Re: Video editing in Linux?

From: Peter Hayes (peter_at_seahaze.demon.co.uk)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:25:08 +0100

SjT <NOT@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm with stupid ---> Andy Fraser <andyfraser31@hotmail.com> wrote:

<...>

> >> I've not come across one yet, we always wait for the repackaged
> >> versions that MS put out which do not require a reboot, it's not brain
> >> science.
> >
> >What repackaged versions? From where?
>
> From MS.
>
> Can you not google?! Quick search:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/news/noreboot.mspx

as I posted 16 minutes earlier... :)

"... we estimate that roughly one-quarter of current patches are
candidates for no-reboot installation."

So what about the other three-quarters?

Methinks I wouldn't want my CC numbers sitting on your server.

> I suscribe to their sys admins news feed so get updates when the
> noreboot patches are released.

Are they released as fast as the script kiddies exploit the security
holes? If not, then you're on a loser.

> >> Nah my beleif is that linux is great to a point, and that point is as
> >> a single user machine purely dedicated for multimedia applications
> >> (i.e. read the subject please?).
> >
> >Others have already mentioned MPlayer. I can't find anything it won't play.
>
> Yeah will be trying that and icecast cheers.
>
> >> I hope in the future it will advance, but as i've said before there
> >> are a lot of freeriders using linux so i cant see how big companies
> >> are going to make a profit in the linux market without using their
> >> MSWin sales to support it as a labour of love.
> >
> >You haven't looked into it enough then.
>
> I'm constantly keeping an eye out on it, it seems there are plenty of
> little Open source projects and there's plenty of professional high
> end products, but to me, and i could be wrong, there seems nothing in
> the middle?!

I think that's correct.

Of course, since the source code for the likes of Cinelerra is out
there, there's nothing stopping you from writing your own video editor.

iMovie on the Mac offers more for the home user, and it comes bundled
"free" with every Mac in iLife '04. Plus there's iDVD so you can burn
your masterpiece to DVD with chapters, etc, if your machine has a
Superdrive.

I don't think there's any equivalent on Linux. 

-- 
Peter

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