My Linux Workflow
This is my Linux workflow. These are the programs I prefer to work with. With my first list in this style being almost a year old, I feel it's time to update the list of software I use.
With kdenlive being easy to use, and running great on both Linux and Windows, I am able to make videos in a nice workflow, and work with CUBE format LUTs to remaster videos.
Owned by the non-profit VideoLan foundation, this is a fantastic alternative to Windows Media Player. It can play a wide variety of video formats, and play YouTube videos.
Plex is an awesome Live TV provider and it supports IPTV. I use this alongside Tubi to watch TV shows and movies.
FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisments and prevent Google tracking from you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac & Linux thanks to Electron. Please note that FreeTube is currently in Beta. While it should work well for most users, there are still bugs and missing features that need to be addressed.
How does it work?
FreeTube uses the proprietary YouTube HTTP API with a set of hard coded API keys. Videos are resolved using youtube-dl and played using the stock HTML5 video player. While YouTube can still see your API and video requests it can no longer track you using cookies or JavaScript. Your subscriptions, history, and saved videos are stored locally on your computer and never sent out. Using a VPN or Tor is recommended to hide your IP while using FreeTube.
Features
Watch videos without ads Use YouTube without Google tracking you using cookies and JavaScript Make API calls through the Tor network Subscribe to channels without an account Local subscriptions, history, and saved videos Export & import subscriptions Mini Player Light / dark theme
Hypnotix is an IPTV streaming application with support for live TV, movies and series. It can support multiple IPTV providers of the following types:
- M3U URL
- Xtream API
- Local M3U playlist Hypnotix does not provide content or TV channels, it is a player application which streams from IPTV providers.
nomacs is a small, fast image viewer able to handle the most common image formats including RAW images. Additionally it is possible to synchronize multiple viewers. A synchronization of viewers running on the same computer or via LAN is possible. It allows to compare images and spot the differences (e.g. schemes of architects to show the progress).
GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, and more.
DarkAudacity is a build/fork of the the well known free sound editor, Audacity, customized with a darker, more modern theme - and a few small tweaks. The audio engine underneath is the same audio engine. The same code powers it. Like Audacity, it is completely free. It's not a cut down trial evaluation version. You can record and play sounds, edit sounds, apply audio effects and save what you create for ringtones, podcasts and more. DarkAudacity is Open Source, free for you to download and use on your PC.
Audacity and DarkAudacity come from a community effort. Many people have contributed to the audio code. Because they are Open Source, anyone is allowed to read and modify the source code. DarkAudacity is a variation on the Audacity software, made possible because Audacity is Open Source.
Video Production and Multimedia
This is a list of the software I use for video production and multimedia playback.
