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The de facto Linux sound-mixing system

IN-DEPTH: Manage Your Audio Life

PipeWire lets you transparently handle ALSA, JACK, and PulseAudio applications, making it useful for both general and professional audio users.

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Gnome 48 Debuts New Audio Player

16.01.2025

To date, the audio player found within the Gnome desktop has been meh at best, but with the upcoming release that all changes.

audio , Gnome , Linux

Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released

08.04.2024

After a year of development, the award-winning Kodi cross-platform, media center software is now available with many new additions and improvements.

audio , Multimedia , Music , open source , streaming video , Video

PipeWire 1.0 Officially Released

28.11.2023

PipeWire was created to take the place of the oft-troubled PulseAudio and has finally reached the 1.0 status as a major update with plenty of improvements and the usual bug fixes.

audio , Hardware , Linux

Figure 1: The GStreamer framework contains a number of Equalizer presets that can be activated with a mouse click using PulseEffects.

PulseEffects integrates equalizers and effects into PulseAudio

LINUX VOICE: Sound Machine

A wildly flashing equalizer once was part of the basic equipment of every decent stereo system. PulseEffects upgrades the PulseAudio server to include these slide controls – and offers even more.

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Figure 1: Amarok’s context pane in the center of the window is awkward when creating playlists.

Clementine

A New Music Player in Debian 10

10.12.2019

Transitioning from Amarok to Clementine in Debian 10 is relatively painless, thanks to Clementine's straightforward interface and improved features.

audio , Music

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Sort and organize media files with Mediapurge

IN-DEPTH: Distribution Point

If you have a download folder full of photos and music, Mediapurge can help you sort files and even remove duplicates, but beware of its quirks.

audio , media sharing , sound , Video

Figure1: Bluetooth up and operating with music playing.

Configuring Bluetooth on Linux

The Bluetooth Blues

15.10.2019

Getting Bluetooth and PulseAudio to play nicely takes a little work. Bruce walks you through the basics of getting Bluetooth up and running on Linux.

audio , sound

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Ogg Vorbis utilities

IN-DEPTH: Command Line – Ogg Vorbis

With the addition of its supporting utilities, Ogg Vorbis competes with other free audio formats.

audio , Music , sound

Figure 1: The MPD server configuration takes place in a single file.

Online Jukebox

LINUX VOICE: MPD and Cantata

The MPD server helps you manage your music collection flexibly and remotely and integrates external content.

audio , Music , sound