Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Redirection

[Jim Price]

On 01/10/14 14:21, Nigel Verity wrote:

Hi

I have a Raspberry Pi with which I use my TV as a monitor, or at

> least I did until I trod on the HDMI cable and damaged the socket
> on the back of the TV.


The only other inputs the TV has are a SCART and VGA. My laptop

> running Xubuntu 13.10 has both an HDMI socket and a VGA output.
> I know I may be asking a bit much but does anybody know if it would
> be possible to connect the HDMI output of the Pi to the
> corresponding socket on the laptop and redirect the signal to the

VGA, even if it means running some conversion software in between?.


The laptop socket is HDMI out only. You need a HDMI to VGA converter. 
They're less than a fiver on eBay or Amazon, but I found the one with 
sound stopped the Pi from booting unless I unplugged the sound cable first.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Redirection

[Alan Pope]

On 1 October 2014 14:21, Nigel Verity  wrote:
> I have a Raspberry Pi with which I use my TV as a monitor, or at least I did 
> until I trod on the HDMI cable and damaged the socket on the back of the TV.
>
> The only other inputs the TV has are a SCART and VGA. My laptop running 
> Xubuntu 13.10 has both an HDMI socket and a VGA output. I know I may be 
> asking a bit much but does anybody know if it would be possible to connect 
> the HDMI output of the Pi to the corresponding socket on the laptop and 
> redirect the signal to the VGA, even if it means running some conversion 
> software in between?.
>

Have you considered fixing the port? Chances are it's a standard part
and could be grabbed at Maplin/ebay and soldered in as it's only 19
contacts. Depends on the telly and your soldering skills of course :)

Cheers,
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[ubuntu-uk] Video Redirection

[Nigel Verity]

Hi

I have a Raspberry Pi with which I use my TV as a monitor, or at least I did 
until I trod on the HDMI cable and damaged the socket on the back of the TV.

The only other inputs the TV has are a SCART and VGA. My laptop running Xubuntu 
13.10 has both an HDMI socket and a VGA output. I know I may be asking a bit 
much but does anybody know if it would be possible to connect the HDMI output 
of the Pi to the corresponding socket on the laptop and redirect the signal to 
the VGA, even if it means running some conversion software in between?.

Thanks

Nige
  
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video for dual-boot with UEFI Secure Boot

[Rowan Berkeley]

On 26/02/13 10:39, James Tait wrote:

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Hi all,

Following on from the recent discussions about UEFI Secure Boot, this
dropped into my Inbox over the weekend.  It's a series of three videos
that may or may not help to explain what goes on during installation
of a dual-boot UEFI system with Secure Boot enabled.

- ---8<---
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk2sjg_-F-McRbCBoVRkP1sYMbmDf6zJM

My video series on dual-boot with Win8 & Ubuntu 12.10 using UEFI secure
Boot. The Ubuntu-focused segment is in Part 3. It's not exactly
Mythbusters, but I hope it helps dispel a lot of the UEFI Secure Boot
nonsense.
- ---8<---


I watched the first of these and looked at the associated website, but I 
can't see why I should want to go through all this so that I can run in 
Secure Boot mode. The declared purpose of the Secure Boot system is to 
protect the end user against malicious code contained within a 
supposedly innocent alternative Operating System package. There is no 
reason to assume that this is likely to be found in Ubuntu (or afaik any 
other) alternative OS package. It's a phantom threat to justify what is 
really an attempt to discourage alternative OS as such.


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[ubuntu-uk] Video for dual-boot with UEFI Secure Boot

[James Tait]

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Hi all,

Following on from the recent discussions about UEFI Secure Boot, this
dropped into my Inbox over the weekend.  It's a series of three videos
that may or may not help to explain what goes on during installation
of a dual-boot UEFI system with Secure Boot enabled.

- ---8<---
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk2sjg_-F-McRbCBoVRkP1sYMbmDf6zJM

My video series on dual-boot with Win8 & Ubuntu 12.10 using UEFI secure
Boot. The Ubuntu-focused segment is in Part 3. It's not exactly
Mythbusters, but I hope it helps dispel a lot of the UEFI Secure Boot
nonsense.
- ---8<---

Cheers,

JT
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing etc ....

[Barry Drake]

On 04/11/11 22:37, Simon Greenwood wrote:
Generally speaking, DVDs will be divided into shorter chapters which 
are individual files in the build process. Converting an hour long 
video file wlll make the average machine struggle as DVD conversion 
will use a lot of space as most of it's done in memory and 
consequently swap. Look at a DVD as a filesystem and you'll see 
multiple files that are linked by index files.
Thanks.  I'll split the original captures into short scenes and see if I 
can get rendering to take place with any of the applications that 
crash.  Maybe I'll find some better codecs for the task.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing etc ....

[Andres]

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> > On 4 November 2011 21:46, Barry Drake 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi there .      I've been doing some work on video editing and
> > > making video DVDs.    I've found that Kino is the only app with
> > > firewire video capure.    This produces great raw dv files from the
> > > capture.    If I use Kino to edit, and then export the result, I get
> > > a very badly rendered output except when I choose QuickTime DV as
> > > the output format.    This behaves well, and gives me a file that I
> > > can work well with.
> > > 
> > > I now find that I am making an edited DV file using Kino, and using
> > > DeVeDe to burn a Video DVD.    I have tried all the other video
> > > editing apps including PiTiVi and they either crash when a large (1
> > > hour) clip is used, or they give poorly rendered output.    I am
> > > wanting Video DVD quality resolution.    Anyone else found this kind
> > > of problem?
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Generally speaking, DVDs will be divided into shorter chapters which
> > are individual files in the build process. Converting an hour long
> > video file wlll make the average machine struggle as DVD conversion
> > will use a lot of space as most of it's done in memory and
> > consequently swap. Look at a DVD as a filesystem and you'll see
> > multiple files that are linked by index files.
> > 
> > s/
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> 
> thanks for that! I finally know why i couldn't record a 2Gb ogg video.
> It only gave me a warning saying it would be some sort of ISO standard
> that would not work. I didn't care. But then it would not finish the
> dvd. I used openshot.

*That would not work on a mac. Said it was fine for most linux and windows.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing etc ....

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> On 4 November 2011 21:46, Barry Drake  wrote:
> 
> > Hi there .     I've been doing some work on video editing and making
> > video DVDs.   I've found that Kino is the only app with firewire video
> > capure.   This produces great raw dv files from the capture.   If I use
> > Kino to edit, and then export the result, I get a very badly rendered
> > output except when I choose QuickTime DV as the output format.   This
> > behaves well, and gives me a file that I can work well with.
> > 
> > I now find that I am making an edited DV file using Kino, and using
> > DeVeDe to burn a Video DVD.   I have tried all the other video editing
> > apps including PiTiVi and they either crash when a large (1 hour) clip
> > is used, or they give poorly rendered output.   I am wanting Video DVD
> > quality resolution.   Anyone else found this kind of problem?
> > 
> 
> 
> Generally speaking, DVDs will be divided into shorter chapters which are
> individual files in the build process. Converting an hour long video file
> wlll make the average machine struggle as DVD conversion will use a lot
> of space as most of it's done in memory and consequently swap. Look at a
> DVD as a filesystem and you'll see multiple files that are linked by
> index files.
> 
> s/
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thanks for that! I finally know why i couldn't record a 2Gb ogg video. It only 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing etc ....

[Simon Greenwood]

On 4 November 2011 21:46, Barry Drake  wrote:

> Hi there .   I've been doing some work on video editing and making
> video DVDs.  I've found that Kino is the only app with firewire video
> capure.  This produces great raw dv files from the capture.  If I use Kino
> to edit, and then export the result, I get a very badly rendered output
> except when I choose QuickTime DV as the output format.  This behaves well,
> and gives me a file that I can work well with.
>
> I now find that I am making an edited DV file using Kino, and using DeVeDe
> to burn a Video DVD.  I have tried all the other video editing apps
> including PiTiVi and they either crash when a large (1 hour) clip is used,
> or they give poorly rendered output.  I am wanting Video DVD quality
> resolution.  Anyone else found this kind of problem?
>


Generally speaking, DVDs will be divided into shorter chapters which are
individual files in the build process. Converting an hour long video file
wlll make the average machine struggle as DVD conversion will use a lot of
space as most of it's done in memory and consequently swap. Look at a DVD
as a filesystem and you'll see multiple files that are linked by index
files.

