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better still install main actor. heres how I did it: |
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1. Go to http://mainconcept.com and download the SuSE rpm. The file I |
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downloaded is mainactor-5.5.7-suse_9.3.i686.rpm |
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2. emerge rpm if it is not already on your system |
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3. install mainactor: |
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rpm -Uvh --nodeps mainactor-5.5.7-suse_9.3.i686.rpm |
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4. run the binary: |
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mactor |
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5. There is a good manual for downloading in pdf format. It is worth |
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reading. There are also support forums. |
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This is a closed source package, but it is IMHO very good. It will |
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work as per a licensed copy except it renders a message on your video |
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when doing final rendering. You can therefore get a good idea of what it |
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does, without the normal shareware "die after 30 days" or "render only |
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up to two minutes" nonsense. The license is EUR177/USD199. Not super |
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cheap, but there is not a lot of choice of good video editing software |
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on linux. |
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kino is quite good, but limited in the file formats it will handle, |
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basically dv (ie as captured from a digital video camera). it will |
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render to other formats, but will only import a rather limited range. |
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cinelerra should be good but is almost document-less. |
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avidemux is a good front end for basic cutting of scenes and trancoding |
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to other formats, but doesn't have any ability to add effects or transitions, |
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so is not a real video editor of the sort you want. Its good for |
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bringing in a video track (eg recorded tv), cutting out the bits you |
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don't want (ads, start & finish overlap, sex etc) and then rendering to |
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something like xvid, although it will render to DVD compatible mpeg2 |
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too. |
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You may want to present clients with well mastered dvd's once you have |
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edited the scenes and added transitions and a soundtrack. I know that |
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some winders products offer a suite which does everything from DV camera import |
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through to burning the DVD. The linux approach will require more mix and |
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match, especially putting together DVD menus and stuff which will |
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require a tool like dvdstyler.I have successfully used dvdstyler to make |
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dvd's of family movies, recorded TV etc complete with menus. |
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One thing to note too is that there is a bit of a trend for cameras to |
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take mpeg or avi files instead of the more tradition digital video cam |
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DV format, It would pay to make sure that you will be able to use your |
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raw material in whatever software you decide to use. There are all sorts |
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of possibilities for transcoding stuff to a usable format before you |
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edit it, but the more steps you put in the process the more quality you |
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can lose. |
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:44:46 -0400 |
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David Miller wrote: |
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> Last time I tried Cinelerra it was not what I would call production |
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> ready and feature wise it can not replace Premier. However if you |
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> want to test it out see the following link for instructions on how to |
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> use portage and correctly deal with masked packages. |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Portage_Correctly |
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> In short you can do the following and then emerge normally. |
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> echo "media-video/cinelerra ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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> David |
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> On 7/26/05, simply change <adaptit@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > AybOwan! (=welcome) |
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> > dear lu_zero, |
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> > im a Sinhalease from Sri lanka. i have a small company here in lanka (video filming company ex:- wedding, parties filming). my editing tools are Adobe Premeir,after effect, etc like propriatary software.so now i want to fully migrate to Gentoo Linux. today i just try to emerge Cinelerra to my Gentoo box but it has been Masked. so friends please be kind enought to advice me to setting up a full professional video lab using Gentoo Linux. |
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