[Cialug] Video editing/DVD Authoring

[James Shoemaker]

Alan Maupin wrote:
> David, -- I've been editing Video and Authoring DVD's for about 3 year's on
> the WinTel Platform.  I've attempted to use Linux in the past year to do
> video editing.  It was too difficult of a task to setup a Linux box to
> perform the same video editing tasks in a reasonable amount of time compared
> to Wintel.
> 
> Problems:
> -Learning curve and software setup
	Standard issue with Linux it also exists in the windows world if you 
are an experienced Linux user.
> -Firewire download and camera control
	No issues there when using Kino, it just worked.
> -Cinlerra was not quite as easy to manipulate as Premiere
	Haven't used either program, so I can't comment.
> -Sound and Audio format compatability problems
	So far I have had fewer on Linux than I did on Windows before I 
switched.  Mplayer can read/convert nearly anything from one format to 
another.
> -DVD Authoring package nowhere to be found
I haven't used either, but they are out there.
	http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/
	http://varsha.sourceforge.net/

	I had the opposite experience in that things I wanted to do (basically 
automate the process) were quite complicated to do in the windows world. 
  Everything required me to be at the keyboard and mouse to monitor the 
whole process.  In the linux world I can dump raw footage to a DVD with 
minimal interaction.

James