Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software

[David Bissett]

Should have added use DeVeDe to make the DVD file from the mpg/mp4. This
saves an iso file that can be burned to disc. Works well for me. D
On Dec 5, 2012 6:16 AM, "David Bissett"  wrote:

> Export as mpg or mp4 then use k3b to burn to disc. I have always found
> Brassero to be a bit pointless. David
> On Dec 4, 2012 9:34 PM, "keith"  wrote:
>
>> Thanks George
>>
>> Openshot seems easy to use, I can use the Resize tool to drag the still
>> images along the time line to match the sound track. I'm exporting a
>> stupid test video as a dvd video in PAL &c with a sound track. I get an
>> exported file with the .dvd file extension.
>>
>> Everyone
>>
>> What do I use to burn this to a DVD disk? Brasero has been sitting at
>> the 'converting video to MPEG2' phase for some 10 minutes now... The DVD
>> burner works as I make ISOs on DVD discs...
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 19:28 +, George MacLeod wrote:
>> > try openshot it's in the repositories. Import images as a sequence,
>> > define frame rate then add an audio track. You can then save the movie
>> > in a number of formats.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 4 December 2012 18:55, keith  wrote:
>> > Hello All
>> >
>> > I need to take some still images and a sound track (pre
>> > existing audio
>> > file) and produce a video that can be burned to DVD and that
>> > will play
>> > on standard DVD players in the UK. I need to be able to 'cue'
>> > the images
>> > to the sound track (which is people talking about the images).
>> >
>> > I've tried PhotoFilmStrip as found in synaptic and I'm getting
>> > errors
>> > when rendering (python error from deep in the GUI) a silly
>> > test project.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions for software that will 'just work'?
>> >
>> > PS: I'm on Gnome Ubuntu Remix
>> >
>> >
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software

[David Bissett]

Export as mpg or mp4 then use k3b to burn to disc. I have always found
Brassero to be a bit pointless. David
On Dec 4, 2012 9:34 PM, "keith"  wrote:

> Thanks George
>
> Openshot seems easy to use, I can use the Resize tool to drag the still
> images along the time line to match the sound track. I'm exporting a
> stupid test video as a dvd video in PAL &c with a sound track. I get an
> exported file with the .dvd file extension.
>
> Everyone
>
> What do I use to burn this to a DVD disk? Brasero has been sitting at
> the 'converting video to MPEG2' phase for some 10 minutes now... The DVD
> burner works as I make ISOs on DVD discs...
>
> cheers
>
> On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 19:28 +, George MacLeod wrote:
> > try openshot it's in the repositories. Import images as a sequence,
> > define frame rate then add an audio track. You can then save the movie
> > in a number of formats.
> >
> >
> > On 4 December 2012 18:55, keith  wrote:
> > Hello All
> >
> > I need to take some still images and a sound track (pre
> > existing audio
> > file) and produce a video that can be burned to DVD and that
> > will play
> > on standard DVD players in the UK. I need to be able to 'cue'
> > the images
> > to the sound track (which is people talking about the images).
> >
> > I've tried PhotoFilmStrip as found in synaptic and I'm getting
> > errors
> > when rendering (python error from deep in the GUI) a silly
> > test project.
> >
> > Any suggestions for software that will 'just work'?
> >
> > PS: I'm on Gnome Ubuntu Remix
> >
> >
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

[Liam Proven]

On 4 December 2012 17:43, Andy Braben  wrote:
>
>
> On 4 December 2012 17:29, Liam Proven  wrote:
>>
>> On 3 December 2012 21:12, Barry Drake  wrote:
>> > On 03/12/12 21:05, Colin Law wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Does it suspend if you do it from the menu in the cog in the top right
>> >> hand corner? Colin
>> >
>> >
>> > Colin ...   I've been wondering for ages what the official technical
>> > term is
>> > for 'the cog in the top right hand corner'.  Thanks for enlightening me.
>>
>> :¬D
>>
>> This page seems to dodge the question...
>>
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/10228/whats-the-right-terminology-for-unitys-ui-elements/19166#19166
>>
>> ... But the menu that results from clicking on TCITTRHC is "the
>> session menu". So that's a step in the right direction.
>
>
>
> So should TCITTHRC be called the "session menu button"?

Well, possibly, but where's the fun in that? :¬)

I am unsure whether merging the fairly-well-known "cog = settings"
symbol and the pretty-much-universal "power off" symbol was inspired
brilliance or a bad move. It's clever but I suspect too clever, and
the symbol doesn't shout "important menu here" - it's the end of a row
of little icons.

OTOH I can't come up with a better idea.

I am amused that some of the screenshots on the Ubuntu site and wiki
still show the old, 11.x pre-cogwheel power symbol.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software

[keith]

Thanks George

Openshot seems easy to use, I can use the Resize tool to drag the still
images along the time line to match the sound track. I'm exporting a
stupid test video as a dvd video in PAL &c with a sound track. I get an
exported file with the .dvd file extension.

Everyone

What do I use to burn this to a DVD disk? Brasero has been sitting at
the 'converting video to MPEG2' phase for some 10 minutes now... The DVD
burner works as I make ISOs on DVD discs...

cheers

On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 19:28 +, George MacLeod wrote:
> try openshot it's in the repositories. Import images as a sequence,
> define frame rate then add an audio track. You can then save the movie
> in a number of formats.
> 
> 
> On 4 December 2012 18:55, keith  wrote:
> Hello All
> 
> I need to take some still images and a sound track (pre
> existing audio
> file) and produce a video that can be burned to DVD and that
> will play
> on standard DVD players in the UK. I need to be able to 'cue'
> the images
> to the sound track (which is people talking about the images).
> 
> I've tried PhotoFilmStrip as found in synaptic and I'm getting
> errors
> when rendering (python error from deep in the GUI) a silly
> test project.
> 
> Any suggestions for software that will 'just work'?
> 
> PS: I'm on Gnome Ubuntu Remix
> 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software

[George MacLeod]

try openshot it's in the repositories. Import images as a sequence, define
frame rate then add an audio track. You can then save the movie in a number
of formats.


