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Puppy fam
August 30th, 2007, 04:29 PM
I'm looking for a program that serves a similar purpose as iMovie: nothing too powerful (i.e. Cinelerra). I just need something I could use to throw together a music video of a family vacation or something... Heck, I don't even need it to handle video well... Just photos, transitions, and music.

I've tried a bunch of programs (kino, avidmux...), but haven't found one I like yet. I want to like Kino, but I can't figure out how to get it to import photos or non .DV clips. If someone knows of a program -- any program -- that will fulfill my needs, I'd be willing to give it a try.

Thanks!
bobbybobington
August 30th, 2007, 04:42 PM
kdenlive (http://www.kdenlive.org/) looks promising :)
Depressed Man
August 30th, 2007, 05:33 PM
I've never used iMovie, though I assume it's like Windows Movie Maker. If so you can try LiVES (you can find it on www.getdeb.net)
Puppy fam
August 30th, 2007, 08:09 PM
Thanks! Both programs look really good, but I'm having trouble installing both. Kdenlive is giving me errors (to be expected I guess, considering I'm using Gnome) and LiVES won't run (running in terminal reveals some problem with LiVES and my sound driver). :-(
Depressed Man
August 30th, 2007, 08:13 PM
Were you trying to compile Kdenlive from source or use a repo? If you compile it from source you'll need KDE's core I think. Though installing it from a repo should usually download the additional necessary components.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Kdenlive/Getting_and_installing#Ubuntu (some repo information).
23meg
August 30th, 2007, 08:18 PM
If everything fails, you may want to resort to an online service that lets you make simple edits. Here are some:

http://www.jumpcut.com/
http://www.motionbox.com/
http://eyespot.com/
http://jaycut.com/
forrestcupp
August 30th, 2007, 10:08 PM
Kdenlive is what you are looking for. LiVES is a pain. Kdenlive is the perfect choice for something less technical than Cinelerra, but more usability than Kino. Try to install from a repo like was mentioned above. I had it running in Gnome without any trouble.
Puppy fam
August 31st, 2007, 12:21 AM
Perfect!

Installed from the repo, kdenlive is a whole lot better than I could have expected. :-D

Thanks everyone!