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[ubuntu-uk] Video editing etc ....

[Barry Drake]

Hi there .   I've been doing some work on video editing and making 
video DVDs.  I've found that Kino is the only app with firewire video 
capure.  This produces great raw dv files from the capture.  If I use 
Kino to edit, and then export the result, I get a very badly rendered 
output except when I choose QuickTime DV as the output format.  This 
behaves well, and gives me a file that I can work well with.


I now find that I am making an edited DV file using Kino, and using 
DeVeDe to burn a Video DVD.  I have tried all the other video editing 
apps including PiTiVi and they either crash when a large (1 hour) clip 
is used, or they give poorly rendered output.  I am wanting Video DVD 
quality resolution.  Anyone else found this kind of problem?


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[ubuntu-uk] Video/Audio Sync Problems

[Nigel Verity]

Hi

Over the last week or so I've noticed that, when playing any kind of video 
files, the audio track seems to lag around 0.25 - 0.5 seconds behind the video. 
It's the same whether I'm reading from a DVD, a file on my hard disk or a file 
on a USB memory stick. There never used to be a problem, so I'm sure it's not 
my hardware, particularly as it's the same on each of my 3 laptops, which all 
run Xubuntu 11.04.

I assume that it must be something in a recent update that's at the bottom of 
this. Does anybody have any ideas how to rectify this?

Regards

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[Barry Drake]

On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 15:21 +, pmgazz wrote:
> Thanks John - and we'll probably be doing another free PiTiVi workshop
> (along with John's graphics workshops) in early Spring 

Last night, I had a play with Avidemux.  I really am impressed by the
edit facilities.  In some ways it's fairly basic, but it does allow
exact positioning of the cursor on a frame-at-a-time basis, and very
accurate delete, cut and paste facilities.  I've only tried it by
inputting and outputting AVI files, but I found it far easier to use
that Kino or OpenShot.  Shame I have to use Kino to do the capture from
my video camera ...  would be nice if Avidemux offered a capture
facility as well ...

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[pmgazz]

Hello Barry,
I have been using PiTiVi recently, after a great course run at Fossbox.  We
used an MP4 container with a DivX codec.  Output of this was great and was
relatively quick to render and is accepted by Vimeo and YouTube.  I really
liked the editing options in PiViTi and found it very easy to use.  We were
using Ubuntu 10.10.


   
Thanks John - and we'll probably be doing another free PiTiVi workshop 
(along with John's graphics workshops) in early Spring - I'll post to 
the list when we finalise what sessions we're running :)


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[Philip Stubbs]

On 4 November 2010 10:50, John Stevenson  wrote:
> Looking at the recently created OpenShot website http://www.openshot.org/,
> it is looking a really good option for video editing, with lots of
> features.  It also uses the Media Lovin Toolkit http://www.mltframework.org/
> as opposed to the Gstreamer system used by others.
>
> I hope to try out OpenShot at the weekend.  If anyone does a write up of how
> they got on with OpenShot, please let me know.

I had a play with OpenShot last night. It looks very good, but I have
to say that it did crash once, and getting the codecs installed is not
clear.[1] Once that was sorted, it does have a very good dialog for
setting the codecs where you just pick what the target is (YouTube,
DVD, Bluray etc) and it will then set some sensible defaults. You can
then click the advanced tab, and tweak if required. That is one thing
it does better than PiViTi. I have not actually tried to create a
video with it yet.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[John Stevenson]

On 4 November 2010 09:50, Barry Drake  wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 00:02 +, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > Have you tried Lombard? [1] It's still a 0.1 version but it may be worth
> > checking. It's done by Yorba, the same people who do Shotwell.
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> I've just looked at the Lombard wiki.  It gives some really useful
> comparisons.  However, Lombard uses the same video framework as does
> PiTiVi ... so I expect the output to be similar.  There are some other
> apps described on the Wiki.  I'm going to have a look at those as well.
>
> Regards,Barry Drake
>

According to the Lombard website, some of the features in PiViTi are still
goals (Transition effect) but its interesting to note that its written in
Vala (to me anyway).

Looking at the recently created OpenShot website http://www.openshot.org/,
it is looking a really good option for video editing, with lots of
features.  It also uses the Media Lovin Toolkit
http://www.mltframework.org/as opposed to the Gstreamer system used by
others.

I hope to try out OpenShot at the weekend.  If anyone does a write up of how
they got on with OpenShot, please let me know.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[Barry Drake]

On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 00:02 +, Bruno Girin wrote:
> Have you tried Lombard? [1] It's still a 0.1 version but it may be worth
> checking. It's done by Yorba, the same people who do Shotwell.

Thanks for that.

I've just looked at the Lombard wiki.  It gives some really useful
comparisons.  However, Lombard uses the same video framework as does
PiTiVi ... so I expect the output to be similar.  There are some other
apps described on the Wiki.  I'm going to have a look at those as well.

Regards,Barry Drake 

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[Bruno Girin]

On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 11:00 +, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there  
> 
> Just thought others might be interested in my experience of video
> editing.  I tried PiTiVi and was disappointed in the output quality.  No
> matter what options I tried, the result suffered from pattern
> interference introduced during the render.  
> 
> Kino captures and edits just fine and there is no unwanted interference.
> I am now using Kino to capture and edit but not to render.  I am then
> importing the result into DeViDe which is an excellent GUI that makes a
> DVD iso out of any video file you've got.  This app seems to render very
> well.  I've not been able to get a result like this from any of the
> other offerings so far.  It also has loads of options, and the ability
> to make a quick preview to test options out.

Have you tried Lombard? [1] It's still a 0.1 version but it may be worth
checking. It's done by Yorba, the same people who do Shotwell.

[1] http://www.yorba.org/lombard/

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[michael]

I used the tovid out of the repo's

sudo apt-get install tovid

and had to re-remember how to use the thing :D

The following forum post jogged my memory a bit:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183936

Michael

On 03/11/10 21:39, Barry Drake wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 19:14 +, michael wrote:
>
>> Agree with you about PiTiVi, excellent front end but poor rendering.
>>  
> Since posting, I tried OpenShot and it seems to be a good GUI with good
> rendering.  I may be using that in future to make the edit (from
> captures under Kino) followed by burning under DeVeDe.  The latter has a
> facility to input vob files so it doesn't have to render, and OpenShot
> can make a vob   It is worth tweaking DeVeDe for best results.  The
> fast renders are only OK, the slower ones are noticeably better.
>
> My general comment is probably that apps that can make a fair video clip
> for You-Tube are not up to making DVD's.
>
> I failed to get the tovid scripts to work properly - but I have to admit
> to lack of patience in setting up.  DeVeDe was really easy!
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[Barry Drake]

On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 19:14 +, michael wrote:
> Agree with you about PiTiVi, excellent front end but poor rendering.

Since posting, I tried OpenShot and it seems to be a good GUI with good
rendering.  I may be using that in future to make the edit (from
captures under Kino) followed by burning under DeVeDe.  The latter has a
facility to input vob files so it doesn't have to render, and OpenShot
can make a vob   It is worth tweaking DeVeDe for best results.  The
fast renders are only OK, the slower ones are noticeably better.  

My general comment is probably that apps that can make a fair video clip
for You-Tube are not up to making DVD's.

I failed to get the tovid scripts to work properly - but I have to admit
to lack of patience in setting up.  DeVeDe was really easy!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[michael]

Hi,

Have just done a mate's wedding video.

