Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Video Editing Software for Linux? Help?
I recently splurged on a Sony HDR-SR7 HD digital camcorder (the hard drive based one). It’s *very* impressive for taking videos, but now I want to edit them… Does anyone know of a commercial video software package that runs on Ubuntu or RHEL5 that I can use to edit the AVCHD format these movies commpress into? I’m willing to pay up to a couple hundred dollars to not have to install Windows on my system… Canon, Sony, Panasonic, etc all use this video format now, and unfortunately none of the typical open source software video editors can handle this format. Ideally I’d like to just use Ulead’s VideoStudio 11 Plus as it appears to have all the features I want (except Linux support)… I can’t imagine any of these apps run well in Wine.. and CodeWeavers does not seem to have tested them.
Not a knock on Ubuntu, but this is where I think Ubuntu could separate itself from the other distros/commercial OSs… work with the ISVs for a desktop user and get a full suite of apps available on the platform (i.e. like Apple does). I would also like a good photo printer for Ubuntu that has proper color calibration (the wish list goes on…)
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August 21st, 2007 at 1:08 am
aspir8or said:
Can’t think of anything offhand that would edit AVCHD, but there’s work in progress to convert to another format. Check out the AVS forum http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/printthread.php?t=789775
I agree about Ubuntu. They’re already part way there with Ubuntu Studio but if they don’t make the right moves soon, someone else will (a certain distro from Brazil comes to mind) and they’ll get left in the dust.
August 21st, 2007 at 2:09 pm
md said:
Awesome – thanks. After hours of searching I never came across that converter. That should at least get me closer to an editable format (fingers crossed).
I agree on Ubuntu. Needs to happen faster… Adobe is an obvious partner if you ask me…
August 25th, 2007 at 10:32 am
salsaman said:
You could of course use LiVES:
http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=LiVES
August 25th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
md said:
salsaman, LiVES does not seem to support AVCHD though?? Once I convert the video, LiVES could work – is there some plugin or extra that I can use to build in AVCHD support? I’d love to use LiVES (although can’t get it to run in Gutsy yet… built from source too…)
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 am
martin said:
1) All the programs that are in ubuntu are also available on other distros, so if ubuntu has a AVCHD editor the other will have it too. Thats what GPL and free software is all about.
2) You can just select SD on your camcorder, wich will produce mpeg-2 files that are very easely handled by linux.(i have a SR12, im am not sure if you can do it with the 7, look it up)
There is no difference if you are going to convert the AVCHD files to something else. Besides converting avchd is painfull and requires lots of hardware power.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:17 am
md said:
martin, selecting SD just means that I’m not capturing in HD… which is the whole reason I paid a premium for the SR-7….
October 7th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Orlando said:
Check this site out, I’ve was able to convert my home vids to .mov or .mpeg.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=529871&page=2
April 12th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Dorien said:
Blender seems the best option at this time. But is not entirely there yet. I’d be very glad to hear a solution!
March 27th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
amateur moviemaker said:
See OpenShot is a very good editing program compatible with Kdenlive, and KINO.
Other popular editor is Cinelerra.
The demo video for OpenShot 1.1 was recorded with a Canon AVC/HD camera.
Although rendered to a 720p HD flv
The problem with this format is a question of patents. Linux sites do not have the needed codecs for that reason.
There are some sites with source code, but is too difficult to compile.
We must write to Canon/Sony/Panasonic and other camera manufacturers to include the option to save in different formats in their cameras, even to let us to capture the video from the usb and also to include a firewire connector in all the cameras.