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Unit 6: Everyday Applications-II

If USB mass storage is not supported in your camera, this procedure cannot be used to Notes
access the photos. If the camera supports the Picture Transfer Protocol mode, you can use
digiKam to download the pictures.
2. Connect your digital camera to the USB port by using the cable that came with the camera.
Then turn on the camera.
Linux detects the camera and opens the contents of the camera in a file manager window.
3. Click to select photos and copy them to your hard drive by dragging and dropping them
into a selected folder.
4. Close the file manager window, disconnect the USB cable from the PC, and turn off the
camera.

Whether we use a digital camera tool like digiKam or access our camera like any other storage
device, it becomes easier to get pictures onto the computer.

6.1.2 Playing Audio CDs

All Linux distributions takes place in either KDE or GNOME CD player applications. In order
to play an audio CD, we need a sound card, and that sound card must be configured to work in
Linux.
In some distributions, an audio CD can be inserted into the drive. This will provide a dialog box
and asks whether you want to play the CD with the CD player. If this dialog box doesn’t appear,
locate an audio CD player by choosing Applications➪Sound and Video from the main menu.
The KDE CD player exhibits the CD title and the current track name. An active Internet connection
is required to download song information from the CD database. After the CD player downloads
information about a particular CD, it caches that information in a local database for future use.
The CD player user interface is intuitive, and you can figure it out easily.

Did u know? One good feature of CD player user interface is that you can select a track by
title.
6.1.3 Playing Sound Files

To open and play sound files (such as MP3 files), we can use Rhythmbox or XMMS. Users having
huge MP3 music libraries generally like Rhythmbox as it can assist in organizing their music
files. You can start Rhythmbox by choosing the music player application from the main menu in
several distributions, including Debian and Fedora. When you first start Rhythmbox, it displays
an assistant that prompts you for the location of your music files so that Rhythmbox can manage
your music library.
After identifying the locations of music files, Rhythmbox begins and shows the library in an
systematized way. You can then select music and play it.
Another music player that can play different types of sound files is XMMS. XMMS can be started
by selecting the audio player application from the main menu. After XMMS begins, you can
open a sound file by selecting Window Menu»Play File or by pressing L. Then select one or more
music files from the Load File dialog box. Click the Play button, and XMMS starts playing the
sound file.
Some free Linux distributions does not allow you to play MP3 files. This is because the MP3
decoder is not included. Nevertheless, MP3 playing functions well in Debian, Knoppix, SUSE,
and Xandros. Due to legal reasons, the versions of Rhythmbox and XMMS in Fedora don’t include

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