Agree with you about PiTiVi, excellent front end but poor rendering.

I ended up converting the footage to digital video using ffmpeg and then 
used kino to edit and render into the end result.

I also changed the sound track a bit by using Audacity to throw together 
a sound track and Avidemux to mix it into the video.

After all this I used the tovid scripts to make the dvd and mkisofs to 
generate an iso file of the dvd disc so he could burn his own copies.

Michael


On 03/11/10 11:00, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there 
>
> Just thought others might be interested in my experience of video
> editing.  I tried PiTiVi and was disappointed in the output quality.  No
> matter what options I tried, the result suffered from pattern
> interference introduced during the render.
>
> Kino captures and edits just fine and there is no unwanted interference.
> I am now using Kino to capture and edit but not to render.  I am then
> importing the result into DeViDe which is an excellent GUI that makes a
> DVD iso out of any video file you've got.  This app seems to render very
> well.  I've not been able to get a result like this from any of the
> other offerings so far.  It also has loads of options, and the ability
> to make a quick preview to test options out.
>
> Regards,  Barry Drake.
>


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[John Stevenson]

On 3 November 2010 12:28, Barry Drake  wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 11:28 +, John Stevenson wrote:
> >
> > I have been using PiTiVi recently, after a great course run at
> > Fossbox.  We used an MP4 container with a DivX codec.  Output of this
> > was great and was relatively quick to render and is accepted by Vimeo
> > and YouTube.  I really liked the editing options in PiViTi and found
> > it very easy to use.  We were using Ubuntu 10.10.
>
> That's interesting.  I really like PiTiVi - it's a lovely front end.  If
> my render problem is caused by a particular codec, I'll do something
> about it!  I have an mp4mux container available, but not the DivX codec
> you mention.  Any advice on where to get this and how to make it show up
> in the PiTiVi codec list?
>
> Regards,Barry Drake
>

Hello Barry,
Easiest way to add a range of codecs is to add the (meta) package
ubuntu-restricted-extras although that installs a lot of packages, some of
which you may not want added.

For the divx support, I usually use the package libxvidcore4 - xvid is the
open source divx codec.  This is great for online videos and for video
libraries.  I have seen some good high definition videos using the Matroska
container which in PiTiVi gives you a large number of codecs to choose
from.  The Matroska [matroskamux] container may be a good alternative to the
mp4mux if you want more codec choice.

Not sure what the best codec would be for creating a DVD as I never use that
format.  I am assuming you would use the ffmux_dvd container - there are
only a few options for video and audio codec when I select this container.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[Barry Drake]

On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 11:28 +, John Stevenson wrote:
> 
> I have been using PiTiVi recently, after a great course run at
> Fossbox.  We used an MP4 container with a DivX codec.  Output of this
> was great and was relatively quick to render and is accepted by Vimeo
> and YouTube.  I really liked the editing options in PiViTi and found
> it very easy to use.  We were using Ubuntu 10.10.

That's interesting.  I really like PiTiVi - it's a lovely front end.  If
my render problem is caused by a particular codec, I'll do something
about it!  I have an mp4mux container available, but not the DivX codec
you mention.  Any advice on where to get this and how to make it show up
in the PiTiVi codec list?

Regards,Barry Drake

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[John Stevenson]

On 3 November 2010 11:00, Barry Drake  wrote:

> Hi there 
>
> Just thought others might be interested in my experience of video
> editing.  I tried PiTiVi and was disappointed in the output quality.  No
> matter what options I tried, the result suffered from pattern
> interference introduced during the render.
>
> Kino captures and edits just fine and there is no unwanted interference.
> I am now using Kino to capture and edit but not to render.  I am then
> importing the result into DeViDe which is an excellent GUI that makes a
> DVD iso out of any video file you've got.  This app seems to render very
> well.  I've not been able to get a result like this from any of the
> other offerings so far.  It also has loads of options, and the ability
> to make a quick preview to test options out.
>
> Regards,Barry Drake.
> 
>

Hello Barry,
I have been using PiTiVi recently, after a great course run at Fossbox.  We
used an MP4 container with a DivX codec.  Output of this was great and was
relatively quick to render and is accepted by Vimeo and YouTube.  I really
liked the editing options in PiViTi and found it very easy to use.  We were
using Ubuntu 10.10.

Initially we were going to use Kino, but we had problems with playback of
the video camera files in Kino.  Otherwise Kino looks a good project too.

I guess there are problems due to the hit and miss codec support across all
operating systems and devices.

I haven't found time to look at OpenShot yet, but that looks interesting
too.

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[ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

[Barry Drake]

Hi there  

Just thought others might be interested in my experience of video
editing.  I tried PiTiVi and was disappointed in the output quality.  No
matter what options I tried, the result suffered from pattern
interference introduced during the render.  

Kino captures and edits just fine and there is no unwanted interference.
I am now using Kino to capture and edit but not to render.  I am then
importing the result into DeViDe which is an excellent GUI that makes a
DVD iso out of any video file you've got.  This app seems to render very
well.  I've not been able to get a result like this from any of the
other offerings so far.  It also has loads of options, and the ability
to make a quick preview to test options out.

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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 
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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..

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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).

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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
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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.

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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.

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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).

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

[pa...@fossbox.org.uk]

Most recent chips will at least work with the open driver. With gdm it
can be pot luck how much hassle you get as it sometimes doesn't pick up
NVIDIA chips correctly even when they have Linux drivers. On half a
dozen boxes with chips that actually are supported, I've still had to
faff about with different drivers and then turn off compiz to get some
of the on-board NVIDIAs to stop freezing GNOME on Intrepid and Karmic
and then more hassle with codecs on some AV apps and/or hassle with
screen resolution.

There's plenty of forums where people thrash out whether ATI or NVIDIA
have suckier drivers but it's neck and neck ;)  It's getting better with
NVIDIA and ATI but slowly. I have relatively few problem with Intel
graphics chips though and, unless you want to game, I try to stick with
Intel on-board chips as they mostly work out of box.

It doesn't seem to be there anymore but I got a really nice little Intel
box from eBuyer a couple of months ago for less than £300 which
installed like a lamb. If it's just for office purposes, you could look
at FitPC http://www.fit-pc.co.uk/ which is designed to take Ubuntu.

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Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 07/04/10 09:58, Jon Farmer wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>>
>> 
>>> ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open
>>> sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new
>>> driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0 specification
>>> simultaneously across Windows and Linux.
>>>   
>> That's interesting because recently I asked some opinions on #ubuntu-uk
>> about this
>>
>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189241
>>
>> and someone warned me the ATI graphics card was not supported.
>> 
>
> Just FYI, here's the link.
>
> http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/first-with-openglr-2010apr05.aspx
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 07/04/10 09:58, Jon Farmer wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>
>> ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open
>> sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new
>> driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0 specification
>> simultaneously across Windows and Linux.
>
>
> That's interesting because recently I asked some opinions on #ubuntu-uk
> about this
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189241
>
> and someone warned me the ATI graphics card was not supported.

Just FYI, here's the link.

http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/first-with-openglr-2010apr05.aspx

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

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On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> If it just for the Compiz effects and user interface then almost any 
> modern chipset should work just fine and "out-of-the-box". There are 
> (were) some issues with one of the intel chipsets (gma950?) but I am not 
> sure if that has been fixed.

yeah gma950 (pulsebo), stay far away from those. but the rest of the
intel line work great. Although the intel gpu's are rather weak in terms
of performance. They'll handle compiz fine but not really good for say
games or whatever. Intel gpus tend to have the best support for "out of
the box" linux features like the display manager.

So yeah if you want performance go for Nvidia (or ATI, don't have much
experience with ati so can't comment), if you want ease of use and to
not have to deal with closed source drivers, go for intel if you can get
a mobo with intel graphics onboard

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

[John Stevenson]

Hello Jon,
Why not just buy a PC with linux preinstalled?  Or better still, keep the
existing hardware and run Ubnutu on it as it should work more efficiently
than what they already have, possibly using xbuntu if the hardware is really
old.

