10 best Multimedia Entertainment Software for Linux

Most of you are of the notion that Linux stands nowhere in entertainment when compared to Windows. Especially, people complain Linux has no cool games. Well, Windows Vista somewhat changed the scenario, as the content played in it gets locked by DRM. Linux has no such issue. On the contrary, Linux has added up a number of cool multimedia entertainment software to its support. We assorted the 10 best multimedia entertainment software to make your experience with Linux richer than every before.

Video Player

1. Xine

Xine is a free multimedia player that plays back CDs, DVDs and VCDs. Xine can decode multimedia files such as AVI, MOV, WMV and MP3 from local disk drives and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet. It interprets some of the most common multimedia formats available and some of the most uncommon formats.
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2. Miro 2.5

Miro works is famous for its HD content, which makes the video appear beautiful even on the large displays. It features a simple and intuitive interface that makes it easier to handle features. Miro offers some cool features like it can set your preferences to either play videos one after another or even play a video then stop. The next time you start it will continue from that point. Miro can play your favorite videos in whichever format you such as MPEG, Quicktime, AVI, H.\264, Divx, Windows Media, Flash Video, and almost every other major video format.

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3. MPlayer

This is the MPlayer is a movie player that can run on different systems. It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files. MPlayer supports many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. Moreover, you can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, Divx 3/4/5 and even WMV movies. You must install gmplayer with MPlayer.

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4. RealPlayer 11

This is an all-in-one digital media player that allows you to find anything and everything. The streaming-media player offers you improved video controls as well as access to 2500 radio stations. This version also offers improved 10-band graphics Equalizer and media services that includes radio tuner as well as an artist and music guide.

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5. Totem

Totem is an official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on Gstreamer or xine-lib. It includes all the basic features of full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as keyboard navigation. Additionally, Totem features Nautilus properties tab, Video thumbnailer for file manager, Mozilla plugins to view movies inside your browser.

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6. VLC Player

This is an excellent, portable and free multimedia player, capable of playing different audio and video formats like MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3 and  ogg. It can also play different DVDs, VCDs as well as different streaming protocols. This is an all in one application instrument for video streaming and playback.

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Audio Player

7. Rhythmbox

This one is a top-notch audio application for Linux systems. Rhythmbox can play and organize digital music easily. Rythmbox features an easy to use music browser; Internet Radio support; options for searching and sorting; play, rip and burn audio CDs; download audio podcasts and more. With rhythmbox you can easily transfer music to and from iPod, MTP and USB Mass storage music players.

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8. XMMS (The X Multimedia System)

This is an great multimedia player that works on almost all platforms, but it has some special items that works only on Linux. XMMS is equipped to play media files like MP3, MOD’s, WAV and others formats with Input plugins. This free audio player is somewhat similar to Winamp.

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9. Amarok

This is another feature-rich multimedia player for Linux. It has a beautiful interface. It’s a free music players for GNU/Linux. Right now Amarok is a popular audio player for Linux.

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Graphics Suite

10. Gimp

Gimp is a cross-platform graphics suite that includes all the features in commercial graphics packages available in market. In Gimp you can almost everything you could have done with Adobe’s Photoshop. The most commendable aspect of Gimp is the plethora of scripts and plugins that are installed with it.

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