Linux multimedia software
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tunapie Tuner for streaming internet radio and TV
transcode A text-console utility for video stream processing
ogmrip Application and libraries for encoding DVDs into DivX/OGM files
motion A motion detection application
miro A video player to get internet TV broadcasts
All linux multimedia software (ordered by name)
dv2sub Extracts info or subtitles from DV stream
acidrip GTK2::Perl wrapper for MPlayer and MEncoder for ripping DVD's
avifile AVI player/converter with numerous codecs, including MPEG-4(DivX ;-))
avinfo A utility for displaying AVI header information
camserv Camserv is a free program to do streaming video via the web
dtv A client/server based TV capture/display program
dv2jpg Convert Type-2 DV codec-encoded AVI streams to mjpeg-encoded AVI
dvdauthor Makes a DVD file structure from one or more MPEG2 streams
dvdrip A Perl Gtk+ based dvd-ripper
dvts An implementation of Digital Video Transport System
emovix A mini linux distro to create bootable video CDs
ffmpeg Hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming server
Hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming server
Hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming server
fxtv X-based TV Display and Capture Application (for use with bt848 driver)
gmencoder Gmencoder is Gnome2 front-end to mplayer/mencoder
goggles A FOX frontend to the Ogle DVD player
gstreamer Development framework for creating media applications
gsubedit GNOME Subtitle Editor is a tool for editing/converting video subtitles
gtksubtitler A small GNOME program for editing and converting subtitles
gxanim Graphical front end to Xanim
gxine An alternative GUI for the Xine media player
hayes A filesystem-based playlist for Noatun
kdemultimedia3 Multimedia utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kino A DV non-linear video editor
kplayer Movie player based on mplayer
libdts Free DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder
libdv Quasar DV codec (libdv): software codec for DV video encoding format
libdvbpsi A library for MPEG TS and DVB PSI tables decoding and generation
libdvdcss Portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
libdvdnav The library for the xine-dvdnav plugin
libdvdplay Portable abstraction library for DVD navigation
libdvdread This is needed by ogle, which is a DVD player that supports DVD menus
libmovtar Supports reading/writing of MJPEG video in YUV 4:2:2 JPEG
libmpeg2 A free library for decoding mpeg-2 and mpeg-1 video streams
libquicktime A library for reading and writing quicktime files
libxine Libraries for xine multimedia player
linux-realplayer Linux RealPlayer 10 from RealNetworks
Linux RealPlayer 10 from RealNetworks
Linux RealPlayer 10 from RealNetworks
lxdvdrip Command Line Tool to make a copy from a Video DVD
linux-xmovie A movie player for AVI, MPEG-2/4 and MOV movies
lsdvd Print information about the contents and structure of a DVD
mjpegtools Set of tools to record/playback/edit videos in MPEG format
Set of tools to record/playback/edit videos in MPEG format
Set of tools to record/playback/edit videos in MPEG format
mkvtoolnix Tools to extract from/get info about/create Matroska media streams
mkxvcd Makes high quality X/K/S/VCD movies from many formats
mmpython Retrieves metadata from mp3, ogg, avi, jpg and other formats
mpeg PVRG's MPEG video stream encoder
mpeg2play A program to play mpeg-2 movies on X displays
mpeg4ip Standards-based system to encode, stream and play MPEG-4 audio/video
mpeg_play A program to play mpeg movies on X displays
mpegedit A program to edit encoded mpeg streams
mpgtx A command line MPEG audio/video/system file toolbox
mplayer High performance media player supporting many formats
mplayerxp Multi-threaded branch of the well known mplayer media player
mplex Multiplexes MPEG component streams into system layers
mtv High-performance MPEG video player (shareware)
netshow Microsoft NetShow video stream player
nxtvepg Viewer for Nextview Electronic TV Programme Guide (needs bktr driver)
