On Thursday 26 February 2004 03:12, qdvdauthor wrote: > All, > > I would like to ask if some of you would be interested in putting > together a live bootable CD (similar to, or based on Knoppix), which is > not too bloated, say around 20-50MBytes, and has all one needs to > author, and burn Video DVDs, VCDs, CDs et al. > > This CD should have no Office, Games, Developement etc., It should only > have all utilities needed to generate a Video DVD, or any other DVD/CD. > > I think this would be a very interesting project. I am currently still > in pre-alpha mode for 'Q' DVD-Author but I already get some messages > about compile problems. With a bootable CD we could ensure that all > applications (kdenlive, dvdauthor, kino etc.) are working propperly > together and the user could check if it is working for him.
It sounds like a nice idea, but I think the problem is finding somebody with enough time to implement it :-) For me, the easiest way to remove the problem of compilation is to get RPM's for all the applications into the various distros. Perhaps a more useful idea is simply to collect together a number of "cookbook recipes", consisting of sets of tools that can be used together to solve a particular problem, and put them on a webpage. For example, some of the problems that I have either been asked, or have asked myself. * How to convert divx AVI's to DV so that you can edit them in Kino/Kdenlive. (transcode or mencoder? but provide reasonably detailed instructions - you use these command line arguments...) * How can you add an audio overlay track to a DV file (as far as I know, Kino's your best bet at the moment) * How to add titles to your video. * How to edit a blender animation in Kdnelive/Kino. (convert it to a dv file, but exactly what steps are required, can it be done from blender or do you need to go via mencoder?) * How to color correct a DV file. I would be willing to compile the document (or does one already exist?) but I don't have that many questions and even less answers :-) Cheers, Jason -- Jason Wood Homepage : www.uchian.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