On 4 December 2012 18:55, keith  wrote:

> Hello All
>
> I need to take some still images and a sound track (pre existing audio
> file) and produce a video that can be burned to DVD and that will play
> on standard DVD players in the UK. I need to be able to 'cue' the images
> to the sound track (which is people talking about the images).
>
> I've tried PhotoFilmStrip as found in synaptic and I'm getting errors
> when rendering (python error from deep in the GUI) a silly test project.
>
> Any suggestions for software that will 'just work'?
>
> PS: I'm on Gnome Ubuntu Remix
>
>
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[ubuntu-uk] Still images + sound track = DVD any suggestions for software

[keith]

Hello All

I need to take some still images and a sound track (pre existing audio
file) and produce a video that can be burned to DVD and that will play
on standard DVD players in the UK. I need to be able to 'cue' the images
to the sound track (which is people talking about the images).

I've tried PhotoFilmStrip as found in synaptic and I'm getting errors
when rendering (python error from deep in the GUI) a silly test project.

Any suggestions for software that will 'just work'?

PS: I'm on Gnome Ubuntu Remix


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

[Andy Braben]

On 4 December 2012 17:29, Liam Proven  wrote:

> On 3 December 2012 21:12, Barry Drake  wrote:
> > On 03/12/12 21:05, Colin Law wrote:
> >>
> >> Does it suspend if you do it from the menu in the cog in the top right
> >> hand corner? Colin
> >
> >
> > Colin ...   I've been wondering for ages what the official technical
> term is
> > for 'the cog in the top right hand corner'.  Thanks for enlightening me.
>
> :¬D
>
> This page seems to dodge the question...
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/10228/whats-the-right-terminology-for-unitys-ui-elements/19166#19166
>
> ... But the menu that results from clicking on TCITTRHC is "the
> session menu". So that's a step in the right direction.
>


So should TCITTHRC be called the "session menu button"?



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

[Liam Proven]

On 3 December 2012 21:12, Barry Drake  wrote:
> On 03/12/12 21:05, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> Does it suspend if you do it from the menu in the cog in the top right
>> hand corner? Colin
>
>
> Colin ...   I've been wondering for ages what the official technical term is
> for 'the cog in the top right hand corner'.  Thanks for enlightening me.

:¬D

This page seems to dodge the question...
http://askubuntu.com/questions/10228/whats-the-right-terminology-for-unitys-ui-elements/19166#19166

... But the menu that results from clicking on TCITTRHC is "the
session menu". So that's a step in the right direction.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

[Liam Proven]

On 3 December 2012 19:48, scoundrel50a  wrote:
>>
> Hi Thank you for your reply, in Settings>Power under 'When lid is closed' is
> says Suspend, but it doesnt, when I lift the lid up there is no log in
> screen it just goes straight to the desktop

Hang on a sec' - you are conflating 2 different questions here.

Q1: does it actually suspend & then resume?
Q2: when it resumes, does it stop & prompt for a password or go
directly to the desktop?

Telling if it suspends can be a bit like trying to tell if the little
light goes out when you close the fridge door. If you can see, it's
not closed yet so it stays on.

But there are ways. Normally if a portable suspends, it goes silent -
the fans stop, the hard disk spins down, etc. It will often go cool if
not 100% cold. The power LED may blink or pulse slowly, or a special
sleep LED may light up. E.g. on my Toshiba Satellite the LED pulses
slowly, but on my 2 old Thinkpads, the power LED stays on but a small
crescent-mood LED lights up to tell you it's asleep.

Firstly, is your machine sleeping? Once we have verified that, /then/
we can work out why it's not asking for a password. But if it doesn't
sleep, then it doesn't wake, and if it doesn't wake then it will never
ask for the password.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stating "Works with Linux" gains extra sales (and respect)

[Mark Fraser]

On Monday 03 Dec 2012 18:37:39 Bill Baker wrote:

> On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 11:31 +, Mark Fraser wrote:
> > On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 12:55:28 SuperEngineer wrote:
> > > A short while ago I was in the market for a webcam.  My webcam needs are
> > > modest so I do not need high end models.  High, low or mid-range cameras
> > > a-plenty in store but only one had proudly put on the box "compatible
> > > with Windows 7, Works with Mac & Linux" Elsewhere on the box it even
> > > listed as one of its minimum requirements, "Linux Kernel 2.6".
> > > 
> > > Sale decided at that point, decided on moral grounds.  Creative Labs
> > > (Irl) Ltd. had made a sale, not based on being the best webcam in the
> > > shop but on being the only webcam in the shop stating Linux
> > > compatibility.
> > > 
> > > It doesn't boast Linux on the site but a well deserved plug anyway:
> > > http://www.creative.com/mylivecam/products/product.aspx?catID=1&pid=2016
> > > 4
> > 
> > If you look under the Requirements tab, it states Linux® Kernel 2.6. It is
> > even mentioned on the PCWorld page -
> > 
> >  > pdt.html>
> > 
> > > For it's worth, the camera is listed on various Ubuntu hardware / webcam
> > > lists [e.g. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams/] - it is not at the
> > > top of the lists but the ones at the top did *not* want to acknowledge
> > > the existence of Linux.

> Hurumphhh!
> [why is] there is always a critic when somebody praises something!

I wasn't criticising anything, I was stating that it does mention Linux 
compatibility on their website and that even PC (Windows) World mentions that 
it can be used with Linux.


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