On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 22:00 -0600, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > What I need is a simple Open Source tool to quickly stitch together and > edit .avi files, like you can use something like Jokosher to make > multi-layered audio tracks. > > Is there such a puppy?
I am 2/3 of the way there. 1) sudo apt-get install mencoder (why? "Stringing together .avi files can cause a breakdown in the sync between video and sound. So, we’ll use mencoder to sort things out.") 2) navigate to folder with vids 3) ye olde "cat" command is our friend: t...@peace:~/Desktop/xmas2008$ cat FILE1.avi FILE2.avi FILE3.avi FILE4.avi > xmas2008.avi 4) mencoder -forceidx -oac copy -ovc copy xmas2008.avi -o xmas2008_final.avi And ......... I end up with a video, xmas2008_final.avi, which any windoze computer can play, or any Linux one. So why only 2/3 there? Well, before I had little static frames, like the narratives back in the old black-and-white, silent movie days ... so now I need a simple way to make an image file, of a 2-second duration, that shows one static frame. Then I can re-do the process, cat-ting in the static frames where needed (to introduce The Wicked Witch, etc.) ... Fun stuff!! Theresa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
