Progress on video editing with Linux Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid
Since my post Video editing on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid vs Windows Vista, I’ve now had a chance to play a bit more with the Video Editing options on Ubuntu Linux.
I have still be unable to get the community version of Cinelerra to install, but I have been able to install the one provided by Heroine Warrier.
Here’s my update to the post on the Ubuntu Forums:
Re: Unable to install Cinelerra
I have now installed Cinelerra, but I’ve had to use the Heroine Warrior version rather than the community developed version.Having tried a few different tools I think that kdenlive is going to be the best solution for my current requirements. I installed using the builder rather than the one in the Ubuntu repositories, which was fairly straight forward. See: installing kdenlive on Ubuntu 8.10.
I’m still keeping an open mind and will be monitoring the progress of all the video editors on Linux. This is an exciting time for Video editing for Linux and I look forward to what the future brings.
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Although the ffmpeg is now showing as available on kdenlive it does not read my camcorder files directly. I’ve therefore used WinFF as a front-end to ffmpeg to convert the files to DV quality AVI before importing them.
I have not been able to make any progress with getting Quicktime working on Windows Vista.
I’m hoping to edit some content soon and will post details of my creation when it’s ready.
January 24th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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March 23rd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I am also a Microsoft fugitive. I had enough of Vista on my new Toshiba Qosmio laptop. I would like to replace Windows Vista by Linux so that I could use it for non-linear editing. I am looking for some guidance to replicate Stewart’s success but don’t know how because I am just a journalist and not a geek like you guys. I was wondering if anyone could help me set this up for me. Please guide me to the right source if you can. I would love to get rid of this sluggish Vista as it is hopeless.
I need to initiate myself into Linux for all its obvious advantages over microsoft.
Regards
Shiv Satchit
March 29th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Shiv,
You may like to take a look at another post of mine at: http://www.watkissonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=945 . This post explains the tools I used.
Assuming you are running Ubuntu 8.10 then you should be able to install most of the applications from Synaptic:
System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
If you want different software or a more recent version of kdenlive (which I used) then you should be able to follow the instructions on their website.
eg. http://www.kdenlive.org/user-manual/downloading-and-installing-kdenlive/pre-compiled-packages/ubuntu-packages
It sounds like the later version will be included in the next release of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) due to be released during April.
Note that video editing on linux is improving all the time. I’m still quite new into it myself and I will publish my experiences as I make progress, so you may also like to check back on my blog in future.
Have a go and if you do get stuck feel free to contact me again explaining the specific problem, or another great source of information for Ubuntu is the Ubuntu Forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/
Stewart
June 13th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Sorry Stewart
I could not visit this forum earlier due to travelling. Now that I am back to my base in the UK I will be following your advice in trying to install ubuntu for video editing. I have visited your given link. It has been very useful.
thanks a lot
Shiv