Re: [gentoo-user] how to deploy a video lab?

[Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>]

better still install main actor. heres how I did it:

1. Go to http://mainconcept.com and download the SuSE rpm. The file I
downloaded is mainactor-5.5.7-suse_9.3.i686.rpm

2. emerge rpm if it is not already on your system

3. install mainactor:

rpm -Uvh --nodeps mainactor-5.5.7-suse_9.3.i686.rpm

4. run the binary:

mactor

5. There is a good manual for downloading in pdf format. It is worth
reading. There are also support forums.

This is a closed source package, but it is IMHO very good. It will
work as per a licensed copy except it renders a message on your video
when doing final rendering. You can therefore get a good idea of what it
does, without the normal shareware "die after 30 days" or "render only
up to two minutes" nonsense. The license is EUR177/USD199. Not super
cheap, but there is not a lot of choice of good video editing software
on linux.

kino is quite good, but limited in the file formats it will handle,
basically dv (ie as captured from a digital video camera). it will
render to other formats, but will only import a rather limited range.

cinelerra should be good but is almost document-less.

avidemux is a good front end for basic cutting of scenes and trancoding
to other formats, but doesn't have any ability to add effects or transitions,
so is not a real video editor of the sort you want. Its good for
bringing in a video track (eg recorded tv), cutting out the bits you
don't want (ads, start & finish overlap, sex etc) and then rendering to
something like xvid, although it will render to  DVD compatible mpeg2
too.

 You may want to present clients with well mastered dvd's once you have
edited the scenes and added transitions and a soundtrack. I know that
some winders products offer a suite which does everything from DV camera import
through to burning the DVD. The linux approach will require more mix and
match, especially putting together DVD menus and stuff which will
require a tool like dvdstyler.I have successfully used dvdstyler to make
dvd's of family movies, recorded TV etc complete with menus.

One thing to note too is that there is a bit of a trend for cameras to
take mpeg or avi files instead of the more tradition digital video cam
DV format, It would pay to make sure that you will be able to use your
raw material in whatever software you decide to use. There are all sorts
of possibilities for transcoding stuff to a usable format before you
edit it, but the more steps you put in the process the more quality you
can lose.


On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:44:46 -0400
David Miller wrote:

> Last time I tried Cinelerra it was not what I would call production
> ready and feature wise it can not replace Premier.  However if you
> want to test it out see the following link for instructions on how to
> use portage and correctly deal with masked packages. 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Portage_Correctly
> 
> In short you can do the following and then emerge normally.
> 
> echo "media-video/cinelerra ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
> 
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> On 7/26/05, simply change <adaptit@gmail.com> wrote:
> > AybOwan! (=welcome)
> >   
> >   dear lu_zero,
> >   
> >  im a Sinhalease from Sri lanka. i have a small company here in lanka (video filming company ex:- wedding, parties filming). my editing tools are Adobe Premeir,after effect, etc like propriatary software.so now i want to fully migrate to Gentoo Linux. today i just try to emerge Cinelerra to my Gentoo box but it has been Masked. so friends please be kind enought to advice me to setting up a full professional video lab using Gentoo Linux. 
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