Mp3 split project

Mp3splt-project is a utility to split mp3 and ogg files selecting a begin and an end time position, without decoding.

It's very useful to split large mp3/ogg to make smaller files or to split entire albums to obtain original tracks.

If you want to split an album, you can select split points and filenames manually or you can get them automatically from CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files.

Supports also automatic silence split, that can be used also to adjust cddb/cue splitpoints.

You can extract tracks from Mp3Wrap or AlbumWrap files in few seconds. Mp3splt-project is split in 3 parts : libmp3splt, mp3splt and mp3splt-gtk.
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http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php
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How to install to Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 & Maverick 10.10

Applications > Accessories > Terminal or Ctrl+Alt+T

$ sudo apt-get install mp3splt mp3splt-gtk
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Guayadeque - Nice music player

Guayadeque - Nice music player

http://guayadequemusicplayer.blogspot.com/
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Guayadeque is a music management program designed for all music enthusiasts. It is Full Featured Linux media player that can easily manage large collections and uses the Gstreamer media framework.
For mor information visit our web site
http://guayadeque.org
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https://launchpad.net/~anonbeat/+archive/guayadeque

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-Play mp3, ogg, flac, wma, mpc, mp4, ape, etc

-Read and write tags in all supported formats

-Allow to catalogue your music using labels. Any track, artist or album can have as many labels you want

-Smart play mode that add tracks that fit your music taste using the tracks currently in play list

-Supports shotcast radios

-Ability to download covers manually or automatically from the internet

-Suggest music using last.fm service

-Allow fast access to any music file by genre, artist, album, etc

-Play shoutcast radios

-Allow to subscribe to podcasts and download all new episodes automatically or manually

-Dynamic or static play lists

-Tracks tag editor with automatically fetching of tags information for easily completion

-Lyrics downloads from different lyrics providers. etc

-Allow to resume play status and position when closed and reopened

-You can rate the tracks from 0 to 5 stars

-Mpris dbus interface support so it can easily controlled from music applets for example

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Install to Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 & Maverick 10.10:

Applications > Accessories > Terminal or Ctrl+Alt+T ;

$ sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential cmake gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-base libwxgtk2.8-dev libtagc0-dev libsqlite3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libdbus-1-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libflac-dev

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:anonbeat/guayadeque;sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get install guayadeque-svn

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http://guayadequemusicplayer.blogspot.com/

https://launchpad.net/~anonbeat/+archive/guayadeque

http://sourceforge.net/projects/guayadeque/

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How to install Googleearth Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10, and Fix Google Earth Crash

How to install Googleearth Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10
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Install old-fashioned way:

$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

# Googleearth Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/googlearth/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/googlearth/ubuntu lucid main

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3ACC3965

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install googleearth

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# Googleearth Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/googlearth/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/googlearth/ubuntu maverick main

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3ACC3965

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install googleearth
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or
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Fast and easy;

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/googlearth;sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get install googleearth

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https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto/+archive/googlearth

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or;

$ sudo apt-get install googleearth-package
$ sudo make-googleearth-package --force
$ sudo dpkg -i ./googleearth_5.1.3535.3218+0.5.7-1_i386.deb
$ cd ~/Downloads
user@user-desktop:~/Downloads$ wget http://geomag.ipgp.fr/sa/software

/linux/ubuntu/lucid-10.04/custom/googleearth_5.1.3535.3218+0.5.7-1_i386.deb

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Fix Google Earth Crash in Ubuntu Maverick, Lucid

* If you haven't yet, Install Google Earth in Ubuntu Maverick, Lucid first of all.

* Now you need to edit ~/.config/Google/GoogleEarthPlus.conf file. I am using gedit below to edit the file, you can obviously choose the editor of your choice.

$ sudo gedit ~/.config/Google/GoogleEarthPlus.conf

* Now, search for "enableTips" inside the conf file and if it exists, change its value from "true" to "false". If it does not exist, you need to add the following under "[General]" category.

enableTips=false

* Save and Exit. Done. Now try launching Google Earth in Ubuntu, all's going to be fine.

source;
http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/11/easy-fix-for-google-earth-crash-while.html

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Pixel freeze Ubuntu 10.10 gnome-desktop

When clicking on gnome-panel the windows freeze and leave shadow ghosts on desktop.

