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[Adam Williams]

> > Is Cinelerra 1.1.8 any good?
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/cinelerra/?branch_id=30336&release_id=141843&topic_id=256%2C120
> I have not used cinelerra but I have used the previous program from
> them, broadcast 2000.  I was unable to get broadcast 2000 to work
> acceptably.  I was never really able to get video to load, only

I've installed Cinelerra once.  It imported a video/audio file without
incident.

Cinelerra is not Broadcast 2000;  from the author of Cinelerra - "Later
on Broadcast 2000 began to come short. Its audio and video was graceful
if you knew how to use it efficiently, but quality issues and new user
interface techniques were emerging. Broadcast 2000 kept the audio
interface from its ancestors, which didn't apply well to video. Users
likewise were maturing. No longer would it be sufficient to just edit
video on a UNIX box. Most users expected on UNIX the same thing they got
in Win or Mac. In mid 2000 designs for a Broadcast 2000 replacement were
drafted. The Broadcast name was officially retired from the series and
the software would now be called Cinelerra. Cinelerra would allow users
to configure certain effects in much less time than required with
Broadcast 2000. It would begin to emulate some of the features found in
Win and Mac software while not attempting to become a clone. It's
interface would be designed for video from the ground up, while
supplementing that with the Broadcast audio interface. As always,
quality improvements would happen."

But Cinelerra can barely do anything at all on my hardware.  It is NOT
intended for making "home movies".  You need REAL power, on the order of
an x445 to make that baby fly.  Cinelerra is for making movies, or maybe
TV shows - I mean - it supports renderfarms for crying out out.  Your
average home studio don't got none of those.

>From the website -
RECOMMENDED FRONT END SYSTEM
Now Cinelerra is by no means a lightweight program. You'll need
something slightly less sexy than a handheld organizer to run it most
effectively.
Dual 2Ghz Athlon.
1GB RAM.
200 GB storage for movie files.
Gigabit ethernet
RECOMMENDED RENDERFARM NODE:
Single 2.4Ghz Athlon.
512MB RAM.
No storage.
100MB ethernet with boot ROM

Just using it to edit video is like using SAP to balance your own
checkbook.