[good]Video importing and editing on Linux

[ted leslie]

I wouldn't re-invent the wheel, what ever you need that mplayer/mencoder doesn't do, you should just consider
tacking your additions on to it.

The 100$ Haupauge pci/tv capture 30fps (even/odd scan lines in that)
but it is 4:1:1

once you go to 4:2:2  i think its a big jump, and 4:4:4 well thats pro level big time!

you can get 4:2:2 with Matrox pro-series cards, 
if you find a 100$ type variety card that does 4:2:2 let me know!!!

for DVD you want 640/720 x 480  which most cards do.

I run 3 Haupage pci-tv simultaneously in a dual 2.8 AMD MP system and it can 
capture 90 fps at about 480x480 with out a single drop, 

so really i think your only issue is getting a TRUE 4:2:2 card, and then your set.

you can probably find a used matrox 4:2:2 or similar on ebay.

DVD mpeg compression is 4:2:2, and since thats your target media,
you wouldnt want to drop down to 4:1:1 anywhere in the process.


-tl


On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 10:34:31PM -0400, Alex Beamish wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to build a Linux system for importing and editting video, and
> I'd like to get some suggestions for a hardware platform, for video/TV
> import cards and video editing and sequencing software.
> 
> My goal is to build a system that will produce decent quality videos
> from an analog camera -- no money for DV yet, unfortunately. I'm going
> to be importing 20-30 minutes of raw footage (video with audio), cut
> that into a bunch of strips, view each strip and then sequence the
> strips with either straight cuts or a fairly quick fade, and finally
> create a movie file that I'll upload and burn onto a DVD.
> 
> For hardware, I don't have an endless budget, but neither do I want to
> skimp .. if I can get a decent system for $750 or so, great. If
> spending $1000 is going to make a huge difference to the system
> performance, then I'll do that.
> 
> I currently have an ATI RAGE PRO TURBO 128, which was used in my
> wife's Windows machine to capture video in real time (cable TV). I
> believe that will work under Linux, although I've heard both yes and
> no to that. I also have an 80G drive available, so really the hardware
> question is down to processor and RAM, and I'm guessing the answer
> will be, don't worry about processing speed, get as much RAM as you
> can afford.
> 
> Thanks in advance for all your comments.
> 
> Alex Beamish
> 
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