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Broadcast2000/Cinelerra predated XdTV (xawdecode), DeVeDe and Kino too. I am just pointing this out to hopefully finally lay to rest any myth that may still linger about Linux video editing not being ready or being difficult.
If Cinelerra's built-in capturing isn't working then you can use XdTV for good quality MJPEG analogue/video4linux video capture or Kino for DV/firewire capture.
Contrary to what I've always heard, Cinelerra is NOT hard to use at all but to use it comfortably requires a very hi-res display or better a multi-head X display setup. You can learn how to use Cinelerra in 15 minutes or so by following Rob Fishers guide.
http://www.robfisher.net/video/cinelerra1.html
I've tried mailing him to update it with a reference to XdTV as an alternate video capture tool but I've received no response yet. The other omission from Robs tutorial is DeVeDe- Cinelerra 2.1 cvs is still currently incapable of rendering to MPEG2-PS (DVD format) video but this is no longer a problem thanks to DeVeDe which makes it incredibly simple to make DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CVDs from .dv, .avi, .mov etc. video renderings.
Free, easy GNU/Linux video editing has arrived! |
