Some things on Linux have been sorted out to be easy. I'm sorry that video editing isn't one of them yet.
I promise that I have had bad experiences on Windows too - being bitten by bugs in programs that you would have thought were too expensive to have them or finding that the format of my video is not supported by the editor that can perform the kind of editing I want. In time the story will be different. Regards, Tim On 10/08/07, Jonas Wulff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... but that's still the general problem with Linux. If you aren't > willing to invest time in your system, go ahead and use windows. Of > course you'll miss the flexibility then.. > Jonas > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:53:53 -0400 > Douglas Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well folks, you have convinced me that Cinelerra is not for the > > someone like me that just wants to make a video. I have been > > struggling with it for some time now and I have some video that is > > pretty rough and has no sound. There is no program for Linux that is > > any less trouble to use or it won't do much of anything I want to > > do. I have an external hard drive that I can't get permission to > > write to for one obscure reason or another. Now I can't find the file > > that I made from cinelerra so I have nothing and cinelerra somehow > > did not save the video. I have worked on it for a couple of days but > > it did save the audio that I have all the copies of I need. I was > > unable to write it to a dvd for a lack of certain dependencies which > > I installed, but still no luck. The real problem is that I am not > > interested in code, programs or anything else having to do with > > computers other than doing what I want to do. A while back I made > > some movies by splicing film I shot years ago. It was much easier > > and FASTER than learning all that a person needs to know about > > programs and such in order to make video. Looked pretty good too! > > My first computer was an old laptop with windows 3.5 it was > > perfect, everything more that has been added has been of little use > > to me. Any way, I am pretty well convinced that Linux holds nothing > > for me that I am willing to devote the needed time to. > > > > Doug > > > > David Kletzli wrote: > > > On Thursday 09 August 2007 11:46, Yama Ploskonka wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > >> The problem with Cine and a bunch of other stuff around X is that > > >> there just isn't the kind of simple and dirty help that us basic > > >> users need. The button or menu option-to-wiki does this. it can > > >> also open that; these are the default settings for this feature; > > >> this is what happens if you mess with those settings. Mousing > > >> over would simply show the name of the whatever (this pretty much > > >> exist) but you'd have an option to go right from there to a popup > > >> connection to the wiki. > > >> > > >> Currently man wikis do exist, but the interface is not humane, you > > >> need to jump to and fro, sometimes go hunting in the night to > > >> figure the connection between a particular feature on the program > > >> and its decription in the manual. > > >> > > >> Hey, this would be such a breakthrough in human interface for so > > >> much prosumer soft! I should patent it. just kidding. :-) > > >> > > >> Yama > > >> > > > > > > A couple more things to think about with this... > > > > > > How do you handle the case where someone is trying to get help, and > > > is not on-line? If you make *everything* online, then you are > > > going to be brutal to those who may not be able to have access to > > > an on-line connection. > > > > > > Also, and I don't know how much of a problem this would be, wikis > > > can be a moving target. Nothing that can't be handled, I think, > > > but you'd have to make sure you put some thought into both sides of > > > the connection. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Cinelerra mailing list > > > Cinelerra@skolelinux.no > > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > Cinelerra@skolelinux.no > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > Cinelerra@skolelinux.no > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > -- You could help some brave and decent people to have access to uncensored news by making a donation at: http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/
