Category: Software

Installing Cinelerra in Ubuntu

Jure Cuhalev has compiled Cinelerra packages for Ubuntu dapper. This makes installing easy; just add a few lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list A category in his blog G. is dedicated to Ubuntu + Cinelerra: http://www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/blog/?cat=11 Here are the instructions how to install: http://www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/README

Editing software, Manuals

Secrets of/de Cinelerra

Once you have it installed, the ins and outs of Cinelerra are explained step by step in this manual. Positive points: It is well written, almost every aspect of the software is explained. Negative: A ridiculously long page, takes ages to load. Very unpractical when you use this page more often. Besides this, the secrets […]

Editing software, Manuals, Workshop Open Video Libre

Download embedded video 2

Not open source, but very handy: an online tool for extracting embedded video: “VideoDL is a quick AJAX application that allows you to download online video into your computer. It supports top 3 video sites – YouTube, Google Video, and Break.com. Simply copy the link of the page with video and paste it into the […]

Software

Download embedded video 1

An effective trick to download videofiles which are embedded in a webpage, using Firefox webbrowser. VideoDownloader is an add-on to Mozilla Firefox. Install it, add the icon to your toolbar, surf to your favorite site with embedded video (video.google, youtube etc.), choose video, click on icon, right click and save link as …, change the […]

Software

Just another Smil test

Starting at different points, the same video file plays 4 times simultaneously in a split screen. Tease your Helix player with this .smi file

Software

Testing Smil 2

A first look at the SMIL language tricked me into a test to see how SMIL allows simultanous / parallel playback of different moments from the same file. I worked with this uploaded audiofile it is a straightforward interview, borrowed from Apo33. First, I made this .smi file. Open it in Helix or Real player. […]

Software

Annotations tools

From Peter: a shrtlst of annotationtools we could have a look at http://annotation.semanticweb.org/tools/

Annotation tools, Software

Testing SMIL

A first test with SMIL – Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. It plays sounds and images on different timelines with the Helix Player. Try it. and open its source code for more info. Important: open it in Helix Player since some plugin may try to open it automatically (mplayer in my case) but they lack SMIL […]

Software

Annodex

http://www.annodex.net Saul Albert pointed us to Annodex, a Mozilla plugin. The plug-in is easily installed on OSX, Linux and Windows, and works on the basis of Theora files. Comments and links can be inserted and are displayed when you play the file in Firefox. The sample files look quite interesting; we are currently testing out […]

Annotation tools, Media archives, Software

Metavid

Still in early stage of development but let’s keep an eye on it. http://metavid.ucsc.edu/ About MetavidMetavid is a project which seeks to capture, stream, archive and facilitate real-time collective [re]mediation of government proceedings. Metavid makes use of entirely free and open source software and video codecs to make both the footage and the architecture of […]

Annotation tools, Media archives, Software