Linux multimedia software
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tunapie
Tuner for streaming internet radio and TV
transcode
A text-console utility for video stream processing
totem
qdvdauthor
QT graphical frontend for dvdauthor
p5-Subtitles
A Perl5 backend for fix subtitles timing
p5-FFmpeg-Command
A wrapper class for ffmpeg command line utility
openmovieeditor
Simple non-linear movie editor
ogmrip
Application and libraries for encoding DVDs into DivX/OGM files
motion
A motion detection application
miro
A video player to get internet TV broadcasts
All linux multimedia software (ordered by name)
dv2sub
Extracts info or subtitles from DV stream
acidrip
GTK2::Perl wrapper for MPlayer and MEncoder for ripping DVD's
avidemux
Simple GUI-based video editor
avidemux2
Simple GUI based video editor
avifile
AVI player/converter with numerous codecs, including MPEG-4(DivX ;-))
avinfo
A utility for displaying AVI header information
beep-media-player
GTK2 multimedia player
bsdbktr_tvtune
A console Brooktree (bktr) TV tuner
camserv
Camserv is a free program to do streaming video via the web
dirac
dtv
A client/server based TV capture/display program
dumpmpeg
Dump frames from mpeg movies
dv2jpg
Convert Type-2 DV codec-encoded AVI streams to mjpeg-encoded AVI
dvdauthor
Makes a DVD file structure from one or more MPEG2 streams
dvdrip
A Perl Gtk+ based dvd-ripper
dvts
An implementation of Digital Video Transport System
emovix
A mini linux distro to create bootable video CDs
enjoympeg
An MPEG-1 video player
ffmpeg
Hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming serverHyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming serverHyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming server
fxtv
X-based TV Display and Capture Application (for use with bt848 driver)
gaupol
Subtitle editor
gmencoder
Gmencoder is Gnome2 front-end to mplayer/mencoder
goggles
A FOX frontend to the Ogle DVD player
gopchop
MPEG2 GOP-accurate editor
grpplaylist
A playlist for Noatun
gstreamer
Development framework for creating media applications
gstreamer-editor
Provide View and Controller counterparts to GStreamer's Model
gstreamer-ffmpeg
GStreamer plug-in for manipulating MPEG video streams
gstreamer-player
Simple yet functional mediaplayer written with GStreamer
gstreamer-plugins
gstreamer-plugins-all
Meta-port of all gstreamer plugins with options
gsubedit
GNOME Subtitle Editor is a tool for editing/converting video subtitles
gtksubtitler
A small GNOME program for editing and converting subtitles
gxanim
Graphical front end to Xanim
gxine
An alternative GUI for the Xine media player
hayes
A filesystem-based playlist for Noatun
kaffeine
A xine-base multimedia player
kaffeine-mozilla
Kaffeine Mozilla plugin
kdemultimedia3
Multimedia utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kino
A DV non-linear video editor
kino-dvtitler
Titler plugin for the kino DV editor
kmplayer
KDE frontend to mplayer
kplayer
Movie player based on mplayer
ksubeditor
A video subtitle editor for KDE
libdivxdecore
OpenDivX decoding engine from Project Mayo
libdivxdecore-devel
OpenDivX decoding engine from Project Mayo (development version)
libdivxencore
OpenDivX encoding engine from Project Mayo
libdts
Free DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder
libdv
Quasar DV codec (libdv): software codec for DV video encoding format
libdvbpsi
A library for MPEG TS and DVB PSI tables decoding and generation
libdvdcss
Portable abstraction library for DVD decryption
libdvdnav
The library for the xine-dvdnav plugin
libdvdplay
Portable abstraction library for DVD navigation
libdvdread
This is needed by ogle, which is a DVD player that supports DVD menus
libfame
A video encoding library
libmatroska
Extensible Multimedia Container Format
libmovtar
Supports reading/writing of MJPEG video in YUV 4:2:2 JPEG
libmpeg2
A free library for decoding mpeg-2 and mpeg-1 video streams
libquicktime
A library for reading and writing quicktime files
libxine
Libraries for xine multimedia player
linux-divx4linux
Linux binary release of DivX (TM) Codec
linux-divx4linux4
Linux binary release of DivX 4 (TM) Codec
linux-divxplayer
DivX(TM) Video Player for Linux from DivX.com
linux-realplayer
Linux RealPlayer 10 from RealNetworksLinux RealPlayer 10 from RealNetworksLinux RealPlayer 10 from RealNetworks
lxdvdrip
Command Line Tool to make a copy from a Video DVD
linux-xmovie
