software
• Kino 1.3.4 – a non-linear digital video editor
• Stopmotion – a stop-motion animation movie creator
• Movie player 2.32.0 – a media player
• Xjadeo – a simple video player that gets sync from JACK transport

Graphics :- To let your creativity fly, Ubuntu Studio offers the following application for image editing/creation :-

• Agave 0.4.7 – a color scheme generator
• Blender 2.49 – a 3D animation program
• FontForge – a typeface (font) editor program
• Fontmatrix 0.6.99 – another font-manager for linux
• GIMP 2.6 – a raster graphics editor
• Hugin 2010.2.0  – photo stitching and HDR merging program
• Inkscape  0.48 – a vector graphics editor
• Scribus 1.3.3.13svn – a desktop publishing application (Just discussed it in our previous post)

and much more. A big list of FOSS is ready for 1 click install via Synaptic.

Installation Procedure

The installation is all the same as before. There are two methods for installing Ubuntu Studio 10.10 – one from already installed Ubuntu 10.10 gnome and the other is dedicated install.

1) Upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 Gnome to Ubuntu Studio >>

• Open Synaptic Package Manager.
• Then type in search box “Ubuntu Studio ” and select all the packages and mark all of them for installation that start with the name ” Ubuntu Studio” like Ubuntu-studio-wallpapers, Ubuntu-studio-audio,menu,sounds,look,default-settings,audio-plugins,icon-theme,gdm-theme,controls etc. and mark all of them for installation.
• Apply changes and wait it to complete.
• Restart the System and reboot into your Studio 10.10

2) Dedicated Installation of Ubuntu Studio 10.10>>

The installation process is same as the one covered in our previous post.

Take a look at the screenshots :-

The Studio Desktop

The Ubuntu Studio desktop is not much evolved from previous one despite of some great changes in Ubuntu Desktop Edition.Take a look at the Studio Desktop :

For any queries regarding Ubuntu Studio or any other regarding Ubuntu, please ask here.

Njoy your Studio !

Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia editing/creation derivative of Ubuntu. It is built for audio, video and graphic enthusiasts or professionals. But as it is free and open-source, everyone is free to use. It is an officially recognized derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly modified for general multimedia production. The latest version is Ubuntu Studio 10.04 – Lucid Lynx. We have already discussed in detail about Ubuntu Studio 9.10 in our previous post.

Download Ubuntu Studio 10.04 [ 1.7GB DVD image] :-

Torrent:- i386 or amd64

Direct :- i386 or amd64

For details see the Official Download Page.

What’s New :-

Ubuntu Studio is undergoing heavy development. This time also, numerous improvements have been implemented. Here are some of the more prominent ones :-

Audio :

• Aeolus 0.8.2 from 0.8.1
• Alsa-tools-gui (echomixer, eny24 control, HDSPcontrol, DPSPmixer, RME digicontrol) 1.0.22 from 1.0.20
• Ardour 2.8.6 from 2.8.2
• Audacity 1.3.11 from 1.3.9
• Freqtweak 0.7.2 from 0.7.0
• GNE Denemo 0.8.10 from 0.8.6
• Hydrogen 0.9.4
• Jackbeat 0.7.4 from 0.7.2
• Mixxx 1.7.2 from 1.6.1
• Muse 1.0.1 from 0.8.1a
• Puredata 0.42.5 from 0.41.4
• Qsynth 0.3.4 from 0.2.5
• SooperLooper 1.6.14 from 1.0.8c
• SoundRecorder (gnome-media) 2.29.91 from 2.28.1
• Virtual Midi Keyboard (vkeybd) 0.1.18d from 0.1.17b
• Zynaddsubfx 2.4.0 from 2.2.1

Graphics:

• Blender 2.49.2 from 2.49a
• FontForge 0.0.20090923 from 0.0.20090622
• FontMatrix 0.6.0 from 0.4.2
• F-Spot 0.61.5 from 0.61.3
• Gimp 2.6.8 from 2.6.7
• Hugin Patch Processor 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Hugin Panorama Creator 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Inkscape 0.47.0 from 0.47~pre4

Video:

• Kino 1.3.4 from 1.3.3

New Applications:

• Rakarrack 0.3.0
• MuseScore 0.9.6
• Subtitleeditor 0.30.0

Removed Application:

• Creox

Applications Moved Into the Main Repository to allow for better integration:

• libffado
• JACK

JACK support for applications:

• Pulseaudio
• Portaudio
• Xine

Pulse Audio/JACK integration:

• Pulse Audio built against Jack is available (but qjackctl still disables Pulse Audio via pasuspender on start)

Note : Further integration between Pulse Audio and JACK should occur in Maverick most likely via DBus

Installation :- Download the ISO image & burn it into a DVD or make a bootable USB using UNetBootin and proceed with the installation.