ogle Open DVD player that supports DVD menus
ogle-gui An add-on graphical user interface for Ogle
ogmtools Tools to extract from/get info about/create OGG media streams
okle A KDE frontend to the Ogle DVD player
openquicktime Portable library for handling Apple's QuickTime(TM) files
oqtencoder A simple encoder using OpenQuicktime (TM)
oqtplayer A very very small, not functionnal, video OpenQuicktime (TM) player
p5-Video-Info Retrieve video properties such as: height width codec fps
ppm2fli Utilities to merge PPM files into animated FLI and backwards
smilutils A collection of utilities to handle DV
quark An audio player, for geeks, by geeks
replex Remultiplex an MPEG2 TS into a PS for DVD
ruby-gst Ruby bindings for the GStreamer framework
slideshow A slideshow presentation tool to write slides in Python or XML
smpeg A free MPEG1 video player library with sound support
spigot Video spigot for Windows library
splitmpg Splits an ISO 11172-1 into its components
subconv Converts DivX subtitles from one format to another
vlc-devel Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
transcode A text-console utility for video stream processing
vcdgear A tool to convert VCDs from cue/bin format to mpeg
vcdimager GNU VCDImager/VCDRip -- The GNU VideoCD Image Maker/Ripping Tool
vcdpad A program to pad vcd mpegs
vlc Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
vodcatcher Video podcast client for the command line
win32-codecs Huge compilation of Win32 binary video codecs
Huge compilation of Win32 binary video codecs
Huge compilation of Win32 binary video codecs
xanim Play most popular animation formats and show pictures
xawtv A TV viewing application and a few TV utilities
xine An X11 multimedia player
xmms-avi An avifile based .avi and .asf file playback plugin for XMMS
xmps X MPEG Player System - a media player with a very nice GUI
xtheater MPEG-1 player in GTK+ capable of playing MPEG-1 format streams
xvid An opensource MPEG-4 codec, based on OpenDivx
xvid4conf XviD configuration panel for transcode
y4mscaler Y4mscaler scales, crops, and shifts Y'CbCr video
dvdstyler WXGTK2 front end to dvd recoding and authoring programs
WXGTK2 front end to dvd recoding and authoring programs
WXGTK2 front end to dvd recoding and authoring programs
bmpx Media player geared towards usability, technical efficiency and looks
cupid GNOME Gstreamer based video/audio capture solution
dvd-slideshow Script that creates a slideshow-style DVD with some simple menus
exportvideo Writes yuv4mpeg streams for mpeg2enc from nuppelvideo files
ffmpeg-devel Hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming server
freevo Open source digital jukebox
gavl A library for handling uncompressed video and audio data
gcfilms Tool to manage movie collections
gnonlin GStreamer extension library for non-linear editing
gxmms A simple GNOME panel applet for controlling XMMS
istanbul Istanbul is a desktop session recorder for the Free Desktop
kmenc15 KDE advanced MEncoder frontend, ala, VirtualDub
konverter KDE MEncoder frontend
KDE MEncoder frontend
KDE MEncoder frontend
ldvd9to5 Gui, which shall simplify shrinking a DVD-9 to a DVD-5
libmpeg3 Advanced editing and manipulation of MPEG streams
libtheora Theora video codec for the Ogg multimedia streaming system
Theora video codec for the Ogg multimedia streaming system
Theora video codec for the Ogg multimedia streaming system
ogmrip Application and libraries for encoding DVDs into DivX/OGM files
pitivi Gstreamer based non-linear audio/video editor
pvr250 Hauppauge PVR-250/350 TV cards driver for the cxm device
xfce4-media Lightweight media player for Xfce4 based on the xine engine
bsdav BSD native set of programs for audio and video reading and writing
gpac-libgpac Gpac MPEG-4 Systems library and headers
Gpac MPEG-4 Systems library and headers
Gpac MPEG-4 Systems library and headers
jahshaka Video and film composing, editing and special fx system
ldvd Gui, which shall simplify shrinking a DVD-9 to a DVD-5
streamdvd A fast tool to backup Video DVDs 'on the fly'
