[Gllug] Video editing

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- Tethys wrote:
> So the discussion about a junior sysadmin vacancy drifted slightly
> offtopic to the benefits of a university education, but now seems to
> have gone off towards a full on political debate. I'm not really
> interested (or rather, I am, but not in discussing it here).
>
> So in an attempt to drag things back on topic, I need to edit some
> video. I would have thought my needs were fairly simple. I want to cut
> off the start and end of the video. I want to have a static image that
> I'll use as a splash screen. I want that displayed for a few seconds,
> and then to fade that into the video itself. To me, that doesn't sound
> like it should be too taxing. So what's the best application to use?
>
> So far, I've tried:
>
> - avidemux
> - kino
> - lives
>
> None of them seem to make this easy. Any alternatives I should be
> looking at? Any pointers on how to do it using one of the three I've
> already tried?
>
> Tet
>
>   
That's pretty easy in Kino.

You might also look at kdenlive, if you don't mind QT4/KDE apps.
Interface is good but stability is a bit hit and miss, or it was last
time I used it.

Roger.
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