As we have already discussed, Ubuntu Studio can be installed by 2 Methods :-

1) Upgrade Install – Synaptic Package Manager based installation. [requires Ubuntu 10.04 already installed]

2) Dedicated Install – Making a separate partition and installing Ubuntu Studio afresh. [requires a separate empty space, atleast 10gb]

For Detailed Installation Process & Screenshots Please Refer Our Previous Post.

Njoy !!!

It started with Nero Linux  4 Trial. Nero would have been our first choice if it would have been Windows. But since neither the Windows is free nor Nero, we have been looking for a software that could take over Nero role for burning CDs and DVDs efficiently.

We didn’t find one that good but came out with some wares that can do what they are really better than that. But still we found some of them worth satisfying.

Heres the list:-

1) Brasero Disc Burner.

2) K3B Cd and DVD Kreator.

3) Gnome Baker.

4) XfBurn.

5) Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator.

Brasero CD/DVD Burner

Brasero was developed by Philippe Rouquier & Luis Medinas. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly. It is licenced under GNU-GPL & is a free software. It is available in Add/Remove and Ubuntu Software Center for installation in just 1 click.

Features:

• Supports multiple backends: cdrtools, growisofs and libburn

Data CD/DVD:

• supports edition of discs contents (remove/move/rename files inside directories)
• can burn data CD/DVD
• automatic filtering for unwanted files
• supports multisession
• can write the image to the hard drive
• can check disc file integrity

Audio CD:

• write CD-TEXT information
• supports the edition of CD-TEXT information
• can burn audio CD on the fly
• can search for audio files inside dropped folders
• full edition of silences between tracks

CD/DVD copy:

• can copy a CD/DVD to the hard drive
• can copy CD and DVD on the fly
• supports single-session data DVD
• supports any kind of CD

Others:

• erase CD/DVD
• can save/load projects
• can burn CD/DVD images
• song, image and video previewer
• device detection
• file change notification
• a customisable GUI
• supports Drag and Drop
• can search for files
• can display a playlist and its contents
• all disc IO is done asynchronously to prevent the application from blocking

K3B:  Cd/Dvd Kreator

The KDE tool for CD/DVD creation is called K3B aka KDE Burn Baby Burn! It is a free software CD and DVD authoring application for GNU/Linux operating systems designed for KDE. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks such as creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as more advanced tasks such as burning eMoviX CD/DVDs. It can also perform direct disc-to-disc copies. The program has many settings which can be customized by advanced users. The actual disc recording in K3b is handled by the command line utilities cdrecord or wodim, cdrdao, and growisofs.

To install K3b open your Ubuntu Software Center (Applications->Ubuntu Software Center) and type k3b in the search field. Double click the search result and select the Install button. When installed close your Ubuntu Software Center and K3b can be found in your Sound  & Video list (Applications->Sound & Video)

Features:

• Data Cd/Dvd burning.
• Audio CD burning.
• CD tect support.
• Built in CD/DVD Rip.
• eMovix CD/DVD .
• Mixed mode CD (Audio and Data in one).
• Multisession CD.
• Disc to Disc CD /DVD copy.
• ISO image support.
• Erase CDs/DVDs
• Ripping Audio CDs/DVDs , Video CDs/DVDs.
• Video CD/DVD authoring.
• CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW  support.
• K3B can also burn data CDs that support Linux/Unix based OS, Windows, DOS file systems.

GNOME Baker: The Gnome Weapon

GNOME Baker is a free CD/DVD authoring application build for GNU-Linux operating systems. This application has been built for the GNOME Desktop Environment. It requires a recent tools for the burning process like cdrecord, readcd , mkiofs etc. For DVD burning ,it requires gravisofs. It needs gstreamer 0.8 for audio processing. Goto Ubuntu Software Center or Add/Remove programs to install Gnome Baker.

Features:

• Create Data Cds/Dvds.
• RW Disks.
• Burn CDs/DVDs.
• Copy Data CDs/DVDs.
• Copy Audio CDs.
• Support Multisession Burning.
• Record-to & Burn ISO image to CDs/DVDs (including Bootables).
• Supports Drag ‘n’ Drop feature.
• Create Audio CDs from existing WAV, FLAC,MP3 Files.
• Gconf integrated for Storage of Application Settings.
• Can burn Cue/Bin files.
• Format  DVDs.

