[SWLUG] Giving up Windows

[Peter Prior]

Hi,

Steve Anderson wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I'm looking to knock my reliance on Windows on the head. Virtually 
> everything I do on a daily basis I can do on a Linux machine now... 
> virtually. There's still a couple of things I'm looking to get right 
> before I make that step, mainly to do with video.
> 
> I record stuff to DVD+RW on my domestic DVD recorder, extract the DVD-VR 
> streams (different to regular DVD-Video) to my hard drive, edit out the 
> adverts, put in proper chapters, add menus and then burn to DVD+R. On 
> Windows, this is done using the TMPGEnc tools rather nicely. Has anyone 
> got any suggestions of ways to do this on my Linux box? I've managed to 
> install TMPG MPEG Editor and DVD Author using WINE, but there seems to 
> be a problem showing directory trees which makes it impossible to 
> extract the MPEG streams in the first place. The software runs fine 
> otherwise, even if all the windows are #0000FF instead of a pleasing 
> grey hue.

Umm.. I know that mythtv can record tv shows into mpeg streams and has
automatic advert detection (I think).  It's basically a whole PVR
project.  See http://mythtv.org for more info.


> 
> Any suggestions regarding either an open-source alternative (preferable) 
> or a fix for WINE-ing it?
> 
> I also piddle about with my digital camera, taking short video clips 
> which come off as MJPEG AVI files, to do little montage things. Any 
> suggestions for a non-linear editor? I've tried Kino but it's entrenched 
> in 'real' video (DV codecs and the likes), and so doesn't like my little 
> scrappy efforts. Again, open-source is preferable but if there's 
> something WINEable, I'll be happy to try. (I have a licenced copy of an 
> oldish Adobe Premier as well as some things that have come with video 
> and Firewire cards but they may be a little heavyweight for a 1GHz box.)

Tried mainactor?  http://www.mainconcept.com/mainactor.shtml

> 
> Finally... any suggestions for something to organise photos? I'm a Gnome 
> man and have no KDE software at all, and would like to not have to 
> install loads of QT libraries just to organise some snapshots! iPhoto on 
> the Mac is lovely, so anything along those lines would be fab.

Tried f-spot?

GTK mono app.  Should be able to install it in ubuntu by just doing
apt-get install f-spot if you are on hoary and have universe in your apt
sources.

http://www.gnome.org/projects/f-spot/

Pete