How To: Cinelerra Advanced GUI Video Editing

[Old Pink]

Cinelerra is the movie makers dream. Whether your an amatuer looking to put some fun things on Google Video, or Steven Speilburg working on your next big hit, this application is the one for you!

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Downloading and Installing

1. You'll need YASM and NASM for this. In a new terminal, type:

   sudo apt-get install nasm
   sudo apt-get install yasm

2. Remain in terminal, and type:

   wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/heroines/cinelerra-2.1-src.tar.bz2

   To get the application source. It's a fairly big download, but well worth the wait (around 8 minutes at 50kbps).
3. Still in the the terminal, extract the .tar.bz2 using:

   tar xfj cinelerra-2.1-src.tar.bz2

   ... wait whilst the huge file is extracted.
4. When you're faced with a prompt again, the extract is complete and you can type:

   cd cinelerra-2.1

5. You're in the directory now, and nearly complete! Type:

   ./configure

   ...wait for the lines to stop scrolling. (now's the time to take a nap, get a snack, or see a movie)
6. When faced with another prompt, type:

   make

   and then:

   sudo make install

Enjoy your new software!

[Old Pink]

Uh oh.

Mind moving this to here for me?

Thanks.

[Cyfr]

Hello I got the following error after 'make'

FATAL: can't create i686/soundtest.o: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [i686/soundtest.o] Error 1

[vampaz]

I've the same error....that makes two of us..

[VTStevenVT]

make -f build/Makefile.cinelerra
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/steven/cinelerra-2.1'
gcc -c -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I../../freetype-2.1.4/include -I../../ -DHAVE_OSS -DHAVE_FIREWIRE soundtest.c -o i686/soundtest.o
Assembler messages:
FATAL: can't create i686/soundtest.o: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [i686/soundtest.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/steven/cinelerra-2.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2
steven@steven-laptop:~/cinelerra-2.1$ sudo make
make -f build/Makefile.cinelerra
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/steven/cinelerra-2.1'
gcc -c -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I../../freetype-2.1.4/include -I../../ -DHAVE_OSS -DHAVE_FIREWIRE soundtest.c -o i686/soundtest.o
Assembler messages:
FATAL: can't create i686/soundtest.o: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [i686/soundtest.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/steven/cinelerra-2.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2



That makes 3 of us

[henriquemaia]

Assembler messages:
FATAL: can't create x86_64/soundtest.o: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [x86_64/soundtest.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/henriquemaia/Desktop/cinelerra-2.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Four

[BOBSONATOR]

Make the GUI look like sony vegas, then i will use it

[berserker]

Assembler messages:
FATAL: can't create i686/soundtest.o: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [i686/soundtest.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/erich/downloads/cinelerra-2.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

FIVE!

[CatKiller]

iain@weatherwax:~/cinelerra-2.1$ make
make -f build/Makefile.cinelerra
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/iain/cinelerra-2.1'
gcc -c -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I../../freetype-2.1.4/include -I../../ -DHAVE_OSS -DHAVE_FIREWIRE  soundtest.c -o i686/soundtest.o
Assembler messages:
FATAL: can't create i686/soundtest.o: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [i686/soundtest.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/iain/cinelerra-2.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Six

[Old Pink]

Ok, sorry to the 6+ people having trouble with this. It seems since this guide was written, the application has been modified and now for some reason will no longer compile.

If the above method does not work for you, try this official for-Ubuntu guide.

The people who have mentioned problems will be private messaged the link to this post.