[nzlug] Ubuntu 8.04

[Nick Rout]

Cinelerra takes some getting used to. Its not really designed at a
consumer level, although it is perfectly usable as such.

However the term "ordinary mpeg" is a misnomer. "mpeg" is a suite of
standards that covers video codecs, audio codecs, multimedia
containers and a lot else besides. There is enromous variation within
"mpeg".

Calling a file "mpeg" is not helpful, as it doesn't narrow the field a
lot at all.

An xvid .avi is "mpeg" because the xvid codec is an axample of an mpeg standard.

An h.264 file is "mpeg" because the h.264 standard is an mpeg standard.

An mp3 file is "mpeg".

etc etc.

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Steve Withers <sbwithers at gmail.com> wrote:
> David
>
> I've tried Cinelerra. It messed up the sound and didn't seem to know what to
> do with the ordinary mpegs my SONY digital camera produces that I wanted to
> edit. I deliberately chose a camera with the most generic video output
> format. Nothing Microsoft, Quicktime or otherwise weird. Cinelerra messed up
> the sound badly and "felt" flakey.
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:27 PM, David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 21:13 +1200, Steve Withers wrote:
>> > I want to get kdenlive working on Linux so I can abandon Windows for
>> > video-editing.......and thus use Linux for everything.
>>
>> Are you sure you want kdenlive? In my experience, that app tends to
>> segfault if you so much as sneeze near it.
>>
>> That said, kdenlive might have got better over the last few months. But
>> still, why not give Cinelerra a go? It's a great basic multitrack
>> nondestructive video editor - way more user-friendly than editors like
>> kino, offers good importing/exporting and even pipes to ffmpeg. Also,
>> with a very rich range of effects to play with. And, if it crashes, you
>> can restore from where you left off.
>>
>> Also, there's OpenMovieEditor - much more emphasis on the simplicity and
>> ease of use, but with its inbuilt support for frei0r-compliant effects,
>> it can pack a punch. (also, writing Frei0r effects is fun and easy -
>> lovely C interface). Fast as hell, being built around the FLTK/GL
>> widgets.
>>
>> For the uber-geeky, don't write off Blender - its node editor, its
>> growing support for 2D video editing as well as its python scripting
>> APIs and massive support community make it a dark horse well in the
>> running.
>>
>> The build processes for both Cinelerra and OpenMovieEditor are
>> straightforward, well-documented and don't require any unduly esoteric
>> libs. Blender is already pre-built and available from the standard
>> feeds.
>>
>> Cheers
>> David
>>
>>
>>
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