Free multimedia keyboard software for linux

Gnome Multimedia Keys is an Amarok script that will allow the use of keyboard multimedia keys in Gnome 2.18 and above (eg. ubuntu feisty) to control playback. This includes most multimedia buttons found on many laptops. Support for this was broken due to changes in the handling of keyboard shortcuts by gnome 2.18.
Currently supported operations are:
- Play/Pause
- Pause
- Stop
- Next Track
- Previous Track
Simply run the script, no configuration of the script itself is required. The desired keyboard shortcuts can be configured by selecting "System-->Prefrences-->Keyboard Shortcuts" from the Gnome panel.

LiMP is a a tiny LIVE CD based linux distro, that loads into memory and works only in the memory. This is the easiest, simpler yet powerful distro that works in all computers (PIII onwards).
Linux Multimedia Player supports most of the known formats, let it be mpeg-I, or mpeg-II, or divx, or wmv,qt-mov,real video for video and for audio mp3,wav,wma, ogg, real audio. It has the auto detection of partitions (ide or sata or scsi), sound cards,video cards, network cards and supports all the the cards as of kernel 2.6.13. It identifies the Partitions and mounts in the folder START.
It has the network support, which can be configured inside the GUI. It also mounts the Windows Shares, Linux Smb shares in the folder START.
It is complete tiny OS, with menu driven option and requires no knowledge of linux. All in a embedded image file of size 35 MB that gives you the entertainment. It can be easily integrated into WINDOWS XP/2000/98/95 or in linux boot loader or boot from cdrom.
LiMP distro runs only from memory and so CDROM/DVD is free to use. LiMP is completely safe to use as it mounts the partitions (NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, REISERFS) and windows / linux shares in READONLY mode.
Computer Shutdown schedule for bed time listeners. It supports viewing encrypted DVDs (Zone set DVDs). User has to option to load his favorite language font, for viewing subtitle User can set his favorite skin for xmms as default so that it loads on startup.
It runs a vnc server and can be accessed remotely from any vnc client.
Enhancements:
- The kernel was updated to 2.6.21.1.
- ALSA was updated to 1.0.14rc3.
- Idesk, a desktop program, was added.
- Mplayer, conky, and openbox were updated.
- Xdialog was added, providing an even easier interface.
- LiMP includes compressed cache to give better performance (http://linuxcompressed.sourceforge.net/).

AMmP is a Multimedia Player which uses GTK+ 2. It currently supports audio CDs, MP3, and MPEG videos.
AMmP support for the moment :
mp3
mpeg
cdaudio
This is a simple help to use AMmP.
To load a media, click on the "eject symbol" button...
You can select more that one media by holdding or key.
If youve cdaudio in the main ("dev/cdrom") cd tray, a new button will appear in the media browser : Probe cd which open a new window where you can choose cd track you want to add to the playlist !
To view current playlist, click on the "left align symbol" button.
Enhancements:
- mpeg, mp3, cdaudio support

LMMS is a project trying to create a gui for TV that can be used with a gamepad/joystick. In future there shall be various applications for playing audiofiles (Ogg-Vorbis, MP3, WMA, CD etc) and videofiles (DivX, MPEG, DVD, TV etc). Games and other stuff (recording TV etc) are planed too.

For now the whole project is written in python/pygame and there are some applications available:

Menu - for choosing another application
Image-Viewer - as the name says, it will allow you to watch some images
CD-Player - for playing Audio-CDs
Audio-Player - with support for Ogg and MP3

Actually the following gamepads/joysticks are supported:

Gravis Gamepad Pro
Microsofts X-Box pad
Nintendos SNES pad

Midirecord is a simple command-line application to record a MIDI file with your MIDI keyboard.

Midirecord project also features automatic recording to a MIDI file when you play electric piano, and thus it may be used as a "recording daemon".

StartCom Linux is based on the Red Hat AS source code.
Specially designed for the demanding home user, the MultiMedia Edition lets you easily communicate with your friends and family members over the Internet, browse the news or watching the latest DVD movie you just bought.
Listen to your loved Music while you check your email or play some funny game while you burn a CD, everything is easily accessible from your desktop by a click on your mouse button.
System configuration and adjustments of your preferences never have been so simple, thanks to the integrated configuration tools.
Enhancements:
- StartCom has released its new Multimedia Edition, ML-5.0.5, code named Kessem. Its probably one of the largest and most complete Linux distributions ever released to the public. Release ML-5.0.5, offers many out-of-the-box capabilities, never bundled with an operating system before. Designed as a multimedia workstation with music studio and advanced video editing applications, it also provides the desktop user with the most applications for day to day use.

MCNLive is a Mandriva-based live CD developed by MandrivaClub.nl in The Netherlands.
This new English-only pre-release, code name "Jordaan", is a freshly build distribution from the current Cooker (Mandrivas development branch).
MCNLive features the XFce desktop, the new ad-free Opera 8.50, Mandriva Control Center, and a set of multimedia applications - all that and more on a 200MB live CD.
The product also includes a graphical application for installing the operating system to a USB storage device.
Enhancements:
- I am glad to announce MCNLive, code name Toronto. Whats the difference to Delft? VirtualBox OSE, KOffice suite, GIMP, gThumb, gxine, gFTP, Bluefish, Quanta, KAudioCreator, Kopete, KDE Bluetooth, a bunch of networking tools and printer packages added. English only edition. Improved isolinux bootsplash, with keyboard navigation to select a boot option, different wallpapers, fixed (non-critical) error messages when shutting down the system in live CD persist mode.

EiffelMedia is a multimedia library for Eiffel. The library allows you to use 2D and 3D graphics, sound, networking, and input via joystick and keyboard. EiffelMedia has many smaller frameworks that make life easier for a multimedia or game programmer.