Follow-up

[Mark C. Miller]

Back in Oct, I posted the following request

<quote>

I attended a conference recently where the give-away was a Flip Video
Camera.  What would your recommendation be for software to work with the
camera?  I find several video editing programs (Avidemux seems a
possibility), but would like a recommendation from someone who has some
experience with the software.  I've never edited a piece of video in my 
life.

</quote>

I checked the archives and didn't find any response[s].

I found "pitivi" editor, but it apparently requires a unique file format 
[piTiVi Native (XML)].

I tried Avidemux (GTK+). When attempting to open one of the FLIP video 
files, I get the following error message:


<quote>

H.264 detected

If the file is using B-frames as reference it can lead to a crash or 
stuttering.
Avidemux can use another mode which is safe but YOU WILL LOSE FRAME 
ACCURACY.
Do you want to use that mode?

</quote>

Choosing "the other mode" in Avidemux does, as advertised, result in a 
crash.

The FLIP camera records in MP4 format.

With the holidays coming up, I'd really like to experiment ... I'm 
pretty convinced the learning curve for video editing, whatever software 
package you might recommend, is going to be fairly intense.

tia

mcm



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Mark C. Miller
mmiller at millermc.net
Indianapolis, Indiana