You can of course run Ubuntu live from CD, but its a better experience
(performance wise) if you create a usb drive with Ubuntu Live on it. (I use
unetbootln  to create the usb sticks, or
you could just use the live cd to install Ubuntu onto the usb stick).

*Examples of pre-installed PC's*:
http://www.thelinuxshop.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=30
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/0,39029426,49296161,00.htm
http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-10&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&~oid=uk~en~20211~laptop-inspiron-10_n00b1001~~

Otherwise, the Eee PC's all seem to run Ubuntu just fine as do many of the
netbooks.  If the charity is just using Office and Internet applications,
then you dont need anything vastly powerful, so a netbook could be more that
adequate.  I do development on my Eee PC netbook and have no performance
problems.

If you do want to build your own kit, then anything you buy graphics card
wise with an NVidia, ATI or even Intel should work fine these days.  Be wary
of buying a card that is just out though, dont go for the top end (after all
its a charity) and you should be fine.  If you find hardware you want to
buy, a quick google and check in the Ubuntu forums will tell you if people
have issues with it

Thank you
John

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> Hi
>
> I have been asked by a charity I work with to recommend some new PC to
> replace some of their older machines. They are keen to give Ubuntu a try
> after hearing me evangelize about it.
>
> I am looking for the install process to go as smooth as possible and the
> one area I am unsure of is the video display card. So can anyone
> recommend a card that will work out of the box. I am looking for 3D
> acceleration.
>
> Any thoughts gratefully accepted.
>
> Regards
>
> Jon
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

[Jon Farmer]

On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:

> ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open 
> sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new 
> driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0 specification 
> simultaneously across Windows and Linux.


That's interesting because recently I asked some opinions on #ubuntu-uk
about this 

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189241

and someone warned me the ATI graphics card was not supported.


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[Alan Lord (News)]

On 07/04/10 08:38, Jon Farmer wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have been asked by a charity I work with to recommend some new PC to
> replace some of their older machines. They are keen to give Ubuntu a try
> after hearing me evangelize about it.
>
> I am looking for the install process to go as smooth as possible and the
> one area I am unsure of is the video display card. So can anyone
> recommend a card that will work out of the box. I am looking for 3D
> acceleration.

If it just for the Compiz effects and user interface then almost any 
modern chipset should work just fine and "out-of-the-box". There are 
(were) some issues with one of the intel chipsets (gma950?) but I am not 
sure if that has been fixed.

My personal experience has been with Nvidia mainly. And although the 
driver is binary and closed source, they do, at least, seem to update it 
regularly and it generally *just works*.

ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open 
sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new 
driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0 specification 
simultaneously across Windows and Linux.

The long and short is that for most modern systems with a built-in GPU 
you should be just fine. It might be worth just posting a link to a 
machine you like of just so anyone can comment and in case there is a 
"gotcha".

You might want to recommend some of the newer ION based systems using 
the Intel Atom Dual Core processor and Nvidia embedded GPU. These are 
just fine for "normal" desktop use and use much less power than 
traditional PC h/w so will save the charity a shedload in running costs 
over the years.

HTH

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[ubuntu-uk] Video Card

[Jon Farmer]

Hi

I have been asked by a charity I work with to recommend some new PC to
replace some of their older machines. They are keen to give Ubuntu a try
after hearing me evangelize about it.

I am looking for the install process to go as smooth as possible and the
one area I am unsure of is the video display card. So can anyone
recommend a card that will work out of the box. I am looking for 3D
acceleration.

Any thoughts gratefully accepted.

Regards

Jon




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[ubuntu-uk] Video capture card wanted

[Colin Law]

Hi

Apologies if I am not supposed to post this sort of thing here, there
seemed to be some similar posts in the archive so hopefully it is ok.

I am looking for an Ubuntu compatible video capture card for capturing
from a video camera and from a VHS recorder (to convert recordings to
DVD).  I believe I want one with hardware encoding.  Something like
the Hauppauge PVR 150 MCE I think, or an equivalent USB device would
be even better.  If anyone has anything suitable surplus to
requirements that they would be prepared to sell I would be very
interested.

Many thanks

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[ubuntu-uk] VIdeo recommendations

[Stephen Garton]

Afternoon All,

I have a hitachi HDD video camera that can record in 4:3 or 16:9
ratios. I can attach the camera to my PC via USB and browse the files,
they are .VRO file. I can copy these files to /home and they are
essentially mpeg files, which is fine. When I record in 4:3 format,
they come across fine, but there is a problem with 16:9 ones. The
thumbnails in Nautilus are correct (i.e. widescreen) but all media
players (and file properties) show the files as 4:3 ratio, which makes
them look odd when being played. Any ideas on how a) I can transfer
them across correctly (there is come windows-only software that comes
with it - I can't get it to work in wine) and/or b) some way to
convert them so they play in the correct ratio? I've tried ffmpeg with
the -aspect flag set to 16:9, but it didn't make any difference.

TIA,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video playback

[Steve Flynn]

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> just realised, it's not all fine
> several things uninstalled themselves when i moved my pc back to my
> internetless room - nvidia driver, totem-gstreamer and several of it's
> plugins, and a few other things Which is all well annoying...
> so _some_ videos play, but others complain of a missing codec, and some
> still play in the wrong colour in certain programs, or change colour after
> being converted
> help!?

Personally, I'd install VLC and be done with it. Should play pretty
much anything you can throw at it. Codecs come with the package so
minimal arsing around.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video playback

[Farran]

On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 22:06 +, Farran wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 22:39 +, Jason Liquorish wrote: 
> 
> > Farran Lee wrote:
> > > hi all
> > > just upgraded, now basic video formats like .avi won't play :( help 
> > > please :)
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > ===
> > > Farran Lee
> > > I'm only 16 :P
> > >
> > Hi Farran,
> > 
> > Installing the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package should fix video
> > playback problems for proprietary formats. If you also want to play
> > restricted formats like .wmv then you can enable the medibuntu
> > repository and install the 'w32codecs' package. Instructions to add the
> > medibuntu repository can be found at
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Adding%20the%20Repositories
> > 
> > Hope that helps you out.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> thanks... I had actually already done that in the last release - there
> just seemed to be something weird going on. Several things had changed
> and weren't right, but today it's all fine... strange!
> Thanks anyway :D
> 
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 16 :-P


just realised, it's not all fine
several things uninstalled themselves when i moved my pc back to my
internetless room - nvidia driver, totem-gstreamer and several of it's
plugins, and a few other things :( Which is all well annoying...
so _some_ videos play, but others complain of a missing codec, and some
still play in the wrong colour in certain programs, or change colour
after being converted :O
help!?
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video playback

[Farran]

On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 22:39 +, Jason Liquorish wrote:

> Farran Lee wrote:
> > hi all
> > just upgraded, now basic video formats like .avi won't play :( help 
> > please :)
> > thanks
> >
> > ===
> > Farran Lee
> > I'm only 16 :P
> >
> Hi Farran,
> 
> Installing the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package should fix video
> playback problems for proprietary formats. If you also want to play
> restricted formats like .wmv then you can enable the medibuntu
> repository and install the 'w32codecs' package. Instructions to add the
> medibuntu repository can be found at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Adding%20the%20Repositories
> 
> Hope that helps you out.
> 
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> 
> 
> 


thanks... I had actually already done that in the last release - there
just seemed to be something weird going on. Several things had changed
and weren't right, but today it's all fine... strange!
Thanks anyway :D

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video playback

[Jason Liquorish]

Farran Lee wrote:
> hi all
> just upgraded, now basic video formats like .avi won't play :( help 
> please :)
> thanks
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 16 :P
>
Hi Farran,

Installing the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package should fix video
playback problems for proprietary formats. If you also want to play
restricted formats like .wmv then you can enable the medibuntu
repository and install the 'w32codecs' package. Instructions to add the
medibuntu repository can be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Adding%20the%20Repositories

Hope that helps you out.

