Cinelerra question

[Vaughn Treude]

Ed wrote:
> Have fun with Cinelerra - you have a tiger by the tail!
> 
> first-off you  want to use Cinelerra-CV, see cinelerra.org for the
> situation. 2) there is a kernel mod/setting required by Cinelerra. 3)
> the documentation is great, just remember the Cinelerra design is
> driven by production artists - if there was a time saving shortcut, it
> is the default. 4) Cinelerra works from a few Live disks - Elive for
> example.
> http://www.elivecd.org/ - bypass install hell.
> 5) remember there is are two levels of protocols - the video/audio
> level and the container format level (see Vorbis vs Ogg) - you need to
> get'em both right. Relax and give the defaults a chance to "just doit"
> you might be surprised. 6) If you haven't worked with video production
> before, you are underestimating the level of detail with which you
> need to be concerned. and pay attention to what works with what -
> there are unseen affiliations.
> 
> Sorry I couldn't be more help, I have no idea what MPG* is and  my
> experience with Cinelerra was - got in, did my thing and got out - the
> locals are a scary bunch in Cinelerraland!  ;)   try the CV lists -
> don't bug the developer.
> Good Luck & Happy New Year
> 
> * I could look, but you're the expert...

Ed,
Thanks.  I was beginning to suspect that Cinelerra was going to be more 
trouble than I'd originally expected.  Hmm, I can see why they forked 
another version, but would have never thought to look for it.  That's 
one of the great things about the PLUG group, having someone to ask the 
dumb questions. ;=)  Anyway, the version of Cinelerra I have works 
sporadically- sometimes it'll play back the original file, and sometimes 
it won't.  What I'm trying to do is concatenate two video files and 
delete the noise at the beginning and the gap in the middle.  I'm 
thinking I may be able to find a command line approach, similar to the 
audio editing tools I'm already using, something that will extract a 
clip from time 1 to time 2 in video file one, and then concatenate video 
file 2.

As for MPG, I meant MPEG.  That was the format of the captured analog 
video file (which I did in Windoze on a Hauppage TV card.)

Vaughn

> On Dec 27, 2007 6:44 AM, Vaughn Treude <vltreude at deru.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone out there played with Cinelerra?  I have a captured movie in
>> MPG format that I want to edit.  Cinelerra did not let me edit in that
>> format.  Eventually I discovered VLC, which let me convert it to a  MOV
> 
> If VLC works it, Cinelerra will too
> 
>> format, which Cinelerra can display.  However, the audio track doesn't
> see #5
> 
>> show up, and I know the audio's there, because I've played it on a
>> different program.  Some of the tutorials mention importing audio format
>> files, but don't say much about the audio that's integrated with the
>> video.  Any suggestions?  Do I maybe have to try a different format?
>>
>> BTW, on the left there are speaker icons with red slashes through them,
>> but the flyover text says "don't send to output", so I think this is may
>> be just a kind of mute option.
>> Thanks,
>> Vaughn
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