On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Joseph L. Casale <JCasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>Still not sure why it produces an .xml >>file instead of .avi or something else, but if I RFM, I will probably >>figure that out. > > Welcome to Non-linear video editing, I haven't read up on Cinelerra but > it saves an xml file since while you are working in a project, you are > not touching your data. Outside of a *very* large computer, raw dv is > useless but every time you encode it, you lose quality. It would be a very bad > idea to encode each time you save, which would also make saves unbearably > long. > > When you are done your "project" you then export(encode) it to a format > you so desire. Cinelerra will take a lot of reading. I installed kino a few hours ago and was able to import the file OK and my wife is using that now. :-) Quick and simple, but lacks the incredible power of Cinelerra. Eventually, I will figure out what to do in Cinelerra, after it produces those .xml files.... _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos