1. have you joined dunlug? I suggest you do... 2. now theres a problem, movie editing and dvd production are certainly not as mature or easy as they are on windows. most of the software, IMHO, is either immature or very poorly documented. I am assuming that you are trying to get "home" movies onto a dvd. simply writing data dvd's is reasonable simple, come back to us for further info if thats what you want.
Back to the video stuff, windows seems to provide one stop solutions, ie a program that will download clips form your digicam, edit them, add effects, and master then burn a dvd. you'll be lucky to find that all in a linux package. You are better to look for the individual steps. thats a unixy approach, small tools used sequentially to produce a result. However, the following are some options: downloading and editing ===================== linux supports firewire and there are commandline tools to download stuff from a digital video camera. if you have an analog camer or another analog source (vhs tape etc) then you should be able to get video off that using linux, let me know if thats what you want. kino has links into the iee1394 stuff (ie firewire) so you can download, and then edit your clips. http://kino.schirmacher.de/ main actor is commercial software, but has had a free linux preview for a while now. it works at editing. http://www.mainconcept.com/mainactor_v5.shtml cinelerra is supposed to be a commercial grade editor backed by a render farm. you can use it without the farm on a reasonably modern machine. http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3 there are a few others, if you like i'll hunt out my notes and post some more... mastering ======== As for dvd mastering, this seems to be a mainly command line thing at present, although I spotted some gui front ends a while ago. There is an article here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6953 The command line dvdauthor page lists some guis (its easy when googling to get mixed up with the windows program also called dvdauthor) http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ writing ===== As for writing, there is k3b, or the command line :-) One thing, i have noticed that windows video editing programs seem to handle most formats you throw at them, anything you can play on windows can get inserted in a movie. On linux most of the editors work only with a fairly narrow range of video formats, for example kino won't open much other than .dv format, ie the format used by digital video cameras. The whole format/codec thing is damned confusing. On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:23:51 +1200 Kevin Cosgrove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again thanks to all. I am in Dunedin so will try Dunedin Library for those > books. > One of my main concerns is to find programs like the ones I use in Windows > and where to find them > There are two main programs I use Ulead Movie Factory and DVD Encryptor as I > am into DvD burning > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: Unsubscribing > > > > On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > > > > > Many thanks to all who replied about my having problems understanding > Linux. > > > I have decide to hang in.and keep trying as I am certainly keen even > though > > > I am an old buggar of 63 > > > Thanks again to all > > > kevin > > > > Youngster! You have three years to catch up on me. > > > > Phil. > > > > -- > > Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand > > +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs & DVDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
