[NTLUG:Discuss] video editing tools

[Alexandro Colorado]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:07:27 -0500, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:

> Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 02:43:58PM -0500, Wayne Walker wrote:
>>> Anyone have video editing tool recommendations?  I remember hearing  
>>> that
>>> someone did a presentation a couple of years back, but I wasn't around
>>> for it.
>>
>> The presentation used cinelerra for the non-linear editing,
>> and a variety of other dv capture tools for capturing stuff
>> from tape.
>
> Cinelerra is limited with regards to what types of video
> are supported... you need to test drive.

You have ffmpeg and mencoder to do the converstions to mov or mpeg4.

> I use avidemux2 for simple avi (divx) splicing.

Avidemux is extremely limited.  I used avidemux and being a linear editor  
will cause destructive changes to the video that also will damage it  
because of smart tags.

> IMHO, Linux is still very weak in the area of video editing.
> But, there are lots of projects I haven't looked into.

I disagree, I think Cinerella is very strong and professional video  
editor. I have been using it for a month and have been able to create  
things I couldnt do in commercial video editors. Also other video editors  
are pretty good like jahshaka and openmovieeditor.

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