what you would want to do on startup multimedia side

When you start using linux and kubuntu you would install all this stuff just beacuse you would want to use the computer like you would  into windows or mac but… without problems so :

WARNING THIS ADD MEDIBUNTU and install the most powerfull multimedia applications (READ THIS BEFORE FOR LICENSE..)

Multimedia applications

Qt applications

• pencil = photo\ video 2d animations
• kdenlive = video editor
• subtitlecomposer = subtitle editing
• digikam = photo management
• krita = photo editing  (too much complicated ? use kolourpaint4 )
• sonic visualiser london university audio editing program
• kffmpegthumbnailer faster preview of videos on dolphin (should enable it)
• kamoso video recorder and photo for webcam
• okular to see CBR PDF compressed photos
• sox and libraries audio tool from terminal
• recordmydestop and recorditnow  desktop video recorder
• k3b dvd rip audio rip dvd cd Burner
• k9coy dvd rip
• kmplayer  basically to see videos on web browser
• lame faac vorbis tools audio encoders
• phonon-backend-vlc  if you got problems with video previews on dolphin use this to fix it

gtk-applications

• chromium

other libraries

• blender = 3d animations \ video editor

 sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes install app-install-data-medibuntu apport-hooks-medibuntu &&
sudo apt-get install subtitlecomposer vlc k9copy kamoso kdenlive sonic-visualiser blender k3b sox libsox-fmt-all pencil  kmplayer digikam kipi-plugins kipi-plugins-doc recorditnow kffmpegthumbnailer ffmpeg libavdevice-unstripped-52 libavformat-unstripped-52 libavutil-unstripped-49 libpostproc-unstripped-51 libswscale-unstripped-0 kffmpegthumbnailer  libxine1-ffmpeg mencoder oggz-tools recordmydesktop vorbis-tools ffmpeg2theora faac lame kubuntu-restricted-extras krita phonon-backend-vlc

Utilities

• kdf ==== disk usage
• kinfocenter  ==== infocenter for kde
• rekonq ==== browser based on webkit (there are ppa repository for that… )
• plasma-widget-daisy dock bar ====~ mac Os bar
• konversation == irc client
• partitionmanager == partition program ..

 sudo apt-get install kdf kinfocenter  plasma-widget-daisy rekonq konversation partitionmanager

Remove  stuff

• dragon player  ==  player with bad integration on rekonq konqueror and chromium really bad much better kmplayer
• quassel ==  irc client, much more better konversation

 sudo apt-get remove quassel dragonplayer

Configure dolphin

Configure dolphin :

• add FILTER BAR ———-> YOU MUS HAVE THIS
• add UP button
• get the video preview
• set compressed folder to be viewed like normal folder
• disk usage diplayed ————–_> YOU MUST HAVE THIS

Configure phonon

systemsettings—>multimedia

File associations Set vlc for every damned format

kate /$HOME/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list 

my file is this AUDIO + VIDEO = VLC

**NOTE IF YOU HAVE other application for html,text and images please consider only to add the video and the audio lines

[Added Associations]
video/x-flv=vlc.desktop;
video/x-msvideo=vlc.desktop;
video/3gpp=vlc.desktop;
video/annodex=vlc.desktop;
video/dv=vlc.desktop;
video/isivideo=vlc.desktop;
video/mlt-playlist=vlc.desktop;
video/mp2t=vlc.desktop;
video/mp4=vlc.desktop;
video/mpeg=vlc.desktop;
video/ogg=vlc.desktop;
video/quicktime=vlc.desktop;
video/vivo=vlc.desktop;
video/vnd.rn-realvideo=vlc.desktop;
video/wavelet=vlc.desktop;
video/x-anim=vlc.desktop;
video/x-flic=vlc.desktop;
video/x-flv=vlc.desktop;
video/x-matroska=vlc.desktop;
video/x-mng=vlc.desktop;
video/x-ms-asf=vlc.desktop;
video/x-ms-wmp=vlc.desktop;
video/x-ms-wmv=vlc.desktop;
video/x-msvideo=vlc.desktop;
video/x-nsv=vlc.desktop;
video/x-ogm+ogg=vlc.desktop;
audio/AMR-WB=vlc.desktop;
audio/AMR=vlc.desktop;
audio/aac=vlc.desktop;
audio/ac3=vlc.desktop;
audio/annodex=vlc.desktop;
audio/basic=vlc.desktop;
audio/midi=vlc.desktop;
audio/mp2=vlc.desktop;
audio/mp4=vlc.desktop;
audio/mpeg=vlc.desktop;
audio/ogg=vlc.desktop;
audio/prs.sid=vlc.desktop;
audio/vnd.rn-realaudio=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-adpcm=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-aifc=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-aiff=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-aiffc=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-ape=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-flac+ogg=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-flac=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-gsm=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-iriver-pla=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-it=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-m4b=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-matroska=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-minipsf=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-mo3=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-mod=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-mpegurl=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-ms-asx=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-ms-wma=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-musepack=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-psf=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-psflib=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-riff=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-s3m=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-scpls=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-speex+ogg=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-speex=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-stm=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-tta=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-voc=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-vorbis+ogg=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-wav=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-wavpack-correction=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-wavpack=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-xi=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-xm=vlc.desktop;
audio/x-xmf=vlc.desktop;

[Removed Associations]

refresh now your settings by typing this

kbuildsycoca4

note if you want add an application for example kmplayer too only for flv look at this example

video/x-flv=vlc.desktop;kde4-kmplayer.desktop;

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