Comments on: PiTiVi Creator Responds To Readers Fears…

By: manny

manny — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:38:00 +0000

i Kill anyone insulting DooD!

i luv openshot, but lets see what happens with pitivi id say add it and then lets see how many peeps complain (maybe they’ll really work hard at it). i know kdenlive will go in kubuntu

anyway openshot has nothing to fear, people will always use it same as they are now. If it integrates better with gnome am sure a change might happen later on like with pidgin

By: Ade

Ade — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:52:00 +0000

I use Gimp, not much but I do. It not being included isn’t the end of the world and I can add it easily enough from the repos. The same goes for this really. I don’t understand where these conversations come into play. One one hand your saying remove gimp it takes up disc space, then on the other hand they are saying include this. I don’t see the point. I am much more in favour of the software center having an ‘editor’s picks’ sort of section. When I need an app I may often sort by popularity, it usually means it’s the best app for the job or at least the best supported. If the directions for installing new software is clearer then a lot of ‘space’ can be saved on the disc.

All this is really boils down too is Ubuntu having the same application set as what comes with Windows 7. It may have basic video editing software included but can’t imagine it gets used all that much by the average joe bloggs user. Maybe we need a poll!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:17:00 +0000

I don’t seem to have ever successfully output a video file from Pitivi. If I try to render a file to seemingly any proprietary format (h.264/mpeg4 are the ones I’ve tried, with mp3 audio), I just get an error message about two seconds into the encode.

If I try to use Vorbis/Theora, I don’t get an error message, but the second frame gets repeated endlessly and Pitivi reports that the encoding will take 4 hours (an hour per minute of video?)

I’m sorry I haven’t filed a bug about this already, but I need to get some more spare time to get the latest version from your CVS and test if that works.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:23:00 +0000

I have tried several video editors on Ubuntu 9.10 and Pitivi is the only one that really works for me. High def videos preview without a stutter and it renders video very fast and extraordinarily well. I still use Vegas Pro on the jobs that demand it but am using Pitivi for everything it can handle. I love working in the Linux operating system. I’m looking forward to Pitivi growing richer and richer.

By: daas88

daas88 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:20:00 +0000

did you people even read it? noone insulted d0od, it was a response of one of pitivi developers in the pitivi or openshot thread, d0od just put his response where people could find it easily!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:08:00 +0000

I don’t comment here much, but I really appreciate Edward Hervey coming to answer a few of the questions. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing a video editor shipped with Ubuntu by default in the future. :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:27:00 +0000

“Check out how many clips/movies/documentaries/… out there and see how much of them make use of video effects, for how long, and how many don’t.”

I couldn’t agree more! There was a gag on the Simpsons several years ago where Lisa was editing a video for Homer using “My First Video Editor”, and every transition was a “star wipe” :-D

I think video editing in Linux will benefit most if both developers focus on perfecting the user experience, the “feel” of working quickly, yet with dead-on accuracy. Zoom in, zoom out, move a clip, trim a startpoint, tweak a dissolve, all lightning-fast, like the UI was an extension of your own mind. That’s what separates the best commercial audio and video editors from the also-rans, and IMO, focusing on that aspect in the open-source space will build unprecedented loyalty among users.

Stepping down from my little soapbox, I want to say both of the editors being discussed have their merits, and that if there was any question, this site is awesome! d00d, you have an amazing site here, and the fact that impassioned discussions like this crop up from time to time is a good sign for the vitality of the community that’s grown around it.

By: softsaurus

softsaurus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:29:00 +0000

+1
This site is great, frequently updated and very well written.
And also ad free.. people should stop whining and just be thankful for your hard work.
I know I am, keep it up!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:23:00 +0000

Indeed I’ve used GIMP several times since I installed Karmic (letting aside all the times I’ve used it since 2003) yet I’ve not installed a video editor yet.

And not yet for red eye removal, I’ve recently done things in GIMP that I consider trivial yet F-Spot can’t do.

And still I’ve not installed a video editor yet. But we are missing the point of windows imitation here guys.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:00 +0000

This website is my favorite Ubuntu site.

It is also one of the best Linux sites I read.

Once you realize Chrome is the next step towards the Thought Police from 1984, and stop using it, your website might be one of the best I read on the Internet!

By: steve

steve — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:05:00 +0000

I just don’t get where these decisions come from. Okay I might only use Gimp once in a while, so taking it out won’t be the end of the world, but I doubt if even 1 in 10000 users will ever launch this. However good or bad it is, its just disk bloat.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:00 +0000

Well, let’s hope that it being shipped by default in a major distro will get these guys some more development time.

By: simone

simone — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:17:00 +0000

Thanks Edward Hervey for your work on PiTiVi and your patient explanations.
Congratulations to d0od for the blog!

By: dennishojgaard

dennishojgaard — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:00 +0000

I just wanna express my satisfaction with PIVITI. Yes there are some issues with the slow progress but i really prefer simple STABLE applications rather than complex advanced apps that crash a lot…
Good work and good focus…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:00 +0000

+1
Keep up the good work.
There are far more people who admire your work who stay silent than those few who are insulting you.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Well done to both d0od for putting this comment up, by also to Edward for writing it in such a calm manner. This is how discussions in FOSS should be. The mono flame war an antithesis of this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Nice, coherent and well-balanced response. Kudos to Edward Hervey and thanks for his work. We need a stable FLOSS NLE in a bad, bad way, so it’s great to see them working on it.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:00 +0000

No idea who was firing insults in your direction d0od, but just wanted to say that this is a gem of a website.

Keep up the good work.