[ubuntu-uk] Video Editing was Tesco Home ........

[Rowan Berkeley]

On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 17:41:41 +0100, John Stevenson <john at jr0cket.com>
wrote:

> On 6 July 2010 16:55, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:22:42 +0100, Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk> 
> > wrote:
> > > On 06/07/10 16:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 07:32 +0100, Andy Dixon wrote:
> > > >> I myself have created videos using Ubuntu, and found it to be 
> > > >> as easy as doing it on a Mac.
> > > > That interests me.  I'm thinking of doing a motherboard upgrade 
> > > > on my main computer to make video editing a bit faster.  I 
> > > > intend using Ubuntu.  What apps are you using?  Currently I've 
> > > > played with Kino and a couple of others, but so far have done 
> > > > no real work. Recommendations welcome.
> > > There is the PiTiVi Video Editor in Ubuntu 10.04.  Not used it 
> > > much but it looks fairly reasonable, maybe not too advanced but  
> > > it worked with the videos from my HD video camera which was handy 
> > > (okay I had to install some GStreamer codecs but once they were 
> > > installed it seemed to work OK). Rob
> > Well, I have never been able to get PiTiVi to work, and I have it 
> > just as it comes, ready installed in Ubuntu 10.04. I should like to 
> > be able to make simple music videos and put them on YouTube, so 
> > that I can then paste them into my blog. But every time I drag and 
> > drop an MP3 file into PiTiVi, it says it is unable to open it. I 
> > tried asking about this on the PiTiVi forum but I didn't have any 
> > replies last time I looked. A detailed list of necessary codecs 
> > would be welcome, and it would be interesting to know whether the 
> > Ubuntu team at Canonical are aware of any issues with it. Rowan
> I imagine you need the right codecs installed for mp3, as they are not
> part of the default ubuntu install (due to distribution restrictions,
> patents, yuck..). You could try install the Gstreamer plugin that
> supports mp3, one of the following should do:
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse 
> John Stevenson
> Lean Agile Consultant / Coach
> jr0cket.com  |  leanagilemachine.com 

Success! I installed the two missing sets (the multiverse variants) and
successfully made a little music video, uploaded it, and embedded it on
my blog, all without a hitch. First time I've ever managed that, and I
have been trying on and off for years. Thanks! Rowan