Best Linux Video Editing Software?

[dbbolton]

http://www.robfisher.net/video/


word.

[blaine00]

Cinelerra does have a terrible interface... and for some reason it would not encode videos correctly for me. Of course, this was in Freespire, which I have not used for about 6 months and I have yet to get it for Ubuntu.

Speaking of which, is there a repo for installing Cinelerra for Edgy? If not, would the Dapper repo work?

[EdThaSlayer]

I use Avidemux, but that only handles mpegs and avi files and can't really do all the complex stuff such as video effects(according to my current knowledge).

[sw_]

Cinelerra does have a terrible interface... and for some reason it would not encode videos correctly for me. Of course, this was in Freespire, which I have not used for about 6 months and I have yet to get it for Ubuntu.

Speaking of which, is there a repo for installing Cinelerra for Edgy? If not, would the Dapper repo work?

I just installed it on Edgy using the Dapper instructions. works perfectly.

[ububaba]

I just installed it on Edgy using the Dapper instructions. works perfectly.

You are really lucky. I can't install it even on Dapper. See below

$ sudo aptitude install cinelerra
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
cinelerra libquicktimehv
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
fftw3 libguicast libmpeg3hv
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fftw3 libguicast libmpeg3hv
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.9MB of archives. After unpacking 30.8MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cinelerra: Depends: libiec61883-0 which is a virtual package.
Depends: libraw1394-8 which is a virtual package.
libquicktimehv: Depends: libfaac0 (>= 1.24+cvs20060416) but 1.24clean-0ubuntu4 is installed.
Depends: libfaad2-0 (>= 2.0.0+cvs20060416) but 2.0.0+cvs20040908+mp4v2+bmp-0ubuntu3 is installed.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
cinelerra [Not Installed]
libquicktimehv [Not Installed]

Score is 8

[bayvista]

Not that hard?? please comment on the following:
david@linuxpc:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get update
Err http: //www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools Release.gpg
Unable to connect to http:
Ign http: //www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools Release
Ign http: //www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools/./ Packages
Err http: //www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools/./ Packages
Unable to connect to http:
Ign http://www.kiberpipa.org ./ Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [191B]
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
Ign http://www.kiberpipa.org ./ Release
Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Ign http://www.kiberpipa.org ./ Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Packages
Err http://www.kiberpipa.org ./ Packages
404 Not Found
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/multiverse Packages
Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources [47.9kB]
Get:6 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:7 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/universe Sources [3530B]
Get:8 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/multiverse Sources [427B]
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Sources
Fetched 51.9kB in 4s (10.5kB/s)
Failed to fetch http:/dists///www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools/Release.gpg Unable to connect to http:
Failed to fetch http:/dists///www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools/.//binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http:
Failed to fetch http://www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ub..././Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
david@linuxpc:~/Desktop$

[jeremy]

Has anyone tried LiVES?

http://lives.sourceforge.net/index.php?do=home

I tried it, I thought that DiES would be a better name!

[DoctorMO]

I tried it, I thought that DiES would be a better name!

It's not even version 1 yet!

[steven8]

Quote:
I tried it, I thought that DiES would be a better name!

It's not even version 1 yet!

Well, maybe they could make that change when it goes 1.0! Lives looks nice, though.

[LewisDre4m]

I see this question was written a while ago but to my surprise not too much updated info is out there considering how much things have changed.

There are several different options for different things but If I can just write my personal preference and what I use it for I hope this helps someone.

For basic all the way through to advanced video editing "Pitivi" Is the best hands down. I also believe it is the future of video editing on Linux especially now it has good funding.

It is the nicest looking editor with a easy interface and I find the program very stable.

Hope this helps

LewisDre4m