Video task available, but not on UbuntuStudio disks.

[laurent.bellegarde]

Luke Yelavich a écrit :
> Hi all
> Further to my email earlier regarding video applications needing ffmpeg having to be removed from the UbuntuStudio disks, another application, stopmotion, has been found to need ffmpeg as well. Instead of having a video task with only one single application, a decision has been made to not include the video task on the UbuntuStudio DVD images. This is a compromise between having a useless video task, and still offering users a few useful apps to use. I am sorry there was no time to re-include applications such as openmovieeditor again, however this close to the release, this has been landed in my lap somewhat with only a short amount of time to resolve the issue.
>
> So what if I want to get some video applications set up on a fresh UbuntuStudio install?
> 1. Install the system as normal, and simply do not choose any extra tasks. The desktop will be installed for you, and be available when you reboot.
> 2. Connect to the internet (Sorry, at this point there is no other way to get video apps, as explained above), and use your package manager of choice to install ubuntustudio-video. This will install all the video applications that were on the UbuntuStudio 9.04 disks.
>
> On behalf of the UbuntuStudio developers, I would like to appologise for this lats minute change. As I've previously stated, this issue is somewhat out of our hands. I think I speak for the others when I say we will try to do the best we can to get video applications re-included on the DVD images for UbuntuStudio karmic, given we can find any that don't depend on ffmpeg, and are still useful, or if we can break up sed applications enough so that we can include those bits that don't require ffmpeg to function.
>
> Regards
> Luke Yelavich
> UbuntuStudio Project technical lead.
>   
Ok Luke, we take the information, even a bad one.

About Open Movie Editor, it use also ffmpeg !!! So The trouble for 
Karmic should be the same as for jaunty.

As I'm writting a book on "free audio-video editing" for the end of may 
2009, I've tested completly Open Movie Editor.

There is absolutly no video editing software that not use ffmpeg, 
mencoder, ffmpeg2theora, there are essentials bricks under GNU/Linux.

I'm working with a friend who create a free software for video/image 
editing, EKD, under GNU/Linux, windows(c) and Apple(c). It is based on 
ffmpeg and mencoder !!!

To answer to Cory, creating an ffmpeg absolutly free package for 
including under Ubuntu CD/DVD has no sens !!!

By definition, ffmpeg, mencoder are multiverse packages or packages 
coming from other repository as our lprod.org because they can't be 
included in free CD.

The only thing we can do, is improve software install even for piece of 
propriotary backport to GNU/Linux as ffmpeg, mencoder and help users 
know they are installing piece of this kind of software, and if it's 
possible as GNASH, improve a free solution face to ADOBE Plugin FLASH.

Hope it helps,

Bye,

Laurent