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[ubuntu-uk] video playback

[Farran Lee]

hi all
just upgraded, now basic video formats like .avi won't play :( help
please :)
thanks

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video colouring

[Farran Lee]

On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 12:38 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Farran Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > since upgrade to 8.04, my video colour has been wrong and i don't know why.
> > Gstreamer and xine don't conflict any more, so I can't tell what's going on
> > .
> > What do I do?
> > Thanks
> 
> I've had this, are you on an ATI graphics card? There's something you
> can do about the Xv layer or something, which seems to sort it out.
> 
> Just confirm for me that you use an ATI card, and I'll have a look for it.
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no, sorry. nVidia. Might be a similar problem though.
when I upgraded and the conflicts stopped, I thought maybe both
gstreamer and xine were processing it which could be why it comes out
funny...

Thanks anyway

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video colouring

[Kris Douglas]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Farran Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> since upgrade to 8.04, my video colour has been wrong and i don't know why.
> Gstreamer and xine don't conflict any more, so I can't tell what's going on
> .
> What do I do?
> Thanks

I've had this, are you on an ATI graphics card? There's something you
can do about the Xv layer or something, which seems to sort it out.

Just confirm for me that you use an ATI card, and I'll have a look for it.

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[ubuntu-uk] video colouring

[Farran Lee]

 since upgrade to 8.04, my video colour has been wrong and i don't know
why. Gstreamer and xine don't conflict any more, so I can't tell what's
going on :(.
What do I do?
Thanks

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I'm only 15 :P
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing - AVID?

[Mac]

Sean Miller wrote:
> Anybody any ideas with OSS and/or Linux for this friend from Glastonbury?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Sean
> 
> =
> i have an external hard drive with a bunch of video footage from the
> sunrise festival to be edited - it has been captured in avid , the
> file are not compatable with my editing program - adobe cs3
> i have downloaded and installed avid dv to import thyem and export
> them as an avi file, but it is incompatible with my video card
> 
> agh
> 
> its a frustrating week for me computerwise
> does anyone here use avid and could convert the files for me or have
> any solution?
> :)


Talked to my son who's a TV editor.  Sounds like your friend has got 
Avid's native OMFI files, for which there's almost certainly no 
readily-available converter.  Best bets are (a) get hold of the original 
video source and capture it yourself to a format your editing software 
uses;  (b)  find someone with Avid, and have them export the files in a 
format you can edit (apparently professional editors would export to 
QuickTime to swap files with each other).

HTH

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing - AVID?

[Ian Pascoe]

Sean

LWN finished off a video editing series week before last, which I sped read 
through - it may provide some enlightenment.

E
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  Anybody any ideas with OSS and/or Linux for this friend from Glastonbury?

  Thanks in advance.

  Sean

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  i have an external hard drive with a bunch of video footage from the
  sunrise festival to be edited - it has been captured in avid , the
  file are not compatable with my editing program - adobe cs3
  i have downloaded and installed avid dv to import thyem and export
  them as an avi file, but it is incompatible with my video card

  agh

  its a frustrating week for me computerwise
  does anyone here use avid and could convert the files for me or have
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Editing - AVID?

[Alan Pope]

On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 20:08 +, Sean Miller wrote:
> i have an external hard drive with a bunch of video footage from the
> sunrise festival to be edited - it has been captured in avid , the
> file are not compatable with my editing program - adobe cs3
> i have downloaded and installed avid dv to import thyem and export
> them as an avi file, but it is incompatible with my video card
> 
> agh
> 
> its a frustrating week for me computerwise
> does anyone here use avid and could convert the files for me or have
> any solution?
> :)

WinFF?

It seems to be able to convert pretty much anything to anything.

http://biggmatt.com/winff/

It's GPL (based on ffmpeg) and cross platform.

Cheers,
Al.


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[ubuntu-uk] Video Editing - AVID?

[Sean Miller]

Anybody any ideas with OSS and/or Linux for this friend from Glastonbury?

Thanks in advance.

Sean

=
i have an external hard drive with a bunch of video footage from the
sunrise festival to be edited - it has been captured in avid , the
file are not compatable with my editing program - adobe cs3
i have downloaded and installed avid dv to import thyem and export
them as an avi file, but it is incompatible with my video card

agh

its a frustrating week for me computerwise
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any solution?
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

basically ive trimmed the files and exported them. but they remain in dv
format after i export them. Someone said they should automatically be vob
files after export but that doesnt seem to happen.
I was just wondering if theres something i need to select for it or if im
doing something wrong!!!?

regards
Javad

On 27/01/2008, Stephen Garton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Javad,
>
> On 27/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi,
> > quick q.
> >
> > " The size increase is because Kino converts everything into DV format
> so
> > you can edit it first.
> >
> > Once you have edited it and exported it, the size will decrease
> rapidly."
> >
> > I tried this the first time and it convert it back into vob format.. but
> it
> > wont again. The edited files stay as DV files after i export them.
> >
> > Ive looked at all the options and cant see anything !
> > Can anyone help please?
>
> I'm Sorry, but I don't understand the question.
> Ar you asking how to export from Kino? If so I suggest having a read
> of the documentation at http://www.kinodv.org/docbook/
>
> You could try specifically looking at the export section, if you feel
> the need to skip the rest.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Stephen Garton]

Hi Javad,

On 27/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
> quick q.
>
> " The size increase is because Kino converts everything into DV format so
> you can edit it first.
>
> Once you have edited it and exported it, the size will decrease rapidly."
>
> I tried this the first time and it convert it back into vob format.. but it
> wont again. The edited files stay as DV files after i export them.
>
> Ive looked at all the options and cant see anything !
> Can anyone help please?

I'm Sorry, but I don't understand the question.
Ar you asking how to export from Kino? If so I suggest having a read
of the documentation at http://www.kinodv.org/docbook/

You could try specifically looking at the export section, if you feel
the need to skip the rest.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

hi,
quick q.

" The size increase is because Kino converts everything into DV format so
you can edit it first.

Once you have edited it and exported it, the size will decrease rapidly."

I tried this the first time and it convert it back into vob format.. but it
wont again. The edited files stay as DV files after i export them.

Ive looked at all the options and cant see anything !
Can anyone help please?



On 21/01/2008, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 08:17 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > ok i tried kino but heres the problem...it dramatically increases the
> > file size. The original vob file size is 980 mb and once i drag and
> > drop it into kino...without even touching it the file size becomes 3.2
> > gb!!!
>
> Javad,
>
> The size increase is because Kino converts everything into DV format so
> you can edit it first.
>
> Once you have edited it and exported it, the size will decrease rapidly.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Matt
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

ok heres what happened since my last email.

I put both my files on my mp3 player to carry to work where i would mess
around with it on Windoze Movie maker. Then at 6.18 in the morning i rose to
find another email by a Robert McWilliam. I read what he wrote and seeing
how it was almost time for me to get up anyway (Id been dreaming of joining
files too).  So i read his instructions. Carefully going through his
instructions i found that the path i had put was not actually correct. So i
corrected it. and then i copied and pasted both command lines into terminal.
and behold there infront of me was the desired "joined" file.

Just wana say a BIG thank you to all who took the time out in helping me in
this!

