The Vector Linux Multimedia Bonus Disc consists of hundreds of packages aimed specifically at creative multimedia uses.
A complete list of the programs included on the Multimedia Bonus Disc is as follows:
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Audio:
Aqualung (Gapless Music Player) Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation) Audacity (Audio Editing System) Bitmeter (Jack diagnosis tool) Denemo (Graphical music notation program) Gtick (Metronome Application) Hydrogen (Digital Drum Machine) Jack Rack (JACK effects "rack") Jackbeat (Jack audio sequencer) JackEQ (Equalizer for JACK software) Jamin (JACK Audio Mastering Interface) Lmms (Linux MultiMedia Studio) Mhwaveedit (GUI sound editor) Mixxx (Digital DJ software) Multimedia Converter (An Audio and Video Encoder) Muse (midi/audio sequencer) NoteEdit (KDE Music Notation Software) Oggconvert (Gnome application to convert media to Free formats) Qsampler (Graphical Frontend to LinuxSampler) Qsynth (Fluidsynth Graphical User Interface) Qtractor (Audio/MIDI sequencer) Rosegarden (Professional MIDI and audio sequencer) Swami (Sample Waveforms and Audio for Magical Instruments) Sweep (Audio editor and live playback tool) Tapiir (A software multitap delay) TerminatorX (A sample-based multiturntable deck) TiMidity++ (Software MIDI synthesizer) Vkeybd (Virtual MIDI keyboard) |
Video:
Avidemux (Free video editor) CinePaint (Motion picture retouching system) Gmerlin (Multimedia Suite) Kino (Easy Non-Linear Video Editor) LiVes (Linux Video Editing System) OpenMovieEditor (Open Source Movie Editor) RecordMyDesktop (Screen Capturing Software) TransKode (Graphical Video Encoding System)
DVD Authoring:
Acidrip (DVD ripper and encoder) Dvdcopy (DVD backup/copy software) Dvdripomatic (DVD ripper) Dvdstyler (Powerful DVD authoring system) K9copy (KDE DVD copy program) Mandvd (Easy DVD authoring program) Qdvdauthor (QT DVD authoring program) Tovid (Software for converting a video into a DVD or (S)VCD)
Graphics:
Blender (3D modeling creation suite) Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program) Hugin (Panorama photo stitcher) Inkscape (Vector graphics software) ManSlide (Slick slideshow creation program) Xaralx (Vector Graphics program) Digikam (Photo management software) |
Libraries, Codecs, and Backend Applications:
AMB-plugins (The AMB ladspa plugins) aften (A/52 audio encoder) aucdtect (Determining the authenticity of musical CDs) autotrace (Bitmap to vector converter) blop (Bandlimited Ladspa plugins) bonk (An audio lossy and lossles compression program) cairomm (C++ API for the cairo graphics library) caps-plugins (Caps ladspa plugins) cdcd (Command line cd player) csound (User-extensible sound processing language) cvs (Version control system) dssi (API for writing audio plugins) dvd-slideshow (Dvd slideshow generator) dvdauthor (DVD authoring tools) dvgrab (Software that captures DV video) enblend (Image compositing tool) exiv2 (Program for editing exif data) ffmpeg2theora (Convert ffmpeg de-codable files to theora) fftw (Fast Fourier Transform Library) FIL-plugins (The ladspa FIL plugins) fltk (Fast Light ToolKit) fluidsynth (Software based real-time synthesizer) fluidsynth-dssi (A software synthesizer plugin for DSSI) fontforge (An outline font editor) freeglut (OpenSourced alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit) gavl (Conversion functions for multimedia formats) gc (Garbage Collector) glew (OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library) glibmm (A C++ interface for the GLib) gst-python (Python bindings for GStreamer) gtkmm (C++ interface for popular GUI library gtk+) guile (GNU extension language library) ilmbase (This is the Ilmbase libraries for OpenExr) imaging (Python Imaging Library) jack (The Jack Audio Connection Kit) jasper (JPEG 2000 software) ladspa (Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API) kipi-plugins (Image plugins) kommander (Visual dialog building tool) lash (LASH Audio Session Handler) libatomic_ops (Atomic memory operations) libavc1394 (Programming interface to the AV/C) libcdaudio (Portable audio CD library) libgig (C++ library for Gigasampler files) libgnomecanvas (The GNOME canvas engine) libgsasl (GNU SASL Library) libiec61883 (API for streaming over Linux IEEE 1394) liblo (OSC protocol library) libkdcraw (KDE Raw Image Library) libkexiv2 (KDE exiv2 frontend) libkipi (KDE image library) liblrdf (Library for handling RDF descriptions of audio plugins) liblscp (lscp library) libmad (MPEG audio decoder) libpano12 (Panorama Tools) |
libpano13 (Panorama Tools) libquicktime (A library for manipulating QuickTime files) libsamplerate (Library for perfroming sample rate conversion of audio) libsigc++ (typesafe callback system for standard C++) libsndfile (A C library for r/rw files containing sampled sound) libxmi (library for 2D vector graphics) lilypond (Music typesetter) linuxsampler (Sampler backend) lsdvd (DVD structure scanning program) MCP-plugins (Voltage controlled lowpass filter) mftrace (TeX bitmap to PFA/B tracer) mjpegtools (MPEG1/2 encoding, recording, editing, and playback tools) mpgtx (CL MPEG toolbox) mutagen (Mutagen Python module to handle audio metadata) omins (LADSPA plugins) openexr (high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format) pigment (user interface for embedded multimedia) portaudio (Free, cross platform, open-source, audio I/O library) potrace (transform bitmaps into vector graphics) pulseaudio (Sound server) python-setuptools (Python distutils enhancements) raptor (Raptor RDF Parser Toolkit for Redland) recordmydesktop (Desktop session recorder) REV-plugins (Reverb LADSPA plugin) scons (Open Source software construction tool) scrollkeeper (A cataloging system for documentation systems) soundtouch (Audio processing library) sox (Sound eXchange) speex (Voice Codec) swh-plugins (LADSPA SWH Plugins) t1utils (Type-1 font manipulation programs) tap-plugins (Tom's Audio Processing plugins) tetex (teTeX binaries and support files) transcode (Transcoding program) tse3 (sophisticated sequencer engine) ttf2pt1(A True Type to PostScript Type 1 Font Converter) twolame (Optimised MPEG Audio Layer 2 (MP2) encoder) VCO-plugins (Oscillator plugins for LADSPA) wxGTK (The GTK+ 2 port of the wxWidgets library) wxSVG (C++ library to create, manipulate and render SVG files) XML-Twig (Tree interface to XML documents) yafray (Yet Another Free Raytracer) |
Within this CD, there is an entire audio plug-in framework complete with over 300 audio plug-ins and effects. Audio recording and editing applications such as Ardour and Audacity are included to provide you with the tools necessary to fulfill your audio dreams. The only limitation is your imagination.
Video is an important part of our daily lives. We watch movies every day and the websites that we visit contain moving pictures. It is only fitting that a selection of the best video applications are included in the Multimedia Bonus Disc. From simple cutting and trimming programs to video editors, the disc also contains CinePaint, a motion picture retouching system that is used throughout the movie industry to touch up major films.
What good is all the audio and video if you can't put it onto a DVD and share it with others? Integrated into the Multimedia Bonus Disc are several easy to use and advanced DVD applications designed to make DVD authoring a snap. Combined with the graphics programs on the disc, you will be able to create professional DVDs complete with menus and animations.