Xf-Burn

XfBurn is a simple CD/DVD burning tool based on libburnia libraries. It was developed to be the default burning application for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It can erase CD/DVD-RW, burn and create ISO images, audio CDs, data CD/DVDs. It has a simple GUI, drag n drop / copy – paste feature enabled. It is a freeware and is licenced under GNU -GPL for Linux based operating systems basically for the Xfce Desktops. It is available in Ubuntu Software Center or Add/Remove programs for the  installation.

Features:

• Blank CDs/DVDs.
• Burning Data CDs/DVDs.
• Create ISO images.
• Burn ISO CDs /DVDs.
• Audio CDs.
• Simple GUI.
• Copy n Paste feature .

Note : It a stable release but is undergoing constant development so keep an eye on the updates for more features.

Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator

The Nautilus CD Burner package provides an easy method to write files to a CD or DVD burner through GNOME – by just drag-and-dropping files using the GNOME file manager aka Nautilus.

Features:

• Create Data Cds/Dvds.
• Burning .ISO images.
• Nautilus File manager Integration.
• Drag n Drop support.
• CD-RW & DVD-RW support.
• Duplicate CD/DVD

Enjoy!

The term Media Center may be defined either as a dedicated computer appliance or a specialized application software designed to run on standard personal computer hardware which then becomes a so called “HTPC” (“Home Theater PC”, also sometimes referred to as a “Media PC”), both of which are adapted for playing various kinds of media (music, movies,photos etc.), and it usually has a GUI (Graphical User Interface) . A Media Center typically allows watching movies (DVD, BluRay, and other digital video formats) and watching and recording television broadcasts, playing audio (CD as well as MP3,WMA, and other audio formats) & watching pictures and making galleries to manage them properly.

For Ubuntu , we have three awesome Media Centers lined up namely – XBMC, Enna Media Center and MOOVIDA .

1) XBMC :- XBMC Media Center (formerly named Xbox Media Center) is an award winning free and open source cross-platform media player and home entertainment software . XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox. Created in 2003 , XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers from different parts of the world. XBMC is available in more than 30 languages. Isn’t it great ! Its graphical user interface allows the user to easily manage video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, local network, and the internet using a remote control/mouse.
It is a popular alternative to Microsoft’s Windows Media Center and Apple’s Front Row, & has a skinnable and user-configurable interface and plugin support.

Howto install :-

For Ubuntu 9.10 :- Open the terminal and type :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-standalone
sudo apt-get update

and done.

For Ubuntu 9.04 :-

Add the following key in the terminal :

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 9317790E

In the terminal, type :

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and add these lines and save it .

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Now run :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt0-get install xbmc

Enjoy the best Media Center solution from Applications > Sound & Video > XBMC Media Center.

2)Enna Media Center :-Enna is a Media Center application that features a simple user interface. Enna is based on the powerful Enlightenment Foundations Libraries (EFL) as for its graphical user interface and GeeXboX libraries as for multimedia playback and information retrieval. The Enna project, as many Open Source projects, is in constant development and new features are regularly added.So, just watch out for regular updates . On the whole , all we can say is that its a must try.

Howto Install :-

For Ubuntu Karmic Users:-
Edit the apt-sources.list file with

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following lines & save it

deb http://packages.geexbox.org/ karmic main

Update the source list

sudo apt-get update

Install Enna using the following command:

sudo apt-get install enna

Access Enna from Applications >Sound&Video >Enna Media Center .

3)MOOVIDA :-Moovida is a media center “bringing the best of the internet to your TV/computer screen. The elegant and easy to use interface automatically displays artwork and fan art throughtout and gives you access to movie synopsis and artist info.” Moovida is a project to create an open source cross platform media center solution, with a 10-foot user interface design for the living-room TV, to be used with a remote control. Primary development and deployment platform is Linux and Unix operating systems; it also currently supports Microsoft Windows and also hope to support Mac OS X in the future. It runs on top of the GStreamer multimedia framework.

Howto Install :-

Open the terminal and type

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line to it and save.

For Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) -

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

For Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty)-

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Now type in

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install moovida

You can start Moovida from Applications > Sound&Video>MOOVIDA.

Njoy !!!

Source: Wiki

Ubuntu Studio:  is a multimedia editing/creation derivative of Ubuntu. It is built for audio, video and graphic enthusiasts or professionals. But as it is free and open-source, everyone is free to use. It is an officially recognized derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly modified for general multimedia production. The original version, based on Ubuntu 7.04, was released on May 10, 2007. The main aim was to assemble suites of applications aimed at creative people. Suites including the best open-source applications like Graphic design and modeling applications i.e. GIMP and Inkscape . Blender, Kino, and Stopmotion etc are included for video creation; and Audacity, BEAST, Fluidsynth etc. for audio.

