Questions tagged [music]
Music-related questions. Most questions can probably be tagged with the name of your music player (e.g. "banshee" or "rhythmbox")
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How to find (and delete) duplicate files
I have a largish music collection and there are some duplicates in there. Is there any way to find duplicate files. At a minimum by doing a hash and seeing if two files have the same hash.
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How to stream music over the network to multiple computers?
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I want to be able to walk from one room to another and hear the same song playing. Like you do if you were listening to the radio in all rooms.
I want that effect but I want to listen to my ...
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What are some CD Ripping Programs you can use on Ubuntu?
What are some CD ripping programs for Ubuntu? Can you list the Pros? What are the Cons? For each program there should be a screenshot, sources to install, and instructions to install and use.
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How can I fix incorrect mp3 duration?
I have a number of songs in my Music library that display incorrect duration values, and so play only partially in Clementine. In Banshee and some other players they show different duration values and ...
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How can I find duplicate songs?
The title says it all. How can I detect duplicates in my media library?
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Music notation software for Ubuntu [closed]
I am looking for a music notation software with which I can write and edit music scores. A good proprietary example would be Guitar Pro.
What are some good free software alternative?
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Is there a music player like Winamp? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a music player similar to Winamp.
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Any ubuntu tool to edit tag in mp3 files in group
Is there any tool in ubuntu to edit tag information in mp3 files in group?
For example, I want to set all the files in a directory with the same album name or artists. How can I do that?
I find '...
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Stupid simple music player?
Here's what I want: I have a folder with MP3 files. I would like to play all the files in the folder, alphabetically. And I need a way to pause, skip to next file, and that's pretty much it.
I don't ...
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Does RhythmBox have any command line interface or method of interprocess communication?
I'd really like to communicate with rhythmbox with a web server so I can remotely change the music playing from my smartphone. Is there a command-line interface for rhythmbox to do things like the ...
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How do I play a midi from the command line in Ubuntu?
I'd like to do something like
$ play filename.mid
and hear the midi file played without opening up a graphical program. Is there a package for Ubuntu that can do this?
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Why does Google Music Manager refuse to open in 12.04?
I like to upload my music to my Google account and I use Google Music Manager to do this.
When I downloaded the music manager the first time, I wanted to actually download all the music I purchased ...
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How do I change the start up sound?
How do i change the start up background music in Ubuntu and can i add any customized music for startup? What are the various ways of setting this?
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How to play piano via a midi keyboard?
I am sorry to bother you but I don't know very much. This is about playing the piano through the computer. I have an m-audio keystation 88 which is a whole separate machine that connects through the ...
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How to allow key functions while desktop locked
Is it possible to allow a keyboard's volume keys to continue working when your desktop is locked? Currently, the default behavior disables all special-function keys until the desktop's unlocked. I ...
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Can the parameters of the Music Lens be edited?
I primarily listen to classical music on my laptop. Since I'm obsessed with specifics with my music, I am precise with how I label my genres (Opera, Symphony, Chorale, etc.).
Is there a way to edit ...
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How can I detect the BPM (beats per minute) of a song?
For some activities such as running it is important to know how many BPM a song has. I know that Banshee can do this but I couldn't figure out how to do this for a selected range of songs.
Which tool ...
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Where can I find a metronome for music practice?
This is somehow a follow up of this question:
How can I detect the BPM (beats per minute) of a song?
But now instead of detecting them in songs, I want to generate them.
I am looking for an ...
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Recommendation for a Guitar tuner
I tried searching for a guitar tuner for Ubuntu(something similar to PitchPerfect tuner for Windows) and installed lingot but couldn't get it to work. Which guitar tuner do you guys suggest?
I hope ...
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How do I stream music to my AirTunes?
I have used PulseAudio, but it sometimes works, sometimes it does not... Also my Rhythmbox doesn't play the songs sometimes and just hangs there paused. Is there a more stable option to stream and ...
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Recursively copy files from one directory to another
I have all my music in a folder /media/kalenpw/MyBook/Music/ABunchOfOtherFoldersWithFilesInside. I want to copy all of the mp3s to /media/kalenpw/HDD/Music so I used:
cp -R /media/kalenpw/MyBook/...
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Rhythmbox doesn't add/import MP3s from ~/Music on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04
I just installed Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, all my music is located in /home/user/Music/, e.g. /home/user/Music/Back to The Future.
I run Rhythmbox and try to import all MP3s to the player, but nothing ...
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How to migrate from Banshee to Rhythmbox?
As it has been decided, Ubuntu Precise 12.04 will feature Rhythmbox as the default music player. I am aware, that it does not mean that I will not be able to use Banshee, nevertheless I would like to ...
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How to organize music files?
I'm trying to re-organize my music files. I copied them from my iPod before it died, so they have funky names, like DGEDH.mp3. I tried using a Windows utility to rename them from their ID3 tags, but ...
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How Do I Purchase Ubuntu One Songs Without Using Ubuntu One File Sharing?
I want to use DropBox instead of Ubuntu One. But I like the idea of buying MP3s for 88 cents from Ubuntu One because it can help contribute cash to the Ubuntu project.
I have disabled and uninstalled ...
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Audio players that access music library as file browser (and see folder structure)
I have a big music library. Nothing special there.
But I very much dislike the way usually music library is displayed in most recommended players, according to Artist/Album/Year/Genre tags, ignoring ...
