Atte André Jensen wrote: > A friend of mine has invited me to compose for some videos he's planning > on making. We haven't started yet, but I thought it might be good to be > a bit ahead, especially since I haven't done this before and I know next > to nothing about video... > > The noise making apps will be running ontop of jack. Google suggest I > should look into xjadeo with the -i switch. Is that it? Anything > (formats, codecs, framerates, interlaces other-stuff-I-dont-get) that I > should ask for or try to avoid? > > Any input, including links, tips, thoughts, would be highly appreciated! > > I've been exploring the world of Linux-based NLEs for a while, perhaps you'll be interested in these articles: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introducing-openshot http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/kdenlive-meets-studio-dave http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/it-lives-video-editing-foss-movie-makers A profile of CinelerraCV will be up soon. I'm also putting the finishing touches to profiles about Blender, PiTiVi, OpenMovieEditor, Avidemux, and Kino. At what stage(s) are you involved ? Will you only be composing the music or will you be involved with the audio/video post-production ? The music composition part isn't so tough, the post-production can be rather bewildering. You'll select different formats and options to accommodate your intended targets, and target formats depend on purpose and residence, i.e. is it a polished demo for a DVD, a low-res clip for YouTube/Vimeo/Facebook/self-advertisement-tool-du-jour, a DV file destined for a camcorder tape, or ... ? HTH, dp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
