Comments on: PiTiVi’s UI almost there for me

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:13:30 +0000

I just want to add, that it just gives me a sinking feeling inside when i look at the great work that Michael Dominic did with Diva and the eventual abandonment of the Project.

Diva’s UI was/is great. The project had so much potential… but all was lost.

I/we can only hope that Michael does pursue his project using MLT or something.

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:35:42 +0000

There are still some demos available to view:
http://www.mdk.org.pl/2006/03/27/diva-0-0-1

Maybe Michael Dominic would send you some files if requested.

By: J5

J5 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:05:18 +0000

Tim,

Do you have a link to Diva. All the pages I can find through google point to dead links.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:00:57 +0000

I agree with your list of features, but still think the UI can be improved.

A good example is organisation of available clips and audio in the Diva Video Editor which is IMHO perfect. The timeline is well done as well.

So maybe the UI of Diva can be used as source of inspiration.

By: Rob J. Caskey

Rob J. Caskey — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:14:57 +0000

I agree, cross-fades, still-image frames, seperate audio & video, and rock-solid stability are what I need.

By: troll

troll — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:21:51 +0000

Last time I tried Pitivi it didn’t support image files as frames. That was a blocker for me as I was composing a presentation video. It’s nice to hear the feature is now in!

By: Owen Williams

Owen Williams — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:57:01 +0000

Crossfades are not as necessary as you might think. For instance, in your last video, you could have used straight cuts instead of fading to the closeup of plugging in the projector.

Bravo for dogfooding the apps, though!