.bcast contains some indexes into your source video file so Cinelerra can find each frame. I don't think this is documented in any great detail. The Cinelerra documentation is in several wikis and then there is always the source code.
On 05/07/07, Kurt Georg Hooss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hi doug, what you seem to need is some basic knowledge about using a unix system, like linux... i try to explain what you did, on the command line. "$HOME" is a short form for your home directory, typically the full path would be something like "/home/douglas" or so (if "douglas" is your username on the system). expanding this, "$HOME/.bcast" is a hidden subdirectory to that, again the full path would then be "/home/douglas/.bcast". this is the directory where cinelerra stores internal information. (in earlier days, cinelerra was named "broadcast 2000", thus ".bcast"). the command line "ls $HOME/.bcast" invokes the "ls" program to list you all the files in that directory. call it with option -a to see also hidden files (with dot) and with option -l to see useful information about all files: "ls -a -l $HOME/.bcast", or simply "ls -al $HOME/.bcast" to see information about only one specific file, give its name: "ls -l $HOME/.bcast/Cinelerra_rc". to remove it, invoke the "rm" command. because, sometimes, cinelerra's internal information gets messed up... but generally i think it is heavily recommendable to read a unix, or linux textbook, at least on a basic user level. i mean, it's free but freedom requires ability to move... :-) good luck georg On Wednesday, 4. July 2007 22:46:53 Doug Pollard wrote: > Johannes Sixt wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 July 2007 21:07, Doug Pollard wrote: > >> Johannes Sixt wrote: > >>> The command is: > >>> > >>> ls $HOME/.bcast/cinelerra_rc > >>> > >>> (note the "ls" at the beginning, which means "list"). The command to > >>> remove is > >>> > >>> rm $HOME/.bcast/cinelerra_rc > >>> > >>> Of course, you can achieve the same using some file manipulation GUI, > >>> like konqueror. But those usually hide the directories (and files) that > >>> begin with a dot '.', so you must type the directory name (.bcast) into > >>> some address bar to force the tool to list the contents. > >> > >> Didn't know if I needed to be root to do this or not. Here is what I got > >> in return. > > > > Don't be root! > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls $home/.bcast/cinelerra_rc > >> ls: /.bcast/cinelerra_rc: No such file or directory > > > > Oops, it's Cinelerra_rc (capital 'C'). And $HOME, not $home. (Linux > > command line does what you tell it to do, and doesn't try to be too > > clever - uppercase and lowercase matters!) > > > > But try it with your file manager first. > > > > -- Hannes > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > Thanks very much worked like a charm after rebooting. I understand > that I removed .bcast/ Cinelerra but don't really know how that cured > the problem. Can you give a short explantion or a place to read on the > subject. > Thanks a lot, Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra -- dr.k.g.hooss schoepfung & wandel wissenschaftliche medienberatung breite strasse 6-8, d-23617 luebeck www.schoepfung-und-wandel.de _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
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