A movie player for AVI, MPEG-2/4 and MOV movies
lsdvd
Print information about the contents and structure of a DVD
mjpegtools
Set of tools to record/playback/edit videos in MPEG formatSet of tools to record/playback/edit videos in MPEG formatSet of tools to record/playback/edit videos in MPEG format
mkvtoolnix
Tools to extract from/get info about/create Matroska media streams
mkxvcd
Makes high quality X/K/S/VCD movies from many formats
mmpython
Retrieves metadata from mp3, ogg, avi, jpg and other formats
mmsclient
Download Microsoft Media streams
mpeg
PVRG's MPEG video stream encoder
mpeg2codec
An MPEG-2 Encoder and Decoder
mpeg2play
A program to play mpeg-2 movies on X displays
mpeg4ip
Standards-based system to encode, stream and play MPEG-4 audio/video
mpeg_encode
UCB's MPEG-I video stream encoder
mpeg_play
A program to play mpeg movies on X displays
mpeg_stat
An MPEG-I statistics gatherer
mpegedit
A program to edit encoded mpeg streams
mpgtx
A command line MPEG audio/video/system file toolbox
mplayer
High performance media player supporting many formats
mplayer-fonts
A font pack for the mplayer OSD and SUB
mplayer-skins
Skins for MPlayer's Graphical User Interface (GUI)
mplayerxp
Multi-threaded branch of the well known mplayer media player
mplex
Multiplexes MPEG component streams into system layers
mtv
High-performance MPEG video player (shareware)
nautilus-media
GStreamer-based multimedia views for Nautilus
netshow
Microsoft NetShow video stream player
noatun-plugins
Various plugins for Noatun
nuppelvideo
A very low CPU usage VCR/DVR application
nxtvepg
Viewer for Nextview Electronic TV Programme Guide (needs bktr driver)
ogle
Open DVD player that supports DVD menus
ogle-gui
An add-on graphical user interface for Ogle
ogmtools
Tools to extract from/get info about/create OGG media streams
okle
A KDE frontend to the Ogle DVD player
openquicktime
Portable library for handling Apple's QuickTime(TM) files
oqtencoder
A simple encoder using OpenQuicktime (TM)
oqtplayer
A very very small, not functionnal, video OpenQuicktime (TM) player
p5-RIFF-Info
Probe DivX and AVI files for attributes
p5-Video-Info
Retrieve video properties such as: height width codec fps
p5-Video-OpenQuicktime
An interface to the OpenQuicktime library
ppm2fli
Utilities to merge PPM files into animated FLI and backwards
py-gstreamer
A set of Python bindings for gstreamer
qdvdauthor
QT graphical frontend for dvdauthor
smilutils
A collection of utilities to handle DV
quark
An audio player, for geeks, by geeks
recmpeg
A simple video encoder
replex
Remultiplex an MPEG2 TS into a PS for DVD
ruby-gst
Ruby bindings for the GStreamer framework
slideshow
A slideshow presentation tool to write slides in Python or XML
smpeg
A free MPEG1 video player library with sound support
smpeg-xmms
A mpeg video plugin for XMMS
spigot
Video spigot for Windows library
splitmpg
Splits an ISO 11172-1 into its components
subconv
Converts DivX subtitles from one format to another
tkxanim
Tcl/Tk frontend to xanim
tosvcd
SVCD transcoder
totem
vlc-devel
Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formatsMultimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formatsMultimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
transcode
A text-console utility for video stream processing
vcdgear
A tool to convert VCDs from cue/bin format to mpeg
vcdimager
GNU VCDImager/VCDRip -- The GNU VideoCD Image Maker/Ripping Tool
vcdpad
A program to pad vcd mpegs
vcdtools
Create your own VCD
vlc
Multimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formatsMultimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formatsMultimedia streaming server and player for various audio/video formats
vodcatcher
Video podcast client for the command line
win32-codecs
Huge compilation of Win32 binary video codecsHuge compilation of Win32 binary video codecsHuge compilation of Win32 binary video codecs
xanim
Play most popular animation formats and show pictures
xawtv
A TV viewing application and a few TV utilities
xdvshow
DV/RTP viewer
xfce4-xmms-plugin
XFce 4 xmms control plugin for xfce4-panel
xine
An X11 multimedia player
xmms
xmms-avi
An avifile based .avi and .asf file playback plugin for XMMS
xmms-status-plugin
XMMS control applet for GNOME 2 panel / KDE tray
xmms-weasel
A XMMS plugin to hide the player
xmps
X MPEG Player System - a media player with a very nice GUI
xmps-opendivx-plugin
