[hal]

guys, i am gonna start making some digital movies but i know sh*t about good software for video edit. anyone knows good apps for linux or should i reboot to xp and search for win apps? hope not, of course! so, any suggestions? also, i never tried firewire on linux..don´t even know if it is working..

[aysiu]

http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-l...table.shtml#43

[bryansmith]

I don't know about Firewire but there is a video editor called Kino: http://www.kinodv.org/. Apparently Kino has fantastic Firewire support: http://software.newsforge.com/articl...31216&from=rss.

Bryan

[variant]

that table of comparisons is _so_ out of date/incomplete it doesnt even list blender3d under 3d editing/creation. the best way to find software is google

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by hal

guys, i am gonna start making some digital movies but i know sh*t about good software for video edit. anyone knows good apps for linux or should i reboot to xp and search for win apps? hope not, of course! so, any suggestions? also, i never tried firewire on linux..don´t even know if it is working..

Firewire works fine on the latest Linux (at least it works fine on SuSE-9.3).

Did you check out the multi-media sub-forum on linuxforums? For example, this thread:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-49108-12.html

In particular, I listed the apps below. Please try them, and let us know how they work:

Video Editors

kino [Kino is a non-linear DV editor for GNU/Linux. Features integration with IEEE 1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in AVI format in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings]
http://kino.schirmacher.de/

Cinelerra [for capturing, compositing, and editing audio and video]
http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3/

MainActor + other packages [capture, edit and export videos with a computer]
http://www.mainconcept.com/index_flash.shtml

KDEnlive [Last update March-2004. A Non-linear editor]
http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/

[hal]

i will try them when i start shooting. thank you guys!

[carbon8]

I don't know if you're needing compositing, but this years Siggraph unveiled that Eyeon is releasing DigitalFusion for Linux.

I'm in need too, so i'll keep an eye on this thread.

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by hal

i will try them when i start shooting. thank you guys!

Another app worth checking out is LiVES:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~salsaman/lives/

Its the only video editor (aside from avidemux) that will open the video files from my Canon S700 digital still camera.