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I don't know if you checked, but there are no packages with upper-case letters in the repositories. Lower case only, that's policy. I get the impression that it could be overall *nix policy, too, not just a Debian policy.

We have newer versions of ffmpeg and kdenlive in the test repo that would probably work better than the rather old ffmpeg (really the libav version) in Wheezy. Debian upstream of Jessie has switched back to the "real" ffmpeg, and that's what we have in the test CR.

also, xine is supplied by xine-ui

dolphin_oracle wrote:**nevermind***

Kdenlive 0.9.2-2 was installed from main repo

JR

namida12 wrote:

dolphin_oracle wrote:**nevermind***

Kdenlive 0.9.2-2 was installed from main repo

JR

just tried the mepiscr test repo version of ffmpeg and it indeed is picked up by kdenlive.

I apparently have never needed it for the stuff that I do. Either that, or it worked already but comes up wrong in the setup wizard.

Stevo wrote:I don't know if you checked, but there are no packages with upper-case letters in the repositories. Lower case only, that's policy. I get the impression that it could be overall *nix policy, too, not just a Debian policy.

We have newer versions of ffmpeg and kdenlive in the test repo that would probably work better than the rather old ffmpeg (really the libav version) in Wheezy. Debian upstream of Jessie has switched back to the "real" ffmpeg, and that's what we have in the test CR.

stevo,

http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/mx-test/
or
http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/

Should I remove ffmpeg before adding the test repo?

namida12 wrote:

Stevo wrote:I don't know if you checked, but there are no packages with upper-case letters in the repositories. Lower case only, that's policy. I get the impression that it could be overall *nix policy, too, not just a Debian policy.

We have newer versions of ffmpeg and kdenlive in the test repo that would probably work better than the rather old ffmpeg (really the libav version) in Wheezy. Debian upstream of Jessie has switched back to the "real" ffmpeg, and that's what we have in the test CR.

stevo,

http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/mx-test/
or
http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/

Should I remove ffmpeg before adding the test repo?

you want the second one of your list. no need to remove it will upgrade.

namida12 wrote:

Stevo wrote:I don't know if you checked, but there are no packages with upper-case letters in the repositories. Lower case only, that's policy. I get the impression that it could be overall *nix policy, too, not just a Debian policy.

We have newer versions of ffmpeg and kdenlive in the test repo that would probably work better than the rather old ffmpeg (really the libav version) in Wheezy. Debian upstream of Jessie has switched back to the "real" ffmpeg, and that's what we have in the test CR.

stevo,

http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/mx-test/
or
http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/

Should I remove ffmpeg before adding the test repo?

The policy for the MX 14/ MEPIS CR repository is for anything not MX or xfce-specific to go into the MEPIS CR, (the second one), so it will be available for both M12 and MX 14 users. We'll have just one choice with MX 15.

Since Debian seems ready to add libdvdcss to the main repos, it seems we can ship it in the ISO, too. We should wait for it to appear in Debian upstream, just to be safe.

dolphin_oracle wrote:

just tried the mepiscr test repo version of and it indeed is picked up by kdenlive.

I apparently have never needed it for the stuff that I do. Either that, or it worked already but comes up wrong in the setup wizard.

OK, I used this Repo: http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/

Installed the new ffmpeg, but did not update kdenlive and setup wizard has everything except DVD Grab. Off to learn how to do a bit of video editing today.

Was going to shoot some new video today, but tis far to windy to ride my bicycle, as I continue to recover from a shoulder operation, do not want to risk a fall.

dvgrab is a really old dependency, useful for pulling a video stream out of an old firewire 400 port and it was useful when USB 1.1 was out, but now that USB2.0/USB3.0 and H264 video are the norm, it's no longer useful for most punters.

I use kdenlive for all my video editing, audio overdub, cut N splice etc. It still is buggy and it has its crashes, so my most sincere recommendations are that you start a project and save it, then save it frequently else you'll lose some during an edit, however, having said that, it has a good crash recovery process and it can retrieve what may have otherwise have been lost work.

I made a 32 minute long video for commercial use using kdenlive for the video and devede for the DVD menu and chapters. My 41 minute long MX14 with KDE showcase & tutorial video was made with kdenlive too. When I'm talking to an inanimate computer, I tend to double start sentences (used to be quite a stutterer) and say ahhhh quite a lot, so I literally did hundreds of tiny cut and splice trimming operations to reduce the interruptions and double starts before uploading it to youtube.

Supporting m-pav's comments on editing - I worked for several years producing audio-visual training
programs, Before the days of generally used video, we worked with tape-slide, from the primitive
versions that needed manual changing of slides to synchronised systems with auto-change projectors
and a pulse/change track on the audio tape. From here it was a relatively easy shift to video using
both live audio with vision, and separate track audio. In all cases I preferred to produce and edit any
commentary first, dropping in the pictures plus any sections with live audio as the next step,

Overall result much better and generally faster than needing to fiddle with the vision to match late
audio edits - e.g. remove coughs and stutters.