On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 18:16, Jeff Jordan wrote: > I've used several video editing packages for windows such as the Matrox > 2000-2500 series. You get a digital/analog capture card along with there > transitions and effects, and Adobe Premiere for putting it all together. I've found that multimedia and NLE in Linux is a matter of patience, but worth the learning curve. > > Since switching cold turkey to Linux in January, I still can't figure > out what I need to accomplish the same thing. You will be probaly initially frustrated by the lack of integration of the whole. And you will find that you need lots of small parts to make the big picture. Again patience > > Could anyone please tell me in simple terms what I would need to > accomplish the same things that I'm used to under Windows with these > other editing packages? For a non linear editor with many of the features you are accustomed to in premiere check out Cinelerra: http://www.heroinewarrior.com/index.php3 The main utility used by a vast majority of Linux multimedia apps is MJPEGTOOLS This package has a lot of dependencies that must be satisfied and I've found that the nice folks at KINO (a dv editor) have put a page together that has everything you need. The MJPEGTOOLS homepage is here: http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ A good place to find all you need for the above: http://kino.schirmacher.de/redhat/8.0/en/i386/RPMS.kinorpms/ This is a nice small dv editor called KINO: http://kino.schirmacher.de/ For firewire support : http://www.linux1394.org/ One you get it all together theres some fun eye candy and a terrific way to waste a whole lot of time here: http://effectv.sourceforge.net/ If you want more eye candy and feel up to a learning curve check out: http://veejay.sourceforge.net/ A really good mpeg4 solution is here: http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/ > > Can I use my Matrox g400 and daughter board from the Matrox product? Matrox has problems with OpenGL but you should be ok. The boards of choice for display driver in Linx IMHO are Nvidia. They are very well supported driver wise. > > What boards can I use (Brand name, not chip set-very confusing) to > caputre digital and analog? I'm using capture cards from AverMedia, they are cheap and work great. (TVphone) > What editing software is available besides Broadcast 2000, and > Cinelarra? Neither of which I seem to be able to get installed on my > system. Have you posted your problems on the heroinewarrior site? Probabbly your having problems with Libpng.so.2 as RH 7.3 uses 3? The two can co-exist. Try the earlier release (hvirtual which has everything, xmovie, cinelerra, mix2000) and install the libraries that are mentioned on the download page. I've never had a problem with it. Install it with rpm -i --force --nodeps hvirtual.blah.blah.rpm > > I'm running a True Pentium cpu at 800Mhz, RedHat7.3, 512MB RAM, 2 320GB > drives with a removble 120 GB drive for projects, VIA chip set. Abit AH6 > MB and the aformentioned Matrox graphic card with daughter capture board. Borderline slow for capturing. > > I'm very confused as everything tralks about bt787 or something chipset > and recompiling the kernal for DV etc. I would recomend switching to Mandrake 9.1 for your learning curve. You don't need to recompile your kernel for dv and mjpegtools is included. > I just want to use my system for video editing, not have to pull the > engine, tear it down, and blueprint and balance it. Mandrake 9.1 is the way to go. > Is this possible in Linux, or do I have to have a Master's degree in > computer science to accomplish this in Linux? It's a frustrating learning curve but worth it. > As you can probably tell, I'm just a little frustrated. I've been trying > to figure this out for a few months now and I still can't seem to find > an answer. patience. and remember google is your friend. > Thanks for any replies. > Jeff Regards Daniel Jircik > > > > -- > video4linux-list mailing list > Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
