[lug] Simple video editing

[Scott Rohling]

I think you should use whatever is easiest to deal with.  Windows Movie
Editor is a fine, easy to use program and does most of what you'd need to.
I don't see the need to take sides..  if you've already paid for a Windows
XP license - why not use it - it's just a tool, not a political choice.

To solve the dilemna of needing 2 machines or dual booting between Linux and
Windows.. I use 'VirtualBox' under Linux (I use Ubuntu for my desktop) - and
run Windows XP as a virtual machine.  Windows is just another 'window' on my
Linux workspace then.  VirtualBox also has a 'seamless' mode where instead
of having a single window for Windows - your applications actually run
separately.  For example, if I start up Media Player, it looks and feels
just like a Linux app on my Linux Desktop.

VirtualBox, VMWare, Xen - and lots of other flavors of things that let you
run other OS (Linux, Windows, Solaris, whatever) under Linux so that you
stay faithful to having a Linux controlled box and keep Windows at the
'application' level.  I find it's a good compromise.

Cheers - Scott

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Louis Miller <veganguy at canadaseek.com>
wrote:

> Dear Steve,
>
>     I feel like I am being pulled in two different directions with trying
> to learn how to edit video. The Linux community seems to encourage me to
> never touch Windows XP, and only use Linux and open source software, yet I
> don't have the skills to edit video. I couldn't find any help menus with
> avidemux. I was trying to do transcoding. I don't enjoy using Nero. I looked
> for a book on it in the library that I patronize regularly. Maybe, there
> might be a magazine article in some magazine, on it, like PC computing.
>
>    I think these Linux programs assume that you have spent serious time and
> frustration learning all the ins and outs of their Windows counterparts, and
> if you are just learning how to use a particular type of program for the
> first time, then you are stuck. I guess these programs are all
> straightforward for experts on digital video. Are you an expert or an
> amateur, like me?
>
> Louis Miller
>
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