How to play almost any media file. How to edit, record, and convert videos

• VLC Media Player is a free, easy to use, and cross-platform multimedia player that plays almost everything! Why? Because it comes with most necessary codecs preinstalled. Installation: Windows (VLC Media Player, VLC, Download); brew cask install vlc (macOS), pacman -S vlc (Arch), sudo snap install vlc (Ubuntu).

1. Play a Podcast: A. Open the Playlist manager: View, Playlist. B. Subscribe to the podcast: Internet, Podcasts, +. C. Type or paste the podcast address you want to subscribe to.
2. Capture your desktop: A. Media, Open Capture Device. B. Select “Desktop” in the “Capture Mode”, modify the frame rate (30 or 60 fr/s), and in the dropdown arrow next to Play, select Convert. C. Profile, Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4).

• Media Player Classic-Home Cinema is a light-weight, easy to use, and open source media player for Windows that supports many video, audio, and image formats out of the box.

• OBS Studio is a popular, free, and open source software for video recording and live streaming for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

• HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. It is free, open source, and multi-platform (Windows, Mac and Linux).

• Kodi is a free, open-source, software media center. It runs on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS. Let’s configure it.

1. Add-ons, Install from repository, Kodi Add-on repository, Video Add-ons and add YouTube, Crackle, Pluto.TV or Popcornflix add-ons.

   Kodi should only be used for content to which you have the legal right to access. Neither the Kodi Foundation nor justtothepoint.com advocates the use of Kodi for piracy in any way, shape or form.

2. Settings, System, Add-ons, and enable Unknown sources.

3. Add a new source (external repository): Settings, File Manager, Add Source (Check https://www.wirelesshack.org/) and a name (e.g., Crew).

4. Go back to the main menu and click Add-ons, Add-on Package Installer (the open-box icon at the top-left), Install from zip file, and select the new source (e.g., Crew, repository.thecrew-0.3.4.zip). Wait for the Repository to download, Install from repository, repository (e.g., The Crew Repo), Video add-ons, Repository (e.g., The Crew), Install.

• DaVinci Resolve is a free and popular video editing software. It is used by professionals and amateurs alike. It works on Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. It comes in two versions; the limited free version and the fully featured studio version. The free version is robust on its own and has the capacity to do most of what an average user will need on a day-to-day basis.
• Nuclear Music Player (Windows: choco install nuclear; Mac: brew install ‐‐cask nuclear; Arch: yay -s nuclear-player-bin) is a free music streaming app that allow its users to listen to music from many services.
• Music players in Windows: MusicBee is a free and easy to use application for Windows that will let you find, organize, and play music on your PC. It supports podcasts, web radio stations, and SoundCloud integration. AIMP is another option for playing audio files. Spotify really needs no explanation and finally, iHeartRadio is a free broadcast, podcast, and streaming radio platform.
• Music players in GNU/Linux. Lollypop is a modern music player for GNOME (GNU/Linux). Olivia helps you discover new music and videos like no other service does (sudo snap install olivia). curseradio-improved is a web radio with an intuitive terminal-based user interface. Installation: pip3 install curseradio-improved. Keys: s stop playing stream; q quit, and Enter, play. Shortwave helps you find and listen to internet radio stations.

  Multimedia (Arch): sudo pacman -S vlc lollypop pulseaudio pavucontrol mplayer mpv

   
• musikcube is a free, cross-platform, terminal-based music player, music management application, and music server written in c++. Installation: choco install musikcube (Windows); brew tap clangen/musikcube; brew install musikcube (macOS); Head over to the releases page and grab the .deb package for your Ubuntu: sudo dpkg -i musikcube_x.y.z_ubuntu_xxx_amd64.deb, sudo apt-get install -f; Arch: yay -s musikcube.

Switch to the Settings view by pressing “s(ettings)”. Then, select the folder(s) on the left side/pane where you have stored your music files (e.g., ~/MyMusic) and press the space bar to add your music folders to the library.

Once you have added all your music files and directories, hit a to switch to the Library view, select any song from the list and finally, press the ENTER key to start playing the selected or highlighted music file. To quit, press simultaneously the keys CTRL and D. To pause/resume, use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + P.