To get videoblogging to spread in non-western countries, we really need to get free software for video editing. At this point, most people are just pirating software since $500 is like 2 months salary in many countries. You can’t buy FCP for that.
Linux has a lot of promises, but it never really looked good for editing video.
That may be changing.
Here’s a great article explaining how you edit video on these free tools.
Doesn’t look perfect, but getting close.
The whole process is not quick, and the software puts heavy demands
on the CPU, RAM, and disk space. However, none of these problems is
specific to Linux.As far as convenience goes, Linux may present a sharper learning
curve, but this learning curve is worth the trouble. Once you find your
way around all the steps, you will feel comfortable using the whole
chain. The stability and predictability of the free software, as well
as the active community of users and developers, is a huge asset.
Linux. Ugh. I’ve spent a day trying to get Ubuntu installed on my old piece of crap Sony laptop. It won’t work. Google the problem and you’ll find a boatload of stuff that NOBODY except master linux uber geek freaks will understand. ‘Sharper learning curve’ – yeah right.
Just for kicks: here’s a post I found searching for ‘ubuntu installer crashes’ – it’s beautiful and sums up what you’ll find for any Linux problem: “Turning off kernel features is pure exageration.The installer didn´t show me/log which modules it tried to probe with the parameters.Many modules aren´t needed and may cause undesired behaviour.So why can´t I start hardware detection manually and skip the failed module.Well, I don´t need ubiquity any more. I just have to blacklist or reload some modules (with parameters) and i have to find out why kdesu works with -u username but not for root without -u.root password is set of course.”
Aha. Now I know what to do.
why would the Linux install be do difficult?
ive seen people hand out free ubuntu disks…youre telling me you cant just plug and play?
It just f***ing stops installing at 53% the first time, 58% the next time, then at 63%. It’s probably my Sony laptop that hates Linux instead of the other way around – but still…. the installer should not just stop at arbitrary %-completes and sit there.
Oh, and then I tried Redhat – those damn disks wouldn’t even boot.
Anybody need some cools stickers on a Sony PCG-V505AX laptop? It’s got: ourmedia, blip.tv, node101, xolo.tv, apple and flickr – those stickers must be worth something.
ha ha ritke cracks me up.
i need to install linux on my macbook
so i can learn it’s video stuffs.
i hope it’s not as hard at chris says.
verdi did it.
he can teach me….
LINUX!
anybody tried kubuntu? It’s GUI is more like windows…there are lots of free distros out there including versions that dont have to be permanently installed…just run off the disk…but i’m not saying they dont have faults…just that they all have a learning curve and can be fun…depends on how much time each individual can spend mucking around
I’d love to see more screencasts of how to install Linux. I only hear horror stories.
I would recommend looking at http://www.distrowatch.com to see the various linux os available. I have had Ubuntu, Kubuntu and slackware Linux running on a PC…Didnt have much luck with Suse linux even though I bought the package from a shop…I also havent tried linux on a Mac, my ibook was just too expensive to play with…Anyway, the main issues are… that you have to let whatever distro you are going to use partition the hardrive to its own discovered settings…i.e. just agree with what it suggests…another issue is that you have to choose a root password like for an administrator…and a user password..for yourself..bit like a mac really!. There are lots of packages that you can install from these distro disks and most of them would not be used by a lot of people…All in all I really would recommend installing Linux on a “spare” machine, maybe an ex business pc or one aquired cheaply and not your favourite laptop or desktop
Cool…it’s something I need to try for myself. I just need a spare computer!
I use GNU Linux to capture, rip, and edit video for our documentary on the cultural impact of FOSS, called The Digital Tipping Point. Please feel free to ping me if you have any questions about using FOSS for video! My name is Christian Einfeldt, and I’m the producer of the Digital Tipping Point project. We have 28 hours of footage loaded onto the Internet Arhive’s Digital Tipping Point Video Collection here:
http://archive.org/details/digitaltippingpoint
I’m happy to share info and compare notes!
well, disclaimer: i’m a big nerd… but the linux community knows about the issues you all face… there are some live cds for media production i would recommend, but yes, unless the linux community further thinks about these issues (and they have, its 10x better than it was 5 years ago) then things like this will be irritating. but you have problems installing a fresh windows machine on odd hardware too. personally i switched to ubuntu in january, and its a mess, but all my computers have been, so its no different … anyway… check out http://www.dynebolic.org/