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Machine Learning in Linux: DeOldify – colorizing and restoring old images and videos

April 19, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

DeOldify is a modern way to colorize black and white images.

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Music

Linux Candy: linuxwave – generate music from the entropy of Linux

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, Software

linuxwave is a small utility that’s designed to generate music from the entropy of Linux. It’s written in Zig.

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Machine Learning in Linux: StemRoller – separate vocal and instrumental stems from songs

March 15, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, Software

StemRoller is software which lets you separate vocal and instrumental stems from any song with a single click.

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Machine Learning in Linux: Ultimate Vocal Remover GUI

March 1, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, Scientific, Software

Ultimate Vocal Remover is a GUI that lets you isolate stems from music. It offers convenient access to a wide range of different models.

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Machine Learning in Linux: Demucs – music source separation

February 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Demucs is billed as “a state-of-the-art music source separation model”.

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cTune – ncurses based internet radio player

February 8, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

cTune is an ncurses based internet radio player written in C. This is free and open source software.

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Revisited: PyRadio – curses based internet radio player

February 6, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Reviews

PyRadio is a cross-platform curses based internet radio player written in Python. Let’s check out the current version.

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Video editing

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Pinnacle Studio

February 3, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Corel Pinnacle is a full-featured, near-pro-level video editing application without a steep learning curve. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Revisited: termusic – terminal-based music player

February 1, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

termusic has added gapless playback and podcast support. Here’s our verdict on this terminal-based music player.

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Aqualung – advanced music player

January 30, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Aqualung is billed as an advanced music player that plays audio CDs, internet radio streams and podcasts as well as soundfiles. Here’s our review.

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PQMusic – minimalistic audio player

January 18, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

PQMusic is billed as a minimalistic and easy to use open source audio player written in Python. Let’s see how it fares.

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Television

xine – plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs

January 5, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

xine is a powerful multimedia program, specializing in video playback. It also serves as a library and engine for other software products.

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Music

Musicly – simple music player

December 21, 2022 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Musicly is billed as a simple and elegant music player. It’s cross-platform software written in JavaScript. Here’s Luke’s review.

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Laptop

Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Ultrabook running Linux – Part 5 – Multimedia

December 19, 2022 Steve Emms Blog, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

For this part in the series, we investigate the multimedia performance of the Lenovo T470 laptop including power management.

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Universal access

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple VoiceOver

November 22, 2022 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Apple VoiceOver is a screen-reader that tells you exactly what’s happening on your device. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Speech

Mimic 3 – neural Text to Speech (TTS) engine

November 21, 2022 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Mimic 3 is a neural text to speech engine that can run locally, even on low-end hardware. It’s free and open source software.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: Kooha – simple screen recorder

November 14, 2022 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Kooha is billed as a simple GTK-based app to “elegantly record your screen”. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.

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Spotify

4 Best Free and Open Source GUI Spotify Clients

October 27, 2022 Luke Baker Multimedia, Roundup

These open source GUI Spotify clients lets you enjoy Spotify streaming without using the semi-official bloated app.

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Spotify

Spotube – Flutter based lightweight Spotify client

October 12, 2022 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Spotube is billed as a “fast, modern, lightweight and efficient Spotify music client”. Here’s our verdict.

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Streaming Music

TIDAL Hi-Fi – Electron-based software for TIDAL

October 7, 2022 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

TIDAL Hi-Fi is a third-party music streaming program using Castlabs’ version of Electron for widevine support.

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