Thank you :)


On 21/01/2008, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:46:03PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > well
> > cd /media/sda5/Nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob >
> > mehndi_joined.vob
> >
>
> OK, quick command line primer. Each program you want to run should
> either be at the start of the line or be indicated in some other way
> that it is a program[1]. After the program name in a command line will
> come any arguments that you want to give the program, these should be
> separated by spaces. The fact that spaces separate arguments is one of
> the problems you've got as there is a space in the path you want to
> use as an argument. In this case you have to tell the shell that this
> space is part of a single argument not separating two. The easiest way
> to do this is to put double quotes round the argument.
>
> What you have mentioned above is actually two commands, did you run it
> as two commands or as one?
>
> 1st command (including fix for the space):
>cd "/media/sda5/Nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/"
>
> This will change the working directory to the path specified.
>
> 2nd command:
>cat mehndil1.vob mehndi2.vob > mehndi_joined.vob
>
> This calls cat on the first two files, and redirects the output to
> mehndi_joined.vob. cat conCATenates multiple files together and
> outputs the results to the standard output. The > symbol redirects the
> standard output from the preceding command to somewhere else, in this
> case the file specified.
>
> > still resulted in nothing! :(
>
> I'm willing to bet money it didn't ;) It probably didn't do what was
> desired but telling us what did happen (Were there any error messages?
> What were they? Was the computer busy for a while? ...) makes it
> easier to figure out where things went wrong.
>
> All that being said importing the two files to whichever video editor
> you were using is probably an easier approach if you're not
> comfortable with the command line.
>
>Robert
>
> [1] e.g. what follows a | symbol is another program, this means that
> the output of the command in front of the | is the input for the
> command following the |
> If that made no sense don't worry about it too much.
>
> 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Robert McWilliam]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:46:03PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> well
> cd /media/sda5/Nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob >
> mehndi_joined.vob
> 

OK, quick command line primer. Each program you want to run should
either be at the start of the line or be indicated in some other way
that it is a program[1]. After the program name in a command line will
come any arguments that you want to give the program, these should be
separated by spaces. The fact that spaces separate arguments is one of
the problems you've got as there is a space in the path you want to
use as an argument. In this case you have to tell the shell that this
space is part of a single argument not separating two. The easiest way
to do this is to put double quotes round the argument. 

What you have mentioned above is actually two commands, did you run it
as two commands or as one?

1st command (including fix for the space):
cd "/media/sda5/Nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/"

This will change the working directory to the path specified. 

2nd command:
cat mehndil1.vob mehndi2.vob > mehndi_joined.vob

This calls cat on the first two files, and redirects the output to
mehndi_joined.vob. cat conCATenates multiple files together and
outputs the results to the standard output. The > symbol redirects the
standard output from the preceding command to somewhere else, in this
case the file specified.

> still resulted in nothing! :(

I'm willing to bet money it didn't ;) It probably didn't do what was
desired but telling us what did happen (Were there any error messages?
What were they? Was the computer busy for a while? ...) makes it
easier to figure out where things went wrong. 

All that being said importing the two files to whichever video editor
you were using is probably an easier approach if you're not
comfortable with the command line. 

Robert

[1] e.g. what follows a | symbol is another program, this means that
the output of the command in front of the | is the input for the
command following the | 
If that made no sense don't worry about it too much.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Mark Fraser]

On Monday 21 January 2008 20:32:18 Chris Smith wrote:
> Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > This command in terminal i take it?
> > Also do i need to specify the path of the files? or just file1.vob
> > file2.vob ?
>
> Yeah this is a command to be run in the terminal. You need to specify
> the paths to the files, I was assuming you were in the directory
> containing them. You could however do this:
>
> cat /path/to/file1.vob /path/to/file2.vob > /path/to/output.vob
>
> The output file will be created for you be the shell.


Managed to get that working here, merged 4 .vob files into 1. Just need to 
find something that will all me to edit them, have tried avidemux, but that 
needs the file to be put through projectx so that the audio and video are 
synced together.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

to be honest i just had exactly that same idea just now...just dragged it to
kinowill post here how i get on!!!
:)

On 21/01/2008, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > well
> > cd /media/sda5/Nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob >
> > mehndi_joined.vob
> >
> > still resulted in nothing! :(
> >
> > On 21/01/2008, Tom Bamford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > > > tried both even
> > > > cd /media/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob
> > > mehndi2.vob >
> > > > mehndi_joined.vob
> > > >
> > > > but still no joy!!
> > > > The N in nuzhet is upper case. Could that be it?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, you must specify an uppercase N as Linux filenames are case
> > > sensitive.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
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> I am not a video editor myself, but can't you just drag the 2 scenes into
> a video editor and export them together as one file? You can in MS Movie
> Maker, I don't see what difference it would make in apps such as kino, where
> I believe it works the same way.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Kris Douglas]

On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> well
> cd /media/sda5/Nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob >
> mehndi_joined.vob
>
> still resulted in nothing! :(
>
> On 21/01/2008, Tom Bamford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > > tried both even
> > > cd /media/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob>
> > > mehndi_joined.vob
> > >
> > > but still no joy!!
> > > The N in nuzhet is upper case. Could that be it?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, you must specify an uppercase N as Linux filenames are case
> > sensitive.
> >
> > Tom
> >
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I am not a video editor myself, but can't you just drag the 2 scenes into a
video editor and export them together as one file? You can in MS Movie
Maker, I don't see what difference it would make in apps such as kino, where
I believe it works the same way.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

well
cd /media/sda5/Nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob >
mehndi_joined.vob

still resulted in nothing! :(

On 21/01/2008, Tom Bamford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > tried both even
> > cd /media/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob >
> > mehndi_joined.vob
> >
> > but still no joy!!
> > The N in nuzhet is upper case. Could that be it?
> >
>
> Yes, you must specify an uppercase N as Linux filenames are case
> sensitive.
>
> Tom
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Tom Bamford]

Javad Ayaz wrote:
> tried both even
> cd /media/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob > 
> mehndi_joined.vob
> 
> but still no joy!!
> The N in nuzhet is upper case. Could that be it?
> 

Yes, you must specify an uppercase N as Linux filenames are case sensitive.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

tried both even
cd /media/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob >
mehndi_joined.vob

but still no joy!!
The N in nuzhet is upper case. Could that be it?

On 21/01/2008, Tom Bamford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Stephen Garton wrote:
> > On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> i tried this
> >>
> >> cat /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet
> >> shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob >/dev/sda5.vob
> >>
> >> but it didnt work!!
> >>
> >> any ideas?
> >>
> > Javad,
> >
> > Try cat "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob"
> > "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob" > "/dev/sda5/nuzhet
> > shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi_all.vob"
> >  or
> >
> > cd "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/"
> > cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob > mehndi_joined.vob
> >
> You're specifying the device file rather than the mount point. Rather
> use the directory where the hda5 partition is mounted, eg. /mnt/hda5 or
> /media/hda5
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Tom Bamford]

Stephen Garton wrote:
> On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> i tried this
>>
>> cat /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet
>> shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob >/dev/sda5.vob
>>
>> but it didnt work!!
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
> Javad,
> 
> Try cat "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob"
> "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob" > "/dev/sda5/nuzhet
> shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi_all.vob"
>  or
> 
> cd "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/"
> cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob > mehndi_joined.vob
> 
You're specifying the device file rather than the mount point. Rather 
use the directory where the hda5 partition is mounted, eg. /mnt/hda5 or 
/media/hda5

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Stephen Garton]

On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i tried this
>
> cat /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet
> shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob >/dev/sda5.vob
>
> but it didnt work!!
>
> any ideas?
>
Javad,

Try cat "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob"
"/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob" > "/dev/sda5/nuzhet
shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi_all.vob"
 or

cd "/dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/"
cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob > mehndi_joined.vob

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

i tried this

cat /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet
shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob >/dev/sda5.vob

but it didnt work!!

any ideas?

On 21/01/2008, Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > This command in terminal i take it?
> > Also do i need to specify the path of the files? or just file1.vob
> file2.vob
> > ?
>
> Yeah this is a command to be run in the terminal. You need to specify
> the paths to the files, I was assuming you were in the directory
> containing them. You could however do this:
>
> cat /path/to/file1.vob /path/to/file2.vob > /path/to/output.vob
>
> The output file will be created for you be the shell.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Chris Smith]

Javad Ayaz wrote:
> This command in terminal i take it?
> Also do i need to specify the path of the files? or just file1.vob file2.vob
> ?

