MattyJ wrote:
For a lot of reasons, I'm going to be switching Myth boxes. I've decided
that my recordings really aren't worth the trouble of dragging over (lots
of Sponge Bob and Simpsons -- brilliant in their way, but not "Citizen
Kane"). So I plan to just start fresh.
But, there is some stuff (Frontline and "Battlestar Galactica") where I
might want to cut the commercials and burn CD/DVDs.
So my question is, is there a good video editor for Linux (OSS)
outside of
Myth? Or should I just stick with Myth on another monitor?
TIA,
I like Cinelerra. http://cinelerra.org/
There's a little bit of a learning curve, but for me the time invested
equated to a lot more power than most other editors I've tried. Worth
the effort and it's not really *that* bad.
The hardest part for me was sifting through the myriad audio and video
codecs on my box and matching them up so that I had an optimally encoded
clip at the end. If you know what video/audio format(s) you want to use
How does one know or come to that decision (what video /audio formats to
use)? I presume there are "rules-of-thumb" and use-determined matches.
Do you know of any overview reference on this subject?
This might make a good Kplug presentation. </hint>
I don't know of any good overview that considers both audio and video at
the same time, unfortunately. My experimentation discounted half my
audio/video codecs out of hand because of syncing issues. Most of the
rest were quality vs size issues. The final determining factor was that
I have a DVD player that can play raw Divx files, and I have a big HDTV.
So my main personal concern was whether or not it looked at least
halfway decent on my TV (I don't have an audio system, so the sound just
had to be good enough...), I don't watch the stuff on the computer. I
was able to produce Divx videos and slap them on a DVD and play them
without a menu, so that made me happy. Rendering time may be of concern,
but at least with Cinelerra you can set up multiple renders at one time,
go to bed, and wake up to a directory full of commercial-free
SpongeBob's in the morning.
Uncompressed Quicktime4Linux streams also looked pretty good on the
computer screen and were quicker to render in my experience, but alas
would not play on the TV.
-Matt
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