Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Rowan Berkeley]

On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 17:41:41 +0100, John Stevenson 
wrote:

> On 6 July 2010 16:55, Rowan Berkeley  wrote:
> > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:22:42 +0100, Rob Beard  
> > wrote:
> > > On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
> > > >> I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be 
> > > >> as easy as doing it on a Mac.
> > > > That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade 
> > > > on my main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I 
> > > > intend using Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've 
> > > > played with Kino and a couple of others, but so far have done 
> > > > no real work. Recommendations welcome.
> > > There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it 
> > > much but it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but  
> > > it worked with the videos from my HD video camera which was handy 
> > > (okay I had to install some GStreamer codecs but once they were 
> > > installed it seemed to work OK). Rob
> > Well, I have never been able to get PiTiVi to work, and I have it 
> > just as it comes, ready installed in Ubuntu 10.04. I should like to 
> > be able to make simple music videos and put them on YouTube, so 
> > that I can then paste them into my blog. But every time I drag and 
> > drop an MP3 file into PiTiVi, it says it is unable to open it. I 
> > tried asking about this on the PiTiVi forum but I didn't have any 
> > replies last time I looked. A detailed list of necessary codecs 
> > would be welcome, and it would be interesting to know whether the 
> > Ubuntu team at Canonical are aware of any issues with it. Rowan
> I imagine you need the right codecs installed for mp3, as they are not
> part of the default ubuntu install (due to distribution restrictions,
> patents, yuck..). You could try install the Gstreamer plugin that
> supports mp3, one of the following should do:
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse 
> John Stevenson
> Lean Agile Consultant / Coach
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Success! I installed the two missing sets (the multiverse variants) and
successfully made a little music video, uploaded it, and embedded it on
my blog, all without a hitch. First time I've ever managed that, and I
have been trying on and off for years. Thanks! Rowan


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Andy Dixon]

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 17:41 +0100, John Stevenson wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> I imagine you need the right codecs installed for mp3, as they are not
> part of the default ubuntu install (due to distribution restrictions,
> patents, yuck..).
> 
> You could try install the Gstreamer plugin that supports mp3, one of
> the following should do:
> 
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse


Ah yes.. I can confirm that you do need these, as I had the same issue
trying to add the 'Benny Hill' music to a video clip. Not exactly PC,
but was a good laugh..

Cheers,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[John Stevenson]

On 6 July 2010 16:55, Rowan Berkeley  wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:22:42 +0100, Rob Beard  wrote:
>
> > On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
> > >> I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be as
> > >> easy as doing it on a Mac.
> > >
> > > That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade on
> > > my main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I intend using
> > > Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've played with Kino
> > > and a couple of others, but so far have done no real work.
> > > Recommendations welcome.
> >
> > There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it much
> > but it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but it worked
> > with the videos from my HD video camera which was handy (okay I had to
> > install some GStreamer codecs but once they were installed it seemed
> > to work OK). Rob
>
> Well, I have never been able to get PiTiVi to work, and I have it just
> as it comes, ready installed in Ubuntu 10.04. I should like to be able
> to make simple music videos and put them on YouTube, so that I can then
> paste them into my blog. But every time I drag and drop an MP3 file into
> PiTiVi, it says it is unable to open it. I tried asking about this on
> the PiTiVi forum but I didn't have any replies last time I looked. A
> detailed list of necessary codecs would be welcome, and it would be
> interesting to know whether the Ubuntu team at Canonical are aware of
> any issues with it. Rowan
>
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I imagine you need the right codecs installed for mp3, as they are not part
of the default ubuntu install (due to distribution restrictions, patents,
yuck..).

You could try install the Gstreamer plugin that supports mp3, one of the
following should do:

gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Rob Beard]

On 06/07/10 16:55, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:22:42 +0100, Rob Beard  wrote:
>
>> On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
 I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be as
 easy as doing it on a Mac.
>>>
>>> That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade on
>>> my main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I intend using
>>> Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've played with Kino
>>> and a couple of others, but so far have done no real work.
>>> Recommendations welcome.
>>
>> There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it much
>> but it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but it worked
>> with the videos from my HD video camera which was handy (okay I had to
>> install some GStreamer codecs but once they were installed it seemed
>> to work OK). Rob
>
> Well, I have never been able to get PiTiVi to work, and I have it just
> as it comes, ready installed in Ubuntu 10.04. I should like to be able
> to make simple music videos and put them on YouTube, so that I can then
> paste them into my blog. But every time I drag and drop an MP3 file into
> PiTiVi, it says it is unable to open it. I tried asking about this on
> the PiTiVi forum but I didn't have any replies last time I looked. A
> detailed list of necessary codecs would be welcome, and it would be
> interesting to know whether the Ubuntu team at Canonical are aware of
> any issues with it. Rowan
>
>

Well I dragged and dropped and MP3 in and it worked fine, although I 
can't figure out how to add titles (I'll have to play further).

