DV video capture and edit in Ubuntu linux August 12th, 2008


Video editing capability is a necessity these days, when I finally found a good combination of software to use I was very happy. After-all, all you students and poor people out there, it's not like you want to have to go pirate Final Cut Pro or anything like that just to practice some skillz as an amateur film producer .. Video editing should be free! Content is King!!

Use DVgrab directly (no need for fancy UI here)

sudo apt-get install dvgrab
To capture (plug in your firewire DV cam or whatever):
sudo dvgrab -a outfile-
Then use Cinelerra to edit the raw DV output files.
When you are done editing, save back into format RAW dv

From there use a program such as DeVeDe ... 
sudo apt-get install devede
devede


These are the basics that will get you going in a professional way! I am very happy to see that Cinelerra has matured so much and the Ubuntu packages are working flawlessly on my main workbeast that currently runs Ubuntu Gusty. Thanks a bunch!

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