[TriLUG] DVD Editing in Linux

[Tim Jowers]

As an aside note, I played with dvd author and dvd styler. Let's you make a
DVD from some image files and such. Make buttons from the images. kewl.

TimJowers


On 7/10/07, Shawn Hartsock <hartsock at acm.org> wrote:
>
> On 7/10/07, Roy Vestal <rvestal at trilug.org> wrote:
> > Ok, so I'd like to start editing my Home DVD's in Linux. Why? Cause I
> > want to. :D
> >
> > With that said, anyone have any suggested hardware for getting data from
> > VHS/Hi8/MiniDV (currently, I have the cables that came with my camera's)
> > and software for editing?
>
> I use this at home for video editing in Linux... I've produced a grand
> total of 1 dvd...
>
> Hardware:
> * Firewire card
> * Firewire miniDV camcorder
> * DVD+/-R burner
>
> Software:
> * kino - for capture
> * kdenlive - for edits
> * dvdauthor - for making the dvd
>
> Obviously there are a lot of dependencies underneath those three
> software packages.
>
> If firewire doesn't work out for you I've found that the hauppauge
> cards are easy to set up and you capture from them by using this
> command:
>
> $ cat /dev/video0 > ~/caputure.mpg
>
> Hauppauge cards are nice because they produce mpeg2 video in card
> without using your CPU. There are also other brands that do the same
> thing but I haven't used them. I also advise against video on USB I've
> had trouble with that.
>
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