Chapter 17. COUCH PENGUINS
Video and DVD Playback in Ubuntu
Now that we've covered much of what Ubuntu can do in terms of audio, let's turn our attention to what is arguably the second most important of its talents in our CNN/MTV–era world: video. Ubuntu is quite capable in terms of video playback, allowing you to view video files you download from the Internet or from your digital movie camera, video CDs (VCDs), unencrypted DVDs, and some Internet video streams. It even allows you to download movies from your digital video camera and then edit them.
Playing Video Streams with RealPlayer
In Chapter 15, we covered RealPlayer's role as an audio application ...
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