Follow-up

[Jim Byrnes]

Patton Echols wrote:
> On 12/07/2010 11:19 PM, Mark C. Miller wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Two others have suggested OpenShot. I've not tried it, but looking at
> their site it looks like a bit of kit I need!
>
> But if it looks like a bit much, and you want to start slow, you can use
> WinFF (a front end for ffmpeg -- apt-get install winff) to convert your
> flip videos into something that Avidemux will like, then use the latter
> to cut your clip down to size. I've done this successfully with clips
> from a smart phone camera.
>
> But if you are interested in non-linear editing and putting multiple
> clips into a story, OpenShot may be as good a first try as any.
>
> If you are not comfortable with software not in the repositories, there
> are a few other NLEs available:
> kdenlive
> openmovieeditor
> kino
> pitivi
>
> Probably others but those are the ones that come to mind.
>
>
>
>

I just checked and Openshot is in the repositories in Lucid.

Regards,  Jim