subtitleripper Convert DVD subtitles into text format (subrip srt) or VobSub format
Convert DVD subtitles into text format (subrip srt) or VobSub format
Convert DVD subtitles into text format (subrip srt) or VobSub format
toxine Text user interface using the xine library
audacious A media player based on BMP and XMMS
clive Video extraction utility for YouTube and Google Video
devede Create video DVDs, VCDs, sVCDs or CVDs from any number of video files
Create video DVDs, VCDs, sVCDs or CVDs from any number of video files
Create video DVDs, VCDs, sVCDs or CVDs from any number of video files
dvbcut Qt application for cutting of MPEG PS and MPEG TS streams (DVB)
dvdauthorwizard The tool for creating a DVD with fully animated menu from MPEG-2 files
eclair An EFL powered media player
emotion Video playback wrapper library for e17
flv2mpeg4 Fast and less lossy FLV to MPEG4(AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) converter
Fast and less lossy FLV to MPEG4(AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) converter
Fast and less lossy FLV to MPEG4(AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) converter
ggrab Records MPEG2 streams directly from your Dbox2 over Ethernet
gmimms A frontend to MiMMS (Multimedia Stream ripper)
A frontend to MiMMS (Multimedia Stream ripper)
A frontend to MiMMS (Multimedia Stream ripper)
gpac-mp4box A tool for merge mpg4 from Gpac
A tool for merge mpg4 from Gpac
A tool for merge mpg4 from Gpac
helixplayer The Helix Community's open source media player # '
iriverter Cross-platform frontend to mencoder
iso2mkv Front-end shell script to convert DVD image, device, or VIDEO_TS to mkv with xvid and ogg or mp3 audio
k9copy A DVD-9 to DVD-5 shrinking application for KDE
katchtv An Internet TV application (for KDE)
kbtv KDE TV viewer for FreeBSD
KDE TV viewer for FreeBSD
KDE TV viewer for FreeBSD
libdca Free DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder
lives Video editing system
Video editing system
Video editing system
mandvd Utility to simply create dvd-video
Utility to simply create dvd-video
Utility to simply create dvd-video
manencode Utility to simply transcode your videos
manslide Utility to simply create your own slideshow
Utility to simply create your own slideshow
Utility to simply create your own slideshow
mencoder Convenient video file and movie encoder
mimms Download streams using the MMS protocol
Download streams using the MMS protocol
Download streams using the MMS protocol
mmsrip MMSRIP is a client for the proprietary protocol mms://
motion A motion detection application
mythtv MythTV is a homebrew PVR project
p5-File-Format-RIFF Read, manipulate, and write RIFF files
Read, manipulate, and write RIFF files
Read, manipulate, and write RIFF files
poe A vorbis comment editor for GNUstep
pvrxxx Hauppauge PVR-150/500 TV cards driver for the cxm device, based on the pv250-port
pwcbsd The Linux pwc webcam driver ported to FreeBSD
py-pybmp Python module to control beep-media-player
quodlibet A GTK+-based audio player written in Python
recordmydesktop Record desktop sessions to an Ogg-Theora-Vorbis file
Record desktop sessions to an Ogg-Theora-Vorbis file
Record desktop sessions to an Ogg-Theora-Vorbis file
sabbu Program used to time subtitles
shell-fm A command-line client for Last.FM
smplayer-qt4 A complete front-end based on QT4 for mplayer
A complete front-end based on QT4 for mplayer
A complete front-end based on QT4 for mplayer
subtools Command-line tools for movie subtitles in SubRipper format
tivodecode Converts .TiVo files to normal MPEG files
Converts .TiVo files to normal MPEG files
Converts .TiVo files to normal MPEG files
tovid A collection of video disc authoring tools
transkode A KDE/Qt based frontend for various audio transcoding tools
tunapie Tuner for streaming internet radio and TV
tv_grab_au X 'tv_grab_au' is an XMLTV grabber for Australian TV programmes
vamps High performance tool to transcode DVD videos to a smaller size
yamdi A metadata injector for FLV files
miro A video player to get internet TV broadcasts
gpodder A GTK2 podcast aggregrator written in Python