If you’re tired of bloated GUI software and are looking for a capable podcast player, give castero a whirl. With a few more features, this podcast would tick all the boxes.
Read more
Category: Multimedia
Vocal – a modern Vala podcast player
This podcast tool has some really interesting features, but stability issues mean it’s impossible to recommend in its current state. But we’ll keep an eye on its development. If they can iron out the major bugs, this podcast player will be an interesting alternative.
Read more
Review: The Binary Times Podcast
I recently authored a detailed review of the Linux podcast scene, grilling 25 podcasts targeted at Linux and open source enthusiasts. Like any roundup of this type, it’s almost inevitable that a few podcasts missed my radar. One of these is The Binary Times Podcast. Apologies to the hosts of the show.
Read more
Review: The Linux Podcast Scene – all the movers and shakers
It’s been a long time since we covered Linux podcasts. Sadly, some great shows have podfaded, but there’s new ones entering the scene. We’ve therefore compiled a fairly comprehensive roundup of active Linux-related podcasts. We don’t feature in this article podcasts that have stopped releasing new shows.
Read more
youtube-dl: Download Video and Audio Files From Streaming Sites
youtube-dl is a cross-platform, open source, command-line program to download videos. Its name belies the fact it supports tons of streaming sites besides YouTube. I’d never heard of half of them.
The software is written in the Python programming language and needs the Python interpreter (2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+).
Read more
Winds – RSS and Podcast software created using React / Redux / Node
Winds is billed as a beautiful, modern, open-source RSS Reader and Podcast app. It’s certainly garnishing attention among open source enthusiasts. It’s picked up over 5,000 stars on GitHub, so I’ve been putting this JavaScript software through its paces.
Read more
CPod – simple and elegant free podcast player
CPod (formerly known as Cumulonimbus) is a cross-platform, open source podcast player for the desktop. The application is built with web technologies – it’s written in the JavaScript programming language and uses the Electron framework.
Read more
5 Magnificent Linux Music Streamers
Digital streams almost totally command my music listening these days. Over the years I have amassed a large collection of CDs at considerable expense; most of them now sit neglected gathering dust. Almost all music streaming services fall short of the audio quality of CDs, but their popularity has more to do with sheer convenience than high-fidelity sound reproduction.
Read more
MythTV – digital video recorder (DVR) project
MythTV is a GPL licensed suite of software that allows you to build a Home Theatre convergence box. It allows you to watch and record TV programs.
Read more
Pogo – fast and minimalist audio player
Pogo is billed as probably the simplest and fastest audio player for Linux. Pogo plays your music. Nothing else.
Read more
WinFF – video converter
WinFF is a graphical frontend for FFmpeg. The user interface helps make it easier for users to convert video files.
Read more
Arista – convert your media
Arista is a simple multimedia transcoder released under the Lesser General Public License.
Read more
OGMRip – ripping and encoding DVD
OGMRip is an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI, OGM MP4 or Matroska files using a wide variety of codecs.
Read more
XBMCbuntu – full featured multimedia center
XBMCbuntu (previously known as XBMC Live) is the XBMC Media Center software bundled with an embedded operating-system.
Read more
OpenELEC – small Linux based Just Enough Operating System (JeOS)
Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) is a small, free and open-source Linux distribution built from scratch.
Read more
8 Best Free Linux Music Notation Software
Music notation is a system which represents music in a written form by using musical symbols. For a musician to be able to read, understand, and play music, the composition must be in written form. A system of notation is essential for musicians to be able to play music as intended by the composer.
Read more
dvd::rip – full featured DVD copy program
dvd::rip is a full featured DVD ripping program written in Perl. This software provides an easy to use but feature-rich Gtk+ GUI.
Read more
dvgrab – command line FireWire DV and HDV capture tool
dvgrab receives audio and video data from a digital camcorder via FireWire or USB link and stores them into one of several file formats.
Read more
Miro – music and video player
Miro (previously known as Democracy Player) is a platform for Internet television and video. It allows you to download and watch videos from RSS feeds.
Read more
VeeJay – realtime video sequencer and effects processor
Veejay is a visual instrument and realtime video sampler. It allows users to “play” the video like you would play a piano.
Read more