[ubuntu-uk] video

[Stephen Garton]

norman wrote:

> I am fairly new to this sort of thing and would very much appreciate
> some advice. I am trying to sort out a difficulty and seem to going
> round in ever decreasing circles. Yes, I do have the feeling that I may
> disappear. 
> 
> I have taken some scenes using a digital camcorder and want to look and
> listen to the results on my desktop and put a file on my website so that
> other members of my family can also see them. The suggestion I had was
> to use Kino to import from the camcorder to the computer as an avi file
> and then to convert this to an mpeg file which should play using Movie
> Player. After further research, I have been able to do this fairly
> successfully except that I am unable to combine sound and vision into
> the same file. Sound by itself - yes, vision by itself - yes, both
> together - no!
> 
> Is there something else I ought to do, perhaps different software or
> something I could be missing in Kino? I am using Ubuntu 6.10 with which
> I am generally satisfied. Please, please help.
> 
> Norman
> 
> 

Norman,

When exporting the file from Kino, what options are you selecting?

I have had the best results (IMHO) from the 'Other' tab in Kino, and
choosing one of the options from the dropdown list.

HTH

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Steve Garton
www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk