I just noticed PiTiVi was upgraded to 0.11.1 at some point in Fedora 8 so I gave it a run. While there are show stopper bugs (which I will file in due time) and it doesn’t do much yet, it is almost to the point of what I need in a video editor. The important part is the UI is intuitive and easy to use. Here are a list of features I would need for the bare minimum of using PiTiVi as an editor:
- Cross fades
- Even if it is a simple, non-configurable cross fade, cross fades really add polish between harsh cuts.
- Fading and unfading audio is also important
- Support for image files as frames
- This is the quick a dirty way to do intros and credits (eventually I would want direct text overlays)
- decoupling the audio from the video
- quick timeline resize of audio and video in the advanced view
- The clip editor in the simple view is fine for precise editting but having the ability to drag either end of a clip to resize it in the timeline makes it easy to sync up with other elements in the timeline
That’s it. While I would like more functionality such as voice overs, unlimited tracks, multiple effects and overlays, the above list is all I need to support the simple editing that I do.
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Welcome to the first post of my VLog, a video blog of the various things that interest me. Today we talk to Soeren Sandmann about his efforts to make projectors “Just Work”, the fruit of which has just landed in Fedora Rawhide.
This production was done using
Cinelerra,
Kino (DV to Ogg Theora post processing) and
The GIMP.I hope to have videos from time to time and will be setting up a dedicated blog for them in the future. The biggest factor right now for not producing more video is the state of Open Source and Free Software tools for video editing. Cinelerra is very capable but the UI is frustrating to work with. Anyone who can accelerate the development of
PiTiVi or produce a tool with a
UI similar to their advanced UI mockups will have my eternal thanks (and I will buy them beers whenever I see them).
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Well folks, D-Bus 1.1.3 has a little bug introduced via the inotify patch which would consume 100% of your memory, go into the OOM killer and subsequently consume 100% of your CPU. This is exactly why we have the Release Candidate series, to root out any last minute issues. Thanks to all who tested and sacrificed their productivity to get us to this next release. D-Bus 1.1.4 (1.2.0RC2) is now available for your perusal.
Download: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.1.4.tar.gz
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus
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Who knew if you promise something you have to deliver. Well here you are, D-Bus 1.1.3 or as I like to refer to it 1.2.0RC1. That's right, if everything goes well within a week we should have our second major D-Bus release. I'll wait until then to get nostalgic about the great old days of 1.0.0 "Blue Bird". Why when I was your age D-Bus wasn't even at a major version and we didn't even have a recursive type system...but I digress. Here is the info you have been waiting for:
- This release is intended to be Release Candidate 1 of major release D-Bus 1.2.0. If nothing is found to be wrong with this release it will become 1.2.0 within a week. If we need to make major changes we will release an RC2 and start the process over
again.
- This is a development release, so API's may still change if problems are found (though this is extremely unlikely).
- DTD for the introspection format is fixed and uploaded to the servers
- Sources now reside in a git repository at http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=dbus/dbus.git;a=summary
- Argument path matching of the type arg0path='/aa/bb/' is now supported (see the specification for more information)
- New error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ObjectPathInUse added
- Autolaunched busses now save their parameters in X11 if possible making them behave closer to busses launched through the normal mechanisms
- inotify is now the default backend for watching configuration file changes
- More support for the AIX platform has been added
- Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements
Download: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.1.3.tar.gz
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus
P.S. Anyone want to suggest a name for 1.2.0? The rules are it needs to have some logical connection to the previous major release “Blue Bird”.
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Fedora is community and no where is it more evident than at FUDCon, a gathering of Fedora developers from around the world. Catch the Linux.com video feature taken on day one of FUDCon;. I have a small section at the end talking about the community with Karsten Wade.
Just a quick observation, gobby + git + turbogears make for a hugely successful hackfest.
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Just thought I would take “release early, release often” to heart. Hot on the heels of 0.1.7 is a major feature release 0.1.8. As of this version all complex and simple D-Bus types are displayed properly in the UI even if they are nested.
Please let me know if you ever see an Error(<some char>) in the parameter lists.
As usual:
Homepage: http://d-feet.fedorahosted.org
Tarball: http://johnp.fedorapeople.org/d-feet-0.1.8.tar.gz
Rawhide and Fedora 8: yum install d-feet
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- update the license for _introspect_parser.py to permissive since dbus-python was relicensed (this just makes including this code easier since the GPL/AFL dual license confused some people)
- add placeholder icons to denote methods, properties and signals, does someone want to make a standard set of programmer tool icons?
- default service icon now added to the package for distributions that do not ship an icon called icon-service
- argument types now show the parameter name if given in the introspect data
- selecting a property now attempts to read the property and display a value
- prettier formatting for introspect output
- various bug fixes
Tarball:
http://johnp.fedorapeople.org/d-feet-0.1.7.tar.gz
Rawhide and Fedora 8:
yum install d-feet
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A couple of weeks ago I made a post on how NOT to treat your customers. Today I had an experience which prompted me to write a counter point to the last post. As my readers may know, I just joined a gym. To kick thing off right (wait for the pun), I went out today looking for sneakers. For most people it is a simple trip to the local sports shop or shoe store but I needed shoes for the gym so they had to fit just right and provide proper support. The issue for me is I wear shoes one half size smaller than most stores carry. That is a bigger difference than it sounds when it comes to shoes I will be running in.
I decided to go down to the specialty running store, Marathon Sports, in order to see if they carried my size. I walked into a busy shop and looked around for a bit, clearly confused by the myriad of choice, mostly of brands I never heard of. This wasn’t your everyday shoe store. Just then a man asked if he could help and then made the strange request that I take off my shoes, roll up my pant legs and walk up and down the store. I complied and from that he deduced my gate, stance and the fact that I had wide feet. He promptly brought up a pair of some of the most comfortable sneakers I have ever worn.
I ended up paying a bit of a premium for the sneakers. Nothing huge but about $10-$20 more than I would anywhere else. The fact is from the service I was given I would have paid much more. These sneakers are going make sure I get an optimal workout without injuring myself and when they wear out, I know where I am going to get a new pair.
To review, expertise, good merchandise plus great customer service makes a happy customer. A happy customer comes back for more and may even bring friends along to start the cycle anew.
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From Matt Asay’s interview with our new CEO:
Tell me a little bit about yourself. What are the last three bands you listened to on your iPod?
I don’t have an iPod (or a Zune). It won’t play Ogg Vorbis files.
This is from a guy who knows a thing or two about generating profits and value. It is an exciting time to be a Red Hat employee.
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