MattyJ wrote: > >> For a lot of reasons, I'm going to be switching Myth boxes. I've decided >> that my recordings really aren't worth the trouble of dragging over (lots >> of Sponge Bob and Simpsons -- brilliant in their way, but not "Citizen >> Kane"). So I plan to just start fresh. >> >> But, there is some stuff (Frontline and "Battlestar Galactica") where I >> might want to cut the commercials and burn CD/DVDs. >> >> So my question is, is there a good video editor for Linux (OSS) >> outside of >> Myth? Or should I just stick with Myth on another monitor? >> >> TIA, >> >> > I like Cinelerra. http://cinelerra.org/ > > There's a little bit of a learning curve, but for me the time invested > equated to a lot more power than most other editors I've tried. Worth > the effort and it's not really *that* bad. > > The hardest part for me was sifting through the myriad audio and video > codecs on my box and matching them up so that I had an optimally encoded > clip at the end. If you know what video/audio format(s) you want to use
How does one know or come to that decision (what video /audio formats to use)? I presume there are "rules-of-thumb" and use-determined matches. Do you know of any overview reference on this subject? This might make a good Kplug presentation. </hint> > already then you can cut out a lot of the experimentation I had to do. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
