[CVALE] Digital Video on Linux

[Terry]

Hi Landon,

At our last CVALE meeting a related question came up regarding video 
production.  I believe some of the applications mentioned were kino and 
cinerella.  k3b is popular for CDs and I belive DVDs.  I don't remember 
anyone mentioning an MPEG encoder.

The December issue of Linux Journal had an article about QDVDAUTHOR.

I occasional edit home video but I'm still using Adobe Premiere and a 
DVD authoring app on a MS machine.  I haven't been bold enough to 
convert that operation to Linux yet.  My impression is that the video 
editing apps for Linux don't yet have the functionality and stability 
for my needs.

The MS apps I use have a function for transferring the video from the 
camera to a file on the computer.  Perhaps a Linux video editing program 
would have the same functionality.

A DVD authoring program will set up files on the DVD so that a consumer 
DVD player can properly play the movie.

Perhaps what you discover about copying, editing, DVD authoring, and DVD 
burning can be published on this list and I'll try to get up the courage 
to make the switch.

I prefer to copy from the camera with IEEE1394.  No logical reason.  I 
had problems with USB transfers a couple years ago so now stick with 
1394 when it's available.  Just superstitious.  I haven't tried the 800 
mbps speed (1394b?) yet.

Terry


Landon Blake wrote:
> My great grandfather bought my wife and I a new digital camcorder a few
> months ago. I finally figured out how to download it. I bought a DVD
> drive for my MS Windows box so I could burn the video files to disc.
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> That's when I realized, why don't I see if I can download, edit and burn
> DVDs on my Linux box?
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> The camcorder came with some MS-Windows-Only software, but I'm betting
> my fellow CValers can help me with the following questions:
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> [1] How do I download my camcorder on my Linux box. (I connect it to my
> MS Windows box via a USB cable.)
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> [2] What open source software is available on Linux for converting and
> editing digital video files? (The download on the MS Windows machine
> results in an AVI file.)
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> [3] What open source software can I use to burn DVDs that will play in a
> normal DVD player?
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> Thanks for the help and recommendations.
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> Landon
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