Re: iMovie Ersatz for debian?

[k l u r t <klurt@sp0ke.net>]

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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 Peter.Robinson@t-online.de wrote:

> Hi List,
> I was wondering if anybody has any opinions on the possibilities of ''cutting''
> family videos on debian linux (specifically, I have had a Mac for many years which
> I now use only for multimedia applications. In the meantime I have migrated completely
> to debian with this one exception. Since my mac is now showing its years, I want to
> do this too with my debian system.)

it's always them mac users that like to use "ersatz" as an adjective to 
describe non-mac software. :)

i can recommend some non-ersatz software for video editing:

MainActor v5
http://www.mainconcept.com/mainactor_v5_linux.shtml
demo deb package of MainActor:
http://downloads.mainconcept.com/fdl.php?downloads.mainconcept.com+MainActorLinux5.5.7Debian+mainactor_5.5.7-1_i386.deb

Cinelerra
http://www.heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3

PiTiVi
http://pitivi.sourceforge.net/

Kino
http://www.kinodv.org/



and some articles for you to read:

Linux for Video Production
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/08/18/linux_video.html?page=1

Professional Video Editing on Linux with Cinelerra
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2003/12/30/cinelerra.html


personally i think that imovie is the true ersatz of video editing.
but then, any app with an "i" in front of it usually makes me shudder. 
:)

hope the above links are helpful
good luck

k l u r t


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