Pixel freeze Ubuntu 10.10 gnome

Try this to fix the problem;

if you get error with repositories then try this

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv DB141E2302FDF932

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install talika

Skype Ubuntu 10.04 & 10.10 ,Troubleshooting Skype

Troubleshooting Skype Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) , 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SkypeTroubleshooting


Audio Problems

Selecting Microphone (input device)
Most netbooks/laptops have two input devices, one built into the casing and another one for plugging in an external microphone. In Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) , 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) and Skype 2.0+ you might have problems selecting the right input device. The following instructions should solve this issue:

1. Install pavucontrol, a program with with you can select audio devices

Click here to install the pavucontrol package

Synaptic

Go to Applications → Add/Remove...
Set Show: to All available applications
Search for pavucontrol and install it.
Or open the Terminal, and execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
2. Start Skype and initiate a test call (you can use echo123 Skype testing service).

3. Start pavucontrol while the test call is running: Press Alt-F2 and type pavucontrol, hit return

4. In pavucontrol there is a tab called Recording where you can select the input device for the application Skype

Note: Skype has to be running and Skype needs to use (i.e. make a call) Pulseaudio while you change settings with pavucontrol.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SkypeTroubleshooting

Change plymouth theme in ubuntu 10.04 & 10.10

Change plymouth theme in ubuntu 10.04 & 10.10

Applications > Accessories > Terminal:

$ sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
$ sudo update-initramfs -u

How to install and remove lxde desktop , fluxbox desktop , xfce4 desktop

How to install and remove lxde desktop , fluxbox desktop , xfce4 desktop
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How to install and remove lxde desktop

install:
Applications > Accessories > Terminal:

$ sudo aptitude install lxde
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remove:
$ sudo apt-get autoremove arj gpicview leafpad libjpeg-progs liblua5.1-0 libmad0 libmenu-cache1 libobparser21 libobrender21 librpm0 librpmbuild0 librpmio0 libxmmsclient-glib1 libxmmsclient6 lxappearance lxde-common lxde-core lxde-icon-theme lxinput lxmenu-data lxmusic lxpanel lxrandr lxsession lxsession-edit lxshortcut lxterminal menu menu-xdg obconf openbox openbox-themes p7zip-full pcmanfm rpm rpm-common rpm2cpio xarchiver xmms2-core xmms2-plugin-alsa xmms2-plugin-id3v2 xmms2-plugin-mad xmms2-plugin-vorbis xscreensaver lxlauncher lxtask xmms2-plugin-all ttf-dejavu libxml2-dev p7zip-rar alien elfutils rpm-i18n lha xli xloadimage xfishtank fortune qcam streamer

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How to install and remove fluxbox desktop

install:
$ sudo aptitude install fluxbox
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remove:
$ sudo apt-get remove fluxbox xfonts-terminus

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How to install and remove xfce4 desktop

install:
$ sudo aptitude install xfce4
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remove:
$ sudo apt-get remove xfce4 aumix aumix-common desktop-base exo-utils fortune-mod fortunes-min gtk2-engines-xfce libexo-0.3-0 libexo-common librecode0 libthunar-vfs-1-2 libxfce4menu-0.1-0 libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common libxfce4util4 libxfcegui4-4 libxfconf-0-2 orage oss-compat tango-icon-theme thunar thunar-data thunar-volman xfce-keyboard-shortcuts xfce4-appfinder xfce4-mixer xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfce4-utils xfconf xfdesktop4 xfdesktop4-data xfwm4 xfwm4-themes sox kdelibs-data thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin xfprint4

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HandBrake is a multithreaded video transcoder

HandBrake

HandBrake is a multithreaded video transcoder, This  will allow us to rip DVD to MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM. It is open source and is under the GPL. To use this program only need the DVD VIDEO_TS folder with the files or a DVD image to pass to the other formats are MP4 and MKV, MPEG-4, H.264, AAC audio or Theora, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 and DTS.

install:
Applications > Accessories > Terminal

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

insert that lines in sources.list , save and close..

# HandBrake
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-snapshots/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-snapshots/ubuntu lucid main

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 816950D8

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

Ubuntu Linux Enegy Efficient using PowerTop

Ubuntu Linux Enegy Efficient using PowerTop

Computer programs can make your computer use more power. PowerTOP is a Linux tool that helps you find those programs that are misbehaving while your computer is idle. The application that misbehaved the most was the Linux kernel. However, as of version 2.6.21, the Linux kernel went tickless, and no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. The result (in theory) is huge power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode for longer periods during system idle.

http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/

install:

Application > Accessories > Terminal

$ sudo apt-get install powertop

run:
$ sudo powertop