> >Subject: Re: professional video editing on linux? > From: PCastro <hook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 11:55:56 +0000 (GMT) > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >> For example, have a 730M MPEG-1 file from a VCD. When i try to load >> it into mave, it takes about 10 minutes. Worse, every mouse click or >> re-display takes another few minutes. The software is definitely doing >> something wrong. > >If you want "fast" you want console tools with plenty CPU, memory, >swap and every sort of tricks (MMX, 3Dnow, MTRR and all the bizz >things). > >Take a look in: >http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/ >wich seems to be a nice begin... but work in progress... > >> By the same brilliant people who created "Broadcast 2000"? Ugh. > >I've heard a lot of complains regarding Broadcast2000. But it >really works with MPEG1 streams no DVD stuff of course). > >You have to handle a "time line" editing tool and you have >('had' because the project is gone) a wide range of effects >and IMHO a good enough interface considering the fact >that is a GPL'ed tool (probably one of the best projects >in this area). http://www.nothingreal.com/products.shtml Might have been a good idea, tho' apple has purchased it... http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/WhoWeAre/press_releases/maya/maya_linux/index.shtml http://www.linuxandmain.com/essay/emmett.html Maybe you could hunt through this and find something http://www.sgi.com/developers/technology/linux/ or Maybe Sun will come up with something soon. http://www.sunsource.net/ Maybe even IBM http://www-3.ibm.com/software/ Or HP http://www.hp.com/united-states/linux/ Or, maybe you could just run something on lindows {now that it's shipping on so many machines} http://www.lindows.com/ {Just a few mildly relevant thoughts {It's really too bad that Oracle doesn't do video}}