Cinelerra question

[Vaughn Treude]

Erich,
I hate to bug you again, but I'm severely frustrated.  I've tried about 
8 different encoder programs.  Most work to some degree.  I've decided 
that Cinelerra (the version I have) is still is piece of garbage that 
works sporadically if at all.  I haven't yet figured out how to get 
Cinelerra-CV on the old (2005) distro I'm using, and I don't have time 
to attempt an upgrade at the moment.  And I'm puzzled by KDEnlive, which 
seems to want yet another format.  So I still have hope for Kino.  But I 
don't know how to produce a proper DV file.  Can DV files be in 
different container formats, such as MOV and AVI?  If so, I can't figure 
out which coded to use.  Wikipedia says DV uses DCT encoding, but the 
names of codecs seem to bear little if any resemblance to the names of 
the format?  If you know what codecs (audio and video) I should use, I'd 
be eternally grateful.  If not, I'll quit bugging you.  Thanks again!
Vaughn

Erich Newell wrote:
> No I'm sorry to say the only tutorial I have for transcode is the man
> page...but there are several front-ends that make the job easier. A
> quick "apt-cache search transcode" reveals half a dozen or so under
> Ubuntu. I'm certain there are just as many for your distro of choice.
> 
> On another note, I was reading the October issue of LJ (yes, I'm
> behind) which has an article on KDENLIVE...which is an another
> Non-Linear Editor for video. You might want to check it out (no
> personal experience).
> 
> 
> On Dec 31, 2007 10:48 AM, Vaughn Treude <vltreude at deru.com> wrote:
>> Erich Newell wrote:
>>> I've used Kino on several occasions for exactly this purpose. It only
>>> works with DV format, but can import most anything that I'm aware of.
>>> (As long as you have the appropriate codecs loaded)
>>>
>>> If you have very unusual format needs for input / output, you could
>>> use transcode or vlc beore / after as well.
>>>
>> Erich,
>> Thanks for your help.  I've installed Kino, but it does not like my MOV
>> files.  (Error: "Failed to Load Media File.")  Perhaps there is a
>> problem with the MOV files. I produced them with a script I found online
>> that calls VLC with mysterious parameters to make it do the conversions.
>>   I suppose I will try getting transcode or some other tool to do it.
>> Can you point me to a good tutorial?
>> Vaughn
>>
>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> On Dec 30, 2007 8:12 AM, Vaughn Treude <vltreude at deru.com> wrote:
>>>> Erich Newell wrote:
>>>>> I was under the impression you wanted to do some *editing*. I use VLC
>>>>> for streaming all the time for on-the-fly video conversion and
>>>>> streaming. Let me know the specifics and I'm sure I can nudge you in
>>>>> the right direction.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just in case you want to stream HD content: you'll need to build
>>>>> ffmpeg and vlc from cvs...otherwise, its a simple matter of selecting
>>>>> a few flags.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Erich
>>>>>
>>>> Erich,
>>>> Well yes, some very simple editing.  I have two video capture files.  I
>>>> need to trim a few seconds of the beginning and and of each file, and
>>>> then concatenate them together.
>>>>
>>>> Vaughn
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