Yeah this is a command to be run in the terminal. You need to specify
the paths to the files, I was assuming you were in the directory
containing them. You could however do this:

cat /path/to/file1.vob /path/to/file2.vob > /path/to/output.vob

The output file will be created for you be the shell.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

This command in terminal i take it?
Also do i need to specify the path of the files? or just file1.vob file2.vob
?

On 21/01/2008, Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > ok im going to be a pain ! sorry! :)
> >
> > I edited the file. now i want to join 2 vob files but i cant see any way
> of
> > doing it.
> > I looked at the tutorial but couldnt see anything!!
> >
> > Any help please?
>
> VOB files are just MPEG streams so you *should* be able to just do:
>
>   cat file1.vob file2.vob > joined.vob
>
> Not tried it myself.
>
> Regards,
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Chris Smith]

Javad Ayaz wrote:
> ok im going to be a pain ! sorry! :)
> 
> I edited the file. now i want to join 2 vob files but i cant see any way of
> doing it.
> I looked at the tutorial but couldnt see anything!!
> 
> Any help please?

VOB files are just MPEG streams so you *should* be able to just do:

  cat file1.vob file2.vob > joined.vob

Not tried it myself.

Regards,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

that is so full of text i can barely make sense of it!
:((

On 21/01/2008, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 17:35 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > ok im going to be a pain ! sorry! :)
> >
> > I edited the file. now i want to join 2 vob files but i cant see any
> > way of doing it.
> > I looked at the tutorial but couldnt see anything!!
>
> mencoder may be your best bet for this - it's in apt, so download it and
> check out the man pages (type "man mencoder" at the command prompt)
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 17:35 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> ok im going to be a pain ! sorry! :)
> 
> I edited the file. now i want to join 2 vob files but i cant see any
> way of doing it. 
> I looked at the tutorial but couldnt see anything!!

mencoder may be your best bet for this - it's in apt, so download it and
check out the man pages (type "man mencoder" at the command prompt)

M.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

ok im going to be a pain ! sorry! :)

I edited the file. now i want to join 2 vob files but i cant see any way of
doing it.
I looked at the tutorial but couldnt see anything!!

Any help please?

Regards

Javad

On 21/01/2008, Dan Attwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If you want quick and easy video editing, with a familar time feel and
> some simple effects try kdenlive. it's very simililar in it approach to
> windows movie maker/ adobe premier. It's also got some good out put options
> as well.
>
> and I would stay well away from cinelerra as that way madness lies!
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Dan Attwood]

If you want quick and easy video editing, with a familar time feel and some
simple effects try kdenlive. it's very simililar in it approach to windows
movie maker/ adobe premier. It's also got some good out put options as well.

and I would stay well away from cinelerra as that way madness lies!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Alan Pope]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 02:18:48PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> regarding cinelerra, avidemux can anyone tell me if these are in the
> reposotories?
> 

http://packages.ubuntu.com/ will tell you the answer to that one.

> Also which is the best program out of kino,cinelerra, avidemux for special
> effects?
> 

Never done any special effects so I don't know, sorry.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

regarding cinelerra, avidemux can anyone tell me if these are in the
reposotories?

Sorry im not at my pc at the mo.!!

Also which is the best program out of kino,cinelerra, avidemux for special
effects?

Regards

Javad


On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> well thank you ill google it! :)
>
> thank you for your help!
>
>
>  On 21/01/2008, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 09:29 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > > indeed you are right. i didnt search and looked for the easy way out!
> > > i hang my head in shame!!!
> >
> > We're all guilty of it, I just thought I'd nudge you in the right
> > direction! :o)
> >
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

well thank you ill google it! :)

thank you for your help!


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>
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 09:29 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > indeed you are right. i didnt search and looked for the easy way out!
> > i hang my head in shame!!!
>
> We're all guilty of it, I just thought I'd nudge you in the right
> direction! :o)
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 09:29 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> indeed you are right. i didnt search and looked for the easy way out! 
> i hang my head in shame!!! 

We're all guilty of it, I just thought I'd nudge you in the right direction! :o)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

indeed you are right. i didnt search and looked for the easy way out!
i hang my head in shame!!!


On 21/01/2008, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 09:07 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > ok well thats a relief!
> >
> > are there any tutorials on how to use Kino?
> > all i want to do is take out like 10 secs of footage from two places
> > in a file?
> >
> > hope this makes sense!
>
> Javad,
>
> It pains me to do this, however:
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kino
> +tutorials&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=
> com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
>
> There are a huge number of Kino tutorials out there, and I humbly
> suggest that if you search for the Kino internet site, it will probably
> have instructions to achieve what you want to do.
>
> Please understand that although I am keen to help where possible, the
> dreaded phrase "Google is your friend" does stem from posts similar to
> this one where the information is out there, it just hasn't been
> searched for.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Matt
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 09:07 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> ok well thats a relief!
>  
> are there any tutorials on how to use Kino? 
> all i want to do is take out like 10 secs of footage from two places
> in a file?
>  
> hope this makes sense!

Javad,

It pains me to do this, however:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kino
+tutorials&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

There are a huge number of Kino tutorials out there, and I humbly
suggest that if you search for the Kino internet site, it will probably
have instructions to achieve what you want to do.

Please understand that although I am keen to help where possible, the
dreaded phrase "Google is your friend" does stem from posts similar to
this one where the information is out there, it just hasn't been
searched for.

Kind regards,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

ok well thats a relief!

are there any tutorials on how to use Kino?
all i want to do is take out like 10 secs of footage from two places in a
file?

hope this makes sense!

Regards

Javad


On 21/01/2008, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 08:17 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > ok i tried kino but heres the problem...it dramatically increases the
> > file size. The original vob file size is 980 mb and once i drag and
> > drop it into kino...without even touching it the file size becomes 3.2
> > gb!!!
>
> Javad,
>
> The size increase is because Kino converts everything into DV format so
> you can edit it first.
>
> Once you have edited it and exported it, the size will decrease rapidly.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Matt
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 08:17 +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> ok i tried kino but heres the problem...it dramatically increases the
> file size. The original vob file size is 980 mb and once i drag and
> drop it into kino...without even touching it the file size becomes 3.2
> gb!!! 

Javad,

The size increase is because Kino converts everything into DV format so
you can edit it first.

Once you have edited it and exported it, the size will decrease rapidly.

Kind regards,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

ok i tried kino but heres the problem...it dramatically increases the file
size. The original vob file size is 980 mb and once i drag and drop it into
kino...without even touching it the file size becomes 3.2 gb!!!




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> Kris Douglas wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 20/01/2008, *Javad Ayaz* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > wrote:
> >
> > i only want something basic...wana cut out a few mins out of a vob
> > file. thats it!
> >
> >
> > May I advise you to look up the term top posting, and why its not
> > recommended on lists, before someone, unlikely to be me, but someone
> > wearing a slackware shirt kills you slowly with a USB Hacksaw (watch
> > Hak.5 if you dont know what that is).
> >
> > Anyway, the best way to find the best editor is to try them, I would
> > give kino a try seen as it is a good replica of Winshite movie maker.
> >
> >
> >
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> Another app that nobody has mentioned yet is kdenlive It's in the repos
> although I havent tried it out yet.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Adam Bagnall]

Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
> On 20/01/2008, *Javad Ayaz* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > wrote:
>
> i only want something basic...wana cut out a few mins out of a vob
> file. thats it!
>
>
> May I advise you to look up the term top posting, and why its not 
> recommended on lists, before someone, unlikely to be me, but someone 
> wearing a slackware shirt kills you slowly with a USB Hacksaw (watch 
> Hak.5 if you dont know what that is).
>
> Anyway, the best way to find the best editor is to try them, I would 
> give kino a try seen as it is a good replica of Winshite movie maker.
>  
>
>
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Another app that nobody has mentioned yet is kdenlive It's in the repos 
although I havent tried it out yet.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Kris Douglas]

On 20/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i only want something basic...wana cut out a few mins out of a vob file.
> thats it!


