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

[simply change <adaptit@gmail.com>]

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friend nick,

mainActor wants a serial no to work without the watermark sign. so anything 
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On 7/27/05, Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> 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
> >
> > --
> > David
> >
> > 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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