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**Paul B. Andersen**

Bill wrote in message

I do audio, no longer professionally, but I still do it.

Linux is horrible for audio routing and control. It has a load of
different mixer/driver programs that are not easy or clear to use and
which have interactions that sometimes do, sometimes don't.

You make a good case that Linux is far inferior to Windows for audio
work.

Me? I use Audacity to modify files, with a lame and MP3 plugin, and
pretty much, that works for me. I use Handbrake to convert from any
format to any other format.

When the going gets rough, I use ffmpeg on Linux to capture sounds and
video and to convert to individual frames and to create animated GIFs,
etc. I do agree that installing ffmpeg was a royal pain on Kubuntu
because I had to manually compile (which is a rarity nowadays).

1. I had to install the libx264 H.264 video encoder.
2. Then I had to install the libfdk-aac AAC audio encoder.
3. Then the libmp3lame MP3 audio encoder.
4. Then the libopus Opus audio decoder and encoder.
5. And the libvpx VP8/VP9 video encoder and decoder.
6. And finally the libvpx VP8/VP9 video encoder and decoder:

Had I not followed a precise tutorial, I would never have been able
to accomplish the task of successfully compiling ffmpeg.

Such an effort rarely happens with Windows apps nowadays,
I agree.

On Windows, the equivalent, for me, would be Audacity & Super (I have
one of the last real freeware versions). Plus a Klite-codec pack, and
I'm good to go. I never edited on Windows but I'd probably just use
the free Microsoft Movie Maker and maybe VLC.