I believe I have the ubuntu-restricted-extras package installed.  Are 
you able to play the MP3 files in the Ubuntu Movie Player? (I had the 
issue where it wouldn't import videos from my video camera, and then 
when I tried to play them in Movie Player it prompted to install the 
correct codecs).

I haven't looked at the PiTiVi forums yet, I did post a bug response 
about the unhelpful message about not being able to find a specific 
codec rather than it prompting to install them but I was asked to 
suggest it as a feature.  Guess it was just a bug to me (thinking about 
it, I guess it might be more of a feature request).

Rob

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Rowan Berkeley]

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:22:42 +0100, Rob Beard  wrote:

> On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
> >> I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be as 
> >> easy as doing it on a Mac.
> >
> > That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade on 
> > my main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I intend using
> > Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've played with Kino 
> > and a couple of others, but so far have done no real work. 
> > Recommendations welcome.
> 
> There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it much
> but it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but it worked
> with the videos from my HD video camera which was handy (okay I had to
> install some GStreamer codecs but once they were installed it seemed
> to work OK). Rob

Well, I have never been able to get PiTiVi to work, and I have it just
as it comes, ready installed in Ubuntu 10.04. I should like to be able
to make simple music videos and put them on YouTube, so that I can then
paste them into my blog. But every time I drag and drop an MP3 file into
PiTiVi, it says it is unable to open it. I tried asking about this on
the PiTiVi forum but I didn't have any replies last time I looked. A
detailed list of necessary codecs would be welcome, and it would be
interesting to know whether the Ubuntu team at Canonical are aware of
any issues with it. Rowan


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[John Stevenson]

On 6 July 2010 16:22, Rob Beard  wrote:

> On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
> >> I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be as easy
> >> as doing it on a Mac.
> >
> > That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade on my
> > main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I intend using
> > Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've played with Kino and a
> > couple of others, but so far have done no real work.  Recommendations
> > welcome.
> >
>
> There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it much but
> it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but it worked with
> the videos from my HD video camera which was handy (okay I had to
> install some GStreamer codecs but once they were installed it seemed to
> work OK).
>
> Rob
>

I hope to do some basic video editing later this month and was going to try
using OpenShot .

More advanced options include Blender  or the soon to be
open sourced 
*Lightworks*which
are aimed at video editing professionals.

I would be interested to know how people got on with these tools...
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Barry Drake]

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 16:22 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it much but 
> it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but it worked with 
> the videos from my HD video camera which was handy (okay I had to 
> install some GStreamer codecs but once they were installed it seemed to 
> work OK).

Thanks for that.  I'll give it a try when I ge around to doing some
editing.

Barry.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Grant Sewell]

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:22:42 +0100
Rob Beard wrote:

> On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
> >> I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be as
> >> easy as doing it on a Mac.
> >
> > That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade on
> > my main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I intend using
> > Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've played with Kino
> > and a couple of others, but so far have done no real work.
> > Recommendations welcome.
> >
> 
> There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it much
> but it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but it worked
> with the videos from my HD video camera which was handy (okay I had
> to install some GStreamer codecs but once they were installed it
> seemed to work OK).
> 
> Rob

I have played around with OpenShot (www.openshotvideo.com) and got some
good results from it, and Lombard (www.yorba.org) looks promising too.

Grant.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Rob Beard]

On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
>> I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be as easy
>> as doing it on a Mac.
>
> That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade on my
> main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I intend using
> Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've played with Kino and a
> couple of others, but so far have done no real work.  Recommendations
> welcome.
>

There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it much but 
it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but it worked with 
the videos from my HD video camera which was handy (okay I had to 
install some GStreamer codecs but once they were installed it seemed to 
work OK).

Rob

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