Oh. I hadn't seen that one. On December 19, 2008 09:07:09 am Kurt Georg Hooss wrote: > erm... i was referring to that guy > who occupied the linuxvideo.org domain... > and the question of how to get it back to where it belongs... > > On Friday 19 December 2008 12:22:59 Fred Williams wrote: > > On December 19, 2008 05:03:26 am Kurt Georg Hooss wrote: > > > sure you are right. > > > a more practical question is how to deal with this. > > > appeal to common sense? explain the benefits of open sources? > > > or just let him go with it? > > > > Yeah, for newbies, it's a bit of a messy jungle of apps that > > don't do what is needed, and you have different apps for > > different steps of the process. Part of the problem is all the > > diferent formats for files and things like "Save" not saving the > > video, but rather saving the project. > > It looks and feel like it's rather amateurish code to them. A > > big enhancement would be to get the capture function working in > > Cinelerra. It doesn't inspire confidence to say, "Oh that > > doesn't work yet." > > I remember when I was making a DVD last summer that there was > > some real help and support from this group and when it really > > worked for me, that was a great experience. Yeah, it would be > > great to have everything under one roof so users could capture, > > edit, render and burn DVDs all under one interface with an > > intuitive menu structure. Then it starts to look attractive. > > In the mean time, I think hand-holding is good and directing > > people to appropiate documentation is a big help. For me > > emphasising that while there is a lot to learn, the up side is > > that you get to learn it and the knowledge is power. However I > > am often motivated by different things compared with other > > people. For the general public I suspect they want things as > > simple as possible and the computer does all the work.
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