On Thursday 22 October 2009 22:23, Albert Seminatore wrote: > Kevin suggested installing Kdenlive. I tried but couldn't figure out how > to use it. Thus could not conclude wether it would support the sound > system.
This was just so you could look at it, rather than use it. You said that currently all you wanted to do was cut bits out of your files, and Avidemux does that. In the longer term, though, you may want to edit your files (ie move things about, do fades between clips, and so on), and Kdenlive or OpenShot are currently the best options for "home movie" editing. Once you get to that stage, I'm sure we can help you get them working. By the way, are you now using AVLinux, or still on Ubuntu 9.10? > Opening Avidemux preferences audio. Down Mix is set to Pro Logic > Audio > Device ALSA Drop down menu options. Down Mix --> No down mix; > Stereo; Pro Logic; Pro Logic II Audio Device --> Dummy; ALSA; OSS; sdl [later] > I went to the avidemux form that Kevin recommended. Everyone who is using > Ubuntu 9.10 and avidemux is having the same problem. Something was > mentioned about using different devices. So in my infinit wisdom I tried > that. Now I have sound. In avidemux go to Edit --> Preferences --> > Audio. > Go to the Audio Device pull down and select "OSS". > > If your mixer doesn't have External Amp checked then you will have sound. Excellent - and you did it yourself, since OSS was the one I hadn't mentioned! Does that mean that you can now cuts bits out of your files, save them, and have the edited files playback with video and audio? If so, we can go on to the next bit, burning them to DVD. Can you confirm you are ready to do that? Just to confirm - have you changed the Device setting, or the Audio Output setting on that form? > Some interesting observations: > Ubuntu "thinks" the ".vro" file is really an mpeg. Not surprised though. I think it is actually a variety of mpeg, just with a different extension (like .vob). > Every time I boot I must go to gnome alsa mixer and turn off the external > amplifier. If I don't NOTHING has any sound. That needs to be followed up at some point, but let's do the DVD first. > Avidemux: drag and drop original .VRO file. Asked if I wanted it Indexed. > I said YES. Pressed the PLAY button. "Trouble Initializing Device" > Clicked OK then video plays but NO SOUND. My guess is that Avidemux is > looking for the wrong audio device BUT I have no idea what should be > changed. As you will see ALL other editors will play with sound. I think it was just the default setting on Avidemux that was wrong for you. If you like, you could look at the Preferences forms on those other editors and see if they say anything about the audio settings they are using. > Will 64 Studio only run on a 64 bit machine? No - it will also run on 32 bit PCs. > How similar is it to AVLinux? Can't say, since my download of AVLinux wouldn't boot. 64Studio has a longer pedigree, and is used in some commercial hardware, so in my view it would be the better bet of the two in the longer term. > Would it be wise to go to another distro at this time? I always suggest that new users choose one distro (any distro) and stick with it for 6 months, and then change if they want. All distros will have their idiosyncrasies and bugs, and jumping from one distro to another may solve one problem, but expose another. You also get confused as to configuration, etc. After 6 months you will know enough (and have a good enough awareness of the pinch-points that distro has) to be able to make an informed decision on what distro to move to (if any). I would therefore suggest you stay with Ubuntu 9.10 at the minute, even if it has some issues (and Ubuntu usually has) - it does seem to be widely supported. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.cymraeg.org.uk - Welsh-English autotranslator www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
