Hi Adam, Thanks for the info. The biggest difference between OpenShot and Mike's project, is that OpenShot is already a widely used video editing application, and is being used by educators all over the world to teach kids the basics of video editing. For example, in India, somewhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 students are taught OpenShot in schools each year. In fact, at SCALE 12x, a 12 year old girl gave a presentation on how to use OpenShot. =) It's simple and fun for kids.
I think OpenShot would be a great fit for the OLPC project... and I'm willing to donate my time and support to the project if you guys are interested. I don't know very much about the hardware, so please excuse my ignorance. =) But, whichever model is the most widely used would probably be a great starting point. Also, getting a refurbished one as part of your Contributors program sounds like a great idea. I can ship it back to you once things are working nicely. Thanks! -Jonathan On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Adam Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Jonathan Thomas > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Greetings! I spoke to a nice gentleman at SCALE 12x (sorry, can't >> remember his name) about bringing OpenShot Video >> Editor<http://www.openshot.org/>to OLPC, and making some improvements so >> kids are able to edit videos that >> are taken with the built-in video camera on the laptops. >> >> I am the lead developer for OpenShot, and just wanted to officially offer >> my support and time to OLPC. Running a video editor on a low memory laptop >> is a challenge, but I feel confident that we could add a "low memory" >> setting to OpenShot, or something similar, so kids could effectively run it >> and edit their videos. >> >> The only thing I need to get started, is a OLPC laptop, so I can debug >> OpenShot on it and see what changes need to be made. Anyway, I would love >> to help out OLPC if this is something that you feel would be a good fit. >> Just let me know what the next step is. =) >> > > Hi Jonathan, > > Plz review Mike Jutan's very similar work @ > http://jutanclan.blogspot.com/search/label/OLPC and consider whether you > want an XO-1 or XO-4 Touch laptop? > > XO-1 laptops are available for about $100+ on eBay; whereas if you need > the latest XO-4 Touch laptops contact me privately. > > Finally, in some special situations, XO-1 laptops are available free from > our volunteer-run Contributors Program here: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors > > Cheers & Thanks! > Adam > > -- > http://olpcMAP.net > http://planet.laptop.org > > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! > > >> Thanks again! >> >> -- >> *-Jonathan Thomas* >> OpenShot Studios, LLC >> www.openshotstudios.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Olpc-open mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > > -- *-Jonathan Thomas* OpenShot Studios, LLC www.openshotstudios.com
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