xmps plugin using OpenDivX decoding engine from Project Mayo
xmps-win32-plugin
xmps plugin for Win32 (TM) Codecs
xtheater
MPEG-1 player in GTK+ capable of playing MPEG-1 format streams
xvid
An opensource MPEG-4 codec, based on OpenDivx
xvid4conf
XviD configuration panel for transcode
y4mscaler
Y4mscaler scales, crops, and shifts Y'CbCr video
dvdstyler
WXGTK2 front end to dvd recoding and authoring programsWXGTK2 front end to dvd recoding and authoring programsWXGTK2 front end to dvd recoding and authoring programs
xine_artsplugin
Xine-based multimedia backend for KDE
bmp-extra-plugins
A collection of additional plugins for beep media player
bmpx
Media player geared towards usability, technical efficiency and looks
cupid
GNOME Gstreamer based video/audio capture solution
dvd-slideshow
Script that creates a slideshow-style DVD with some simple menus
exportvideo
Writes yuv4mpeg streams for mpeg2enc from nuppelvideo files
ffmpeg-devel
Hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder/converter, streaming server
freevo
Open source digital jukebox
gaim-xmms-remote
Plugin to display current XMMS song in Gaim
gavl
A library for handling uncompressed video and audio data
gcfilms
Tool to manage movie collections
gdvrecv
DV Tools for FreeBSD
gnonlin
GStreamer extension library for non-linear editing
gpac-libm4systems
Gpac MPEG-4 Systems library and headers
gstreamer-plugins-core
Core set of typical audio and video gstreamer-plugins
gxmms
A simple GNOME panel applet for controlling XMMS
handbrake
A DVD to MPEG-4 ripper and encoder
istanbul
Istanbul is a desktop session recorder for the Free Desktop
kmenc15
KDE advanced MEncoder frontend, ala, VirtualDub
konverter
KDE MEncoder frontendKDE MEncoder frontendKDE MEncoder frontend
ldvd9to5
Gui, which shall simplify shrinking a DVD-9 to a DVD-5
libmpeg3
Advanced editing and manipulation of MPEG streams
libtheora
Theora video codec for the Ogg multimedia streaming systemTheora video codec for the Ogg multimedia streaming systemTheora video codec for the Ogg multimedia streaming system
mjpegtools-yuvfilters
Mjpeg-tools YUV video stream processing tools
mpeg4ip-libmp4v2
Mpeg-4 library and tools from mpeg4ip
ogmrip
Application and libraries for encoding DVDs into DivX/OGM files
pitivi
Gstreamer based non-linear audio/video editor
projectx
DVB (mpeg) cutting/demux tool
pvr250
Hauppauge PVR-250/350 TV cards driver for the cxm device
tcmplex-panteltje
Re-write of the A/V multiplexer from the transcode distribution
x264
xfce4-media
Lightweight media player for Xfce4 based on the xine engine
xfce4-xmms-controller-plugin
XMMS controller plugin for the xfce4 panel
xmms-skins
Skins for X Multimedia System (XMMS)
bsdav
BSD native set of programs for audio and video reading and writing
gpac-libgpac
Gpac MPEG-4 Systems library and headersGpac MPEG-4 Systems library and headersGpac MPEG-4 Systems library and headers
gstreamer-pitfdll
GStreamer DLL loader plugin
jahshaka
Video and film composing, editing and special fx system
ldvd
Gui, which shall simplify shrinking a DVD-9 to a DVD-5
p5-GStreamer
A set of Perl5 bindings for gstreamer
streamanalyze
Shrink-factor calculator for StreamDVD
streamdvd
A fast tool to backup Video DVDs 'on the fly'
subtitleripper
Convert DVD subtitles into text format (subrip srt) or VobSub formatConvert DVD subtitles into text format (subrip srt) or VobSub formatConvert DVD subtitles into text format (subrip srt) or VobSub format
toxine
Text user interface using the xine library
vstream-client
The vstream library from the tivo-mplayer project
ffmpegthumbnailer
Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers
audacious
A media player based on BMP and XMMS
audacious-plugins
Plugins needed for audacious
castpodder
A podcast receiver written in Python
clive
Video extraction utility for YouTube and Google Video
devede
Create video DVDs, VCDs, sVCDs or CVDs from any number of video filesCreate video DVDs, VCDs, sVCDs or CVDs from any number of video filesCreate video DVDs, VCDs, sVCDs or CVDs from any number of video files
dvbcut
Qt application for cutting of MPEG PS and MPEG TS streams (DVB)
dvdauthorwizard
The tool for creating a DVD with fully animated menu from MPEG-2 files
eclair
An EFL powered media player
emotion
Video playback wrapper library for e17
etoile-babbler
Simple media player for Etoile
etoile-multimediakit
Common backend engine to play multimedia stream
flv2mpeg4
