Edit Music Tags With Kid3

How To Edit Music Tags With Kid3 in Linux

Managing a messy music library can be a serious pain. Even if you ripped all of your music yourself, there’s still a pretty good chance that your ripping application got at least a few things wrong.

Kid3 is a simple graphical meta tag editor for music files that can help you get everything straightened out.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Install Kid3
  • How to Edit a Song’s Tags
  • How to Change Multiple Files at Once
  • How to Get Album Art

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Handbrake on Ubuntu

How to Install the Latest Version of Handbrake on Ubuntu

When it comes to converting and backing up video, there are few tools as powerful as Handbrake. It’s long been a favorite among Linux users because it’s simple to use, and it’s capable of most video tasks.

While you can find Handbrake in the default Ubuntu repositories, it’s often outdated. This guide will walk you though enabling a PPA to get the latest Handbrake releases.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Enable the Handbrake PPA
  • How to Install Handbrake on Ubuntu

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Kodi on Ubuntu

How to Install the Latest Kodi Release on Ubuntu

Kodi is easily one of the most popular media center applications out there, and it has a multitude of uses. While Ubuntu does have Kodi in its main repositories, it’s ususally an outdated version. There is, however, an official PPA available that’s continually updated with the latest releases.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Enable the Kodi PPA
  • How to Install Kodi on Ubuntu

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YouTube Video Page

How to Rip Songs From YouTube Videos

Using a combination of the youtube-dl script and FFMPEG, you can easily rip audio from YouTube videos and instantly convert it to MP3, OGG, or any other audio format that you prefer for your music library.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Install FFMPEG and youtube-dl
  • How to Download and Convert a YouTube Video
  • How to Convert a Video in One Line and Script It

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Disney Plus on Linux

How to Watch Disney Plus on Linux With Firefox

Disney Plus is super popular, and it’s not wonder. The service is loaded with Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars streaming content, including original series. There’s one problem for Linux users, though. The operating system isn’t officially supported. That’s alright, though, it’s still popular to stream your favorite shows and movies.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Enable DRM Playback on Firefox
  • How to Spoof Google Chrome on Windows 10
  • How to Watch Disney Plus on Firefox

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VLC on Ubuntu

How to Rip DVDs With VLC

VLC is a popular open source media player, and it’s earned its reputation as one of the best. Aside from playing your media files and DVDs, it can do other useful things, like streaming video and ripping DVDs for backups. This guide will help you use VLC to make digital backups of your DVDs on Linux.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Install VLC
  • How to Rip a DVD to Your Hard Drive With VLC

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Ubuntu DVD Players

The Best DVD Players for Ubuntu

In the past, multimedia was a sore point for Linux users. Now, though, it’s a strength. There are plenty of fantastic DVD and video players for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. As an added bonus, they all should be readily available in the default Ubuntu repositories.

In this tutorial:

  • VLC
  • Kodi
  • mpv
  • SMPlayer
  • Bomi

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HandBrake Converting a Video

How to Convert Video Formats on Linux

There are a few ways to convert video files on Linux. If you’re a fan of command line tools, check out our FFMPEG video conversion guide. This guide is going to focus on HandBrake, a powerful graphical video conversion tool to covert video from and to many formats such as MP4, AVI, WebM and many more.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Install HandBrake
  • How to Use Video Conversion Profiles
  • How to Convert a Video

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SoundConverter Converting MP3s

How to Convert to and From MP3 on Linux

MP3 is still easily the most widly used and widely supported digital audio file format. As a result, working with MP3 tends to be simple, especially on Linux. There was a time when it was still a proprietary format, and required additional packages, but now, converting your MP3 files is a breeze.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Install SoundConverter
  • How to Convert To MP3
  • How to Convert From MP3

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Stream from VLC

How to Stream Video From VLC

Most Linux users are at least familiar with VLC, and a good portion of them have it installed. What many don’t know is that VLC can handle much more than just playing your videos. In addition to its many other options, VLC can easily stream a video over your network.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Set Up a VLC Stream
  • How to Connect to a VLC Stream

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Linux Home Directory With Symlinks

How to Save Space with Symlinks and Mount Points

When you’re stuck with limited storage space, there’s always the option of purchasing more storage, but what if you can’t. Devices like Chromebooks and some laptops are fairly limited. Thankfully, Linux has a few tricks to help to make your Linux system administration job easier. Because Unix-like systems treat everything as a file, you can easily use symbolic links and mounted partitions to maximize space.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to Use Symbolic Links at /home
  • How to Use Symlinks Elsewhere
  • How to Extend Your Storage with Mount Points
  • How to Make Effective Use of Networked Drives

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