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Application for finding song names
I'd like to know if anyone knows an application or knows of one being developed that can do what I've stated in the question. On mobile devices there's an App called Shazam: Is there an equivalent for ...
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Best way to sync music to Galaxy Nexus (MTP)?
The Galaxy Nexus uses MTP which makes general use a bit of a pain. Luckily, Ubuntu comes with some drivers preinstalled so I can access my phones memory easily through nautilus, however Rhythmbox and ...
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How can I create folders in folders in terminal
I have a folder named music where inside there is all of the artist folders. Is there a way to create these folders: 1. Albums, 2. EP, 3. Singles, 4. Live in all the artist folders with a command?
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How can I generate an M3U playlist (http URL format) from the terminal?
I'd like to generate a M3U playlist for a directory containing mp3 files on my server from the terminal. Since I'd like to ensure that every player will be able to stream those files I'd like to ...
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How can I convert my FLAC music collection to Apple Lossless?
I have a reasonable sized music collection that I keep in FLAC format on my Ubuntu laptop. I'd like to start playing this music on my Mac, and to sync it from there to my iPod. People have suggested ...
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How can I play a song in the background via my command line?
I have installed play :
sudo apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-mp3
I can now play my audio files like this :
play Desktop/SONGS/01\ -\ Oh\ Baby\ Girl.mp3
Since I'm learning shell, I wish I could do ...
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Software to convert midi to sheet music
I am a music student looking for software that can convert midi files to sheet music. Are there any programs for Ubuntu like the Windows programs Notation Musician or MidiNotate Player?
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Apple Music on Ubuntu
How can I use Apple Music on Ubuntu, if its possible? Im thinking about switching over from spotify, but Im not sure if its worth it if I cant access the music from my desktop. Thank you!
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Which music player has visualizations?
I thought it was a stupid question, but my preferred player, Amarok, doesn't have visualizations. RhythmBox also. Where can I find a Linux player with interesting visualizations?
My 5 years old boy ...
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Digital Audio Workstation: alternatives to Logic Pro or Cubase for Ubuntu?
What do I use instead of Cubase, LogicPro, FL Studio etc?
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Connect MIDI devices (like music keyboards) via the USB port. This is very important. Nothing that doesn't do this would be ...
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How do you change the search location of the Music Lens?
My music collection is on a separate partition and not under /home/username/Music. How do I get the music lens in Unity on Ubuntu 11.10 to search in a different location?
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Cyrillic characters show as gibberish in rhythmbox
I have some Bulgarian/Russian songs which have Cyrillic characters in them. Nautilus displays them fine , but in rhythmbox all their id3tag info is displayed as gibberish.
I have set the system ...
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Which music player can write ratings to tags, or: How to not lose my song ratings upon reinstall?
One thing that has always annoyed massively is that all my ratings get lost when I reinstall my system. And that happens often.
I know from MediaMonkey for Windows that it is possible to write the ...
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Changing sample format and bit depth on audio files with ffmpeg
I recorded and mixed down a CD worth of homemade music with Ardour and stupidly exported all the songs in 48 kHz and 24 bit. Now I need it in 44,1 and 16 bit in order to have CDBaby take it and give ...
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Lame - How to re-encode all 320kbps mp3 to 192kbps mp3
As per title. I have lots of MP3s in 320kbps format that I need to convert to 192kbps. Currently I'm using lame --mp3input -b 192 which creates a file of the same name but with an extra .mp3 extension....
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How to download songs from Amazon's Cloud Player?
Using the latest Banshee (1.9.6) and the Amazon MP3 extension, I just bought an album, and it was copied to my Amazon Cloud Drive/Player. How do I download this to my computer? Banshee's Amazon MP3 ...
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What are my options for sharing files between Windows & Ubuntu on the same network?
We have a few Windows(XP & 7) and Ubuntu machines in the house sharing a wireless connection, and want to share music between them. If possible, I would like to be able to serve music from both ...
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Importing iTunes Music Library in Rhythmbox
I have a extensive music library in iTunes on my Mac. I have found a dozen import scripts to import the metadata (ratings, play count) to Rhythmbox. But the comments I have found all indicate that ...
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Sync Music from Banshee via SSH to Android Device
i want to transfer my music to my android device via ssh. I do that wireless because i do not always want to plugin the cable to sync some files. Is there a way banshee can recognize my android device ...
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What's a Good Rhythmbox Replacement?
I'm looking to get rid of rhythmbox as my primary music player. Preferably something that allows multiple folders for the music library and has support for the new sound indicator.
Mostly I want more ...
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Mass re-tagging of music files
My collection of music files has grown organically over the years, and
it has no consistent tags nor file names. Especially, older files may
have weird ID3v1 tags or no tags at all, which makes them ...
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How to set up DAAP sharing in Banshee?
Ok, so I can see and listen to music libraries from other computers on my network via Banshee (They are running Rhythmbox with DAAP enabled) but I cannot see my Banshee library from them.
I have ...
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Need a playlist creator for linux that will do relative paths
Under Windows I use "Playlist Creator 3.6.2" This just about the ideal program for what I want, but under wine, you cannot access it's setup to set the feature I want the most, and that is relative ...
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How do I force Rhythmbox to automatically organise my music files into folders?
How do I force Rhythmbox to automatically organise my music files into folders (corresponding to the artist and album) in Ubuntu 12.04 beta-1. Is this functionality currently missing from the new ...
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