[gentoo-user] Question about editing a video file

[gentoo-user] Question about editing a video file

[Michael Sullivan]

My computer has a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250 card in it and I've recorded
some video (my wife's brother, my wife, and I playing Super Smash
Brothers) and I'd like to make a video with highlights from it.  I
recorded the video using WinTV2000's (at least I think that's what it
was called) recording feature.  I emerged kino and tried to open the
video file (the file claims to be an mpeg) for editing in kino, but kino
says "Invalid file specified", yet gmplayer can play it just fine.  Why
is this, and is there a way around it? 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about editing a video file

[darren kirby]

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quoth the Michael Sullivan:
> My computer has a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250 card in it and I've recorded
> some video (my wife's brother, my wife, and I playing Super Smash
> Brothers) and I'd like to make a video with highlights from it.  I
> recorded the video using WinTV2000's (at least I think that's what it
> was called) recording feature.  I emerged kino and tried to open the
> video file (the file claims to be an mpeg) for editing in kino, but kino
> says "Invalid file specified", yet gmplayer can play it just fine.  Why
> is this, and is there a way around it?

The Kino website (http://www.kinodv.org/article/static/2) says that kino can 
only work with raw dv or AVI format for editing.  

MPG is an export option, not an import option afaik...

Maybe cinelerra can do what you need? 
-d

PS: I used kino about a year ago but found it was still too unstable, so 
unfortunately I edit video on my Mac still. Perhaps it is improved now 
though.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about editing a video file

[Nick Rout]

I think Darren answered why it will not open in kino - kino doesn't
import anything other than what your digital vidcam throws out (DV).

Try MainActor - it costs $, but is very good and i can say for sure that it edits the mpeg files that are generated by a PVR-x50


On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:08:31 -0600
Michael Sullivan wrote:

> My computer has a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250 card in it and I've recorded
> some video (my wife's brother, my wife, and I playing Super Smash
> Brothers) and I'd like to make a video with highlights from it.  I
> recorded the video using WinTV2000's (at least I think that's what it
> was called) recording feature.  I emerged kino and tried to open the
> video file (the file claims to be an mpeg) for editing in kino, but kino
> says "Invalid file specified", yet gmplayer can play it just fine.  Why
> is this, and is there a way around it? 
> 
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> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about editing a video file

[Aniruddha Shankar]

try avidemux, it's quite good for basic edits.
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