Martin Ellison wrote:
.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]
<mailto:[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
> >
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> 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
>
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Thanks all for the explanations, very helpful. I started with
cinelerra and linux because my XP dvd is corrupted and was from the
burning of it. Windows solution was to sell me a new program. One that
I had already bought and paid for! I switched to linux and cinelerra
with only the idea of making video. I had no interest in learning
either, beyond getting done what I wanted to do. Reading was only a
chore that was in the way of getting my work done. Most of the help I
got on line was in the for of a very short answer that mostly created
questions and did not help me and they seemed terse. I am 73 years old
so learning no longer comes easy, though thinking back it probably never
did. With time getting shorter I may just be in a bigger hurry and
reading seems to take time and get in the way.
I have become interested in Linux and have been doing a lot more
reading of on line courses and tutorials. One of the things I have
found most helpful is to set up four or five work spaces with cinelerra
on one and then click back and forth between tutorials and the program
I am working on. Seems like it would be a great thing if these on line
help posts could somehow be linked to the different parts of tutorials
so they could be put into yet another desk top so that the person trying
to work out a problem could switch between program, tutorial and real
problem solving posts. I know it's always a newbie that doesn't know
anything that thinks he has all the answers!!
One thing I have learned here is about creative commons. I have
hundreds of picture and hours of Video taken while sailing the Bahamas,
Bermuda and the Us east coast. I will use some that material in video's
but will put all the clips and pictures on line licensed for anyone to
use for anything. Beats the heck out of my kids throwing the stuff in
the trash when I'm gone. Thanks for the help,
Doug
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