Features

The Real-time kernel was introduced first in Ubuntu Studio 8.04 which was modified for intensive audio, video or graphics work later on. The scheduler allows applications to request immediate CPU time, which can reduce audio latency to a great extent improving PC performance while performing tough jobs. The 8.10(Intrepid Ibex) release lacks this real-time kernel, but it has been re-implemented in the 9.04(Jaunty Jackalope) release, and stabilized with the release of Ubuntu studio 9.10(Karmic Koala).Ubuntu studio offers a lot of programs that can be used for Graphics editing , audio and Video editing at par. These include GIMP, Audacity, Inkscape , Hydrogen, Kino and many more. Ubuntu Studio also includes custom artwork and a blue-on-black theme, as compared to Ubuntu’s default brown and orange. It gives a fresh new look to your desktop. It is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions.

Those who don’t wanna go into history books what it simply does is to provide you with most impressive Open source tools for your Multimedia  requirements like sound video and graphics.

Download:-

Ubuntu Studio 9.10

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

Ubuntu Studio 9.04

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

For more ,visit here.

Softwares included:

1) Audio

• Ardour – a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application.
• Audacity – a digital audio editor application
• BEAST – music composition and modular synthesis application
• Creox – A real-time guitar effects program
• Fluidsynth – Software Wavetable Synthesizer
• Hydrogen – an advanced drum machine
• JACK Audio Connection Kit – a sound server daemon that provides low latency connections between applications for both audio and MIDI data
• Jack Rack – Virtual rackmount of LADSPA DSP effects plugins for use with JACK.
• JAMin – the JACK Audio Connection Kit Audio Mastering interface
• LilyPond – a program for engraving sheet music
• Mixxx – a digital DJ-style mixing program
• MusE – a MIDI/Audio sequencer using JACK and ALSA
• Patchage – GUI access to patch MIDI and Audio software together for JACK.
• Pure Data
• Rosegarden – a digital audio workstation program.
• Timemachine – Records the last 30 seconds of sound to the hard drive, so a ‘one off’ sound can be captured.
• TiMidity++ – a software synthesizer that is able to convert from MIDI to various formats
• ZynAddSubFX – a complex yet easy to use subtractive, additive, FM synthesizer with DSP effects, and exceptional software synthesizer

2) Video

• PiTiVi – a video editing program
• Kino – a non-linear digital video editor
• Stopmotion – a stop-motion animation movie creator
• VLC media player – a free software media player
• Xjadeo .

3) Graphics

• Agave – a color scheme generator
• Blender – a 3D animation program
• Enblend – an image compositing program
• FontForge – a typeface (font) editor program
• GIMP – a raster graphics editor
• Inkscape – a vector graphics editor
• Scribus – a desktop publishing application
• Synfig – a 2D vector graphics and timeline-based animation program

Installation:

There is currently no live version available of Ubuntu Studio, and consequently, no graphical installer. In addition, the disk image is 1.45 GB, too large to fit on a standard CD, and so the recommended installation medium for Ubuntu Studio is a DVD or USB drive . Ubuntu Studio can also be installed on a pre-existing Ubuntu system by installing the “ubuntustudio-desktop” package from Synaptic Package Manager or via APT(Advanced packaging tool).

The Synaptic way :

Just goto System >Administration >synaptic Package Manager and open it .

Then type in search box “Ubuntu Studio ” and select all the packages and mark all of them for installation that start with the name ” Ubuntu Studio” like Ubuntu-studio-wallpapers, Ubuntu-studio-audio,menu,sounds,look,default-settings,audio-plugins,icon-theme,gdm-theme,controls etc. and mark all of theme for installation.

Now, apply changes and wait a little .

Finally , restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Alternatively, a Dedicated installation :-

The first step is to download the file i.e. .ISO image of Ubuntu studio for which you can use the above links.Now, after the download , burn it into a DVD or you can use UNetBootin for creating a USB installer Disk (read here) and boot from it. The installation procedure is totally same as that of basic ubuntu OS.

Just basic Steps:-

1)Select your language and start with the installation.

2)Select the “Install Ubuntu Studio” option and then press enter .

The installer will scan your Source and your hardware after that.

3)The system will ask you for your username and password you want to set up .

4)The installer will ask for Partitioning.Here, i have used default partitioner set-up. If you want to go with the Manual partitioning , you can refer here. After all seetings have been done, press enter to continue and now your system will be installed with proposed changes.

5)It will finish the installation and then prepare it for first use.

6)After all work is finished ,the system will be restarted by pressing enter .

7)Lastly, type in your Username and password(if any)and enjoy your Ubuntu Studio 9.10 on the go

Enjoy a brand new Ubuntu with improved looks and performance

Experience a Media Center at home with Ubuntu Studio

A very Happy New year guys. Enjoy…!!!