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On Xubuntu, you use the <application>Movie Player</application> to play both music and videos. To start it, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Movie Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

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The <application>Movie Player</application> supports standard audio formats and AudioCDs. It has many useful features, some of which are turned off by default. For example, it has a plugin for an infrared remote control. To access these optional features, press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Plugins...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select the features which you would like to use by ticking them. It can even play internet radio stations! For those, chosse <menuchoice><guimenuitem>File</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Open Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and enter the radio stations URL.

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If you would like to keep a copy of an audio CD on your computer without needing to insert the CD to listen to it, it is possible to <emphasis>rip</emphasis> or <emphasis>extract</emphasis> the music onto your computer.

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By default, Xubuntu does not include an application to extract audio CDs onto your computer. However, you can easily install the <application>Sound Juicer CD Extractor</application> application, which is able to rip CDs.

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Once installed, you can start <application>Sound Juicer</application> manually by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Sound Juicer CD Extractor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, once installed it should start automatically when you insert an audio CD.

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To start ripping your audio CD, make sure the tracks that you want to rip are selected, then click the <guibutton>Extract</guibutton> button or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Enter</keycap></keycombo>. The ripping process may take a while to complete.

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You can use the preferences window to control where the extracted audio files are stored on your computer, the filename of extracted audio files, and the file format and codec used for the files. In the main window, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

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<emphasis role="strong">Ogg Vorbis</emphasis> - A patent-free lossy audio compression format, which typically produces higher quality and greater compression than MP3.

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<emphasis role="strong">FLAC</emphasis> - The Free Lossless Audio Codec. It can compress audio files up to 50% without removing any information from the audio stream.

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<emphasis role="strong">WAV</emphasis> - Typically used for voice recordings. <application>Sound Juicer</application> uses this format for low quality mono audio files.