On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:31:10 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > First off, I'm a video editing newbie. Not a linux newbie. I've been > running Debian since Bo. > > I have a lot of video tapes lying around and I am afraid they will > degrade over time. Also, since they are not making tapes any more (or > VCRs?) I expect it will be difficult to repair my two VCRs when they > start to die on me. So I want to convert my analog tapes to digital > files while I can and write them out to DVD. > > When I mentioned this to a friend, he pulled out a WinTV card, using a > Hauppauge PVR-250. Are there drivers for this in the standard kernel > tree, or do I need to get them from somewhere?
As per this doc: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_PVR-250 The card seems to be supported under "v4l" drivers that come with modern stock kernels. > Also, what is the best capture and editing software for a newbie with > minimal needs. No flame wars, please. I know that Cinelerra is > available, but I don't know what else there is, or how easy they are to > use. For now all I really need to do is capture the analog signal from > a VCR and save it to a file. Then I want to edit out the commercials, > possibly combine multiple files, and then save the resulting file to a > dvd iso that can be mounted directly and played back, or written to a > dvd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software PiTiVi, OpenShot and Kino are the easy-ones (in the line of Windows Movie Maker). Cinelerra and Kdenlive are more complete (like Adobe Premiere). Avidemux and LiVES could be another option. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.29.07.10...@gmail.com