May I advise you to look up the term top posting, and why its not
recommended on lists, before someone, unlikely to be me, but someone wearing
a slackware shirt kills you slowly with a USB Hacksaw (watch Hak.5 if you
dont know what that is).

Anyway, the best way to find the best editor is to try them, I would give
kino a try seen as it is a good replica of Winshite movie maker.




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

i only want something basic...wana cut out a few mins out of a vob file.
thats it!

what would be the best program for that please?

On 20/01/2008, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 20/01/2008, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 20/01/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:05:36PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > > > Is there anything i can use for video editing in gutsy?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes.
> >
> >
> > How...helpful... of you Al :P
> >
> > There are loads of apps like Kino and Blender, some basic forum reeding
> > and wiki trawling should pull something that you like up.
> >
>
>
> Feel free to slap me with a rotten fish, I have just finished listening to
> the Damn LugRadio show and had blender in my mind, associated with movies,
> obviously because of the upcoming release of their new film.
>
> Yeah, Al was right in his last post (I like Kino)
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Kris Douglas]

On 20/01/2008, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 20/01/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:05:36PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > > Is there anything i can use for video editing in gutsy?
> > >
> >
> > Yes.
>
>
> How...helpful... of you Al :P
>
> There are loads of apps like Kino and Blender, some basic forum reeding
> and wiki trawling should pull something that you like up.
>


Feel free to slap me with a rotten fish, I have just finished listening to
the Damn LugRadio show and had blender in my mind, associated with movies,
obviously because of the upcoming release of their new film.

Yeah, Al was right in his last post (I like Kino)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Kris Douglas]

On 20/01/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:05:36PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > Is there anything i can use for video editing in gutsy?
> >
>
> Yes.


How...helpful... of you Al :P

There are loads of apps like Kino and Blender, some basic forum reeding and
wiki trawling should pull something that you like up.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Alan Pope]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:08:04PM +, Alan Pope wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:05:36PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > Is there anything i can use for video editing in gutsy?
> > 
> 
> Yes.
> 

Hmm, I appear to have hit send too early. My apologies.

Video editing under linux can be done in lots of applications. Here's a few 
you might try:-

Kino, cinelerra, avidemux. All of which work to a greater or lesser degree.

If you're brave also try:-

Pitivi, Lives (neither of which "work") [yet].

If you're foolhardy also consider:-

GNEVE.

However if you tell us what you want to do, then we might be able to help. 
However I suspect a significant amount of advice will be of the "try the 
ones listed above and see how they work out for you".

Cheers,
Al.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Alan Pope]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:05:36PM +, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> Is there anything i can use for video editing in gutsy?
> 

Yes.

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[ubuntu-uk] video editing

[Javad Ayaz]

Hi,

Is there anything i can use for video editing in gutsy?

Regards

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video: Zombies in Plain English

[Kirrus]

- "Philip Newborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Is this SFW (audio)?
> >
> > Yes, SFW. It has audio, but no swearing or orgasmic moaning... :)
> >
> 
> LOL how dumb do I feel. Here was me thinking that SFW was some kind
> of
> new audio codec or something. Doh!
> 
> My only excuse is that I don't have to worry about these issues :D

Don't worry about it... just feel lucky you don't ;)

I should have said it in full really, sorry!

(for those who haven't followed, SFW == Safe For Work)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video: Zombies in Plain English

[Philip Newborough]

> >
> > Is this SFW (audio)?
>
> Yes, SFW. It has audio, but no swearing or orgasmic moaning... :)
>

LOL how dumb do I feel. Here was me thinking that SFW was some kind of
new audio codec or something. Doh!

My only excuse is that I don't have to worry about these issues :D

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video: Zombies in Plain English

[Freddie Ruddick]

On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 14:08 +0100, Kirrus wrote:
> - "Philip Newborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Just a bit of Friday fun:
> > 
> > http://www.commoncraft.com/zombies
> > 
> > Enjoy :D
> 
> Is this SFW (audio)?

Yes, SFW. It has audio, but no swearing or orgasmic moaning... :)


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video: Zombies in Plain English

[Kirrus]

- "Philip Newborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just a bit of Friday fun:
> 
> http://www.commoncraft.com/zombies
> 
> Enjoy :D

Is this SFW (audio)?

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[ubuntu-uk] Video: Zombies in Plain English

[Philip Newborough]

Just a bit of Friday fun:

http://www.commoncraft.com/zombies

Enjoy :D

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing

[Alan Pope]

Hi Mark,

On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 15:19 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > I would love to see just one decent video editor on Linux. There are
> > loads on Windows and Mac :(
> >
> >   
> I agree with you up to a point... However, I don't know that the Windows 
> world of video editing is so much better...
> 

Heh, have you tried any of the video editors on Linux? 

> At the moment my (work-related) video editing / DVD mastering is done in 
> the Windows world... and I've worked out that I actually use _4_ 
> different applications to make the average DVD.
> 
> - Adobe Audition for the audio tracks
> - Adobe Premier for the Video editing itself
> - MS Paint (kid you not) for rendering simply JPGs for use as titles :-)
> - Adobe Encore for generating DVD menu structures
> 

I don't mind using multiple different apps for different things. That
kinda makes sense in a way. If a video editor tried to be an audio
editor it might end up being crap at both. At least on Linux we have
tools like Avidemux and Audacity which are "good enough". 

I wonder if enough people got a few quid together we could sponsor the
development of a decent non-linear video editor? I'd certainly put my
hand in my pocket for it.

Cheers,
Al.







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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing

[Mark Harrison]

Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 08:26 +0200, Sakjur wrote:
>   
>> Why don't you use the diffrent advantages of the diffrent editors?
>> Like mix them...
>> Is it speciall fileformats for the diffrent editors?
>> 
>
> Imagine using 3 different word processors to produce a document. One
> because it lets you do bold, one because it does tables and another
> because it saves in the right format. You would have to keep switching
> between the applications. It would be incredibly inefficient and
> frustrating.
>
> I would love to see just one decent video editor on Linux. There are
> loads on Windows and Mac :(
>
>   
I agree with you up to a point... However, I don't know that the Windows 
world of video editing is so much better...

At the moment my (work-related) video editing / DVD mastering is done in 
the Windows world... and I've worked out that I actually use _4_ 
different applications to make the average DVD.

- Adobe Audition for the audio tracks
- Adobe Premier for the Video editing itself
- MS Paint (kid you not) for rendering simply JPGs for use as titles :-)
- Adobe Encore for generating DVD menu structures

- Oh, and theoretically I use Adobe Media encoder to do the rendering, 
but it's so well integrated with Premier these days I don't think of it 
as a "separate application" as such, just a popup options box within 
Premier.


At the moment, I see good free / OSS alternatives to Audition and MS 
Paint... but stick with what's there because I know them well, can drive 
them very, very, quickly, and there's still one area (fourier noise 
reduction) where the proprietary software has an edge technically.


Regards,

Mark

> Cheers,
> Al.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing

[Sakjur]

2007/9/28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ubuntu-uk-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Pope
> > Sent: 28 September 2007 07:35
> > To: British Ubuntu Talk
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 08:26 +0200, Sakjur wrote:
> > > Why don't you use the diffrent advantages of the diffrent editors?
> > > Like mix them...
> > > Is it speciall fileformats for the diffrent editors?
> >
> > Imagine using 3 different word processors to produce a document. One
> > because it lets you do bold, one because it does tables and another
> > because it saves in the right format. You would have to keep switching
> > between the applications. It would be incredibly inefficient and
> > frustrating.
> >
> > I would love to see just one decent video editor on Linux. There are
> > loads on Windows and Mac :(
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Al.
> >
> >


Ohh... yeah... maybe it's a bit hard to use three diffrent... anyway you
should use one for the effects and one for the editing.. there's a lot of
pro's doing that...
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