Fast and less lossy FLV to MPEG4(AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) converterFast and less lossy FLV to MPEG4(AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) converterFast and less lossy FLV to MPEG4(AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) converter
ggrab
Records MPEG2 streams directly from your Dbox2 over Ethernet
gmimms
A frontend to MiMMS (Multimedia Stream ripper)A frontend to MiMMS (Multimedia Stream ripper)A frontend to MiMMS (Multimedia Stream ripper)
gnome-subtitles
Subtitle editor with video preview
gnustep-mplayer
GNUstep port of MPlayerOSX
gpac-mp4box
A tool for merge mpg4 from GpacA tool for merge mpg4 from GpacA tool for merge mpg4 from Gpac
gstreamer-plugins-buzztard
Buzztard gstreamer plugins
gstreamer-plugins-fluendo-mpegdemux
MPEG2 demuxing gstreamer plugin from fluendo
gstreamer-plugins-gnonlin
Gstreamer lib for writing non-linear audio and video
helixplayer
The Helix Community's open source media player # '
iriverter
Cross-platform frontend to mencoder
iso2mkv
Front-end shell script to convert DVD image, device, or VIDEO_TS to mkv with xvid and ogg or mp3 audio
k9copy
A DVD-9 to DVD-5 shrinking application for KDE
katchtv
An Internet TV application (for KDE)
kbtv
KDE TV viewer for FreeBSDKDE TV viewer for FreeBSDKDE TV viewer for FreeBSD
libdca
Free DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder
libspiff
An XSPF parsing library
linux-gspca-kmod
A port of the linux gspcav1 webcam driver
linux-ov511-kmod
A port of the linux ov511 webcam driver
lives
Video editing systemVideo editing systemVideo editing system
mandvd
Utility to simply create dvd-videoUtility to simply create dvd-videoUtility to simply create dvd-video
manencode
Utility to simply transcode your videos
manslide
Utility to simply create your own slideshowUtility to simply create your own slideshowUtility to simply create your own slideshow
mencoder
Convenient video file and movie encoder
mimms
Download streams using the MMS protocolDownload streams using the MMS protocolDownload streams using the MMS protocol
mmsrip
MMSRIP is a client for the proprietary protocol mms://
motion
A motion detection application
subtitlecomposer
Subtitle editor for KDE
vtkmpeg2encode
VTK MPEG2 encoding library
mythtv
MythTV is a homebrew PVR project
openmovieeditor
Simple non-linear movie editor
p5-FFmpeg-Command
A wrapper class for ffmpeg command line utility
p5-FLV-Info
Extract metadata from Flash Video files
p5-File-Format-RIFF
Read, manipulate, and write RIFF filesRead, manipulate, and write RIFF filesRead, manipulate, and write RIFF files
p5-MP4-Info
Fetch info from MPEG-4 files
p5-Subtitles
A Perl5 backend for fix subtitles timing
podcatcher
Podcast client for the command line
poe
A vorbis comment editor for GNUstep
pvrxxx
Hauppauge PVR-150/500 TV cards driver for the cxm device, based on the pv250-port
pwcbsd
The Linux pwc webcam driver ported to FreeBSD
py-pybmp
Python module to control beep-media-player
quodlibet
A GTK+-based audio player written in Python
recordmydesktop
Record desktop sessions to an Ogg-Theora-Vorbis fileRecord desktop sessions to an Ogg-Theora-Vorbis fileRecord desktop sessions to an Ogg-Theora-Vorbis file
rox-videothumbnail
Video thumbnail provider for the ROX file manager
ruby-flvtool2
Manipulation tool for Macromedia Flash Video files
sabbu
Program used to time subtitles
shell-fm
A command-line client for Last.FM
smplayer
smplayer-qt4
A complete front-end based on QT4 for mplayerA complete front-end based on QT4 for mplayerA complete front-end based on QT4 for mplayer
smplayer-themes
Themes for smplayer
subtitleeditor
Subtitle editor
subtools
Command-line tools for movie subtitles in SubRipper format
tivodecode
Converts .TiVo files to normal MPEG filesConverts .TiVo files to normal MPEG filesConverts .TiVo files to normal MPEG files
tovid
A collection of video disc authoring tools
transkode
A KDE/Qt based frontend for various audio transcoding tools
tunapie
Tuner for streaming internet radio and TV
tv_grab_au
X 'tv_grab_au' is an XMLTV grabber for Australian TV programmes
umr
Unreal Media Ripper
v4l_compat
Video4Linux compatibility header
vamps
High performance tool to transcode DVD videos to a smaller size
xfmedia-remote-plugin
XFce 4 media remote plugin for xfce4-panel
yamdi
A metadata injector for FLV files
miro
A video player to get internet TV broadcasts
gpodder
A GTK2 podcast aggregrator written in Python