LiVES video editing system and VJ tool has reached the 2.8.6 release earlier today with performance improvements and various bug-fixes.

LiVES 2.8.6 changelog:

• Remove dependency on (deprecated) GLee.
• Show audio as volume levels in Clip Editor.
• Performance improvements for multitrack playback.
• Ensure that timeline track backgrounds are painted in multitrack (regression).
• Properly expand text width in the message info window.
• Improve zoom in multitrack (zooms around cursor rather than screen center).
• Prevent annyoing focus stealing when mt is backed up in the background.
• Fix broken audio fade in/out (regression).
• Fix external window capture (regression).
• Fix crash in palette conversions.
• Fix compilation issues with liblives scripting engine.
• Fix for keys being in multitrack fullscreen preview.
• Code reformatting and tidying (W.I.P)

How to Install LiVES 2.8.6 via PPA in Ubuntu:

An unofficial PPA has made the packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, and derivatives.

1. To add the PPA, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

2. Then upgrade LiVES via Software Updater if you have a previous release installed:

Or run commands to do update and install LiVES video editor:

sudo apt update 

sudo apt install lives lives-plugins

Uninstall:

To restore LiVES to the stock version in your Ubuntu main repository, run command to purge the PPA:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

The open-source video editor and VJ tool LiVEs 2.2.7 has been released recently. PPA’s ready for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Linux Mint 17, and derivatives.

What is LiVEs?

LiVES is a Video Editing System. It is designed to be simple to use, yet powerful. It is small in size, yet it has many advanced features.

For the more technically minded, the application is frame and sample accurate, and it can be controlled remotely or scripted for use as a video server. And it supports all of the latest free standards.

For features, documentation and other details, see LiVEs web site.

Changes in LiVEs 2.2.7:

• Add support for audio triggered generators.
• Add support for projectM (milkdrop) generators.
• Improvements to openGL playback plugin.
• Add permanent inputs in jack and pulse audio when handling external audio.
• Fix bug in chroma_blend transition.
• Further code cleanup.
• Fix text width for “show VJ keys” window.
• Remove unnecessary deinterlacing from threaded player.
• Added OSC commands /clip/selection/rte_apply, /clip/undo and /clip/redo.
• Add libvisual plugins to correct submenu (regression).
• Minor fixes for the rfx builder window.
• Minor fixes for merge in clip editor.

Install/Upgrade to LiVEs 2.2.7 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 12.04 users, run below commands one by one to install or upgrade to LiVEs 2.2.7.

1. Open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run the command below to add the PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

Type in user password when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. If you have a previous version installed, upgrade the editor using “Software Updater” or “Synaptic Package Manager” after checking for updates.

Or you can run below commands one by one to update packages cache and install LiVEs:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lives

That’s it. Enjoy!

LiVES is a free, open source video editor and VJ tool. Due to lack of a PPA for latest LiVES binary packages, I’ve finally built the current LiVES 2.2.2 into PPA for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives. What I did is just borrowed the official build of LiVES package and did a little changes on build-depends.

I’m still a noob on building debian packages, and I’ll keep updating this PPA as possible as I can.

See What’s New in LiVES 2.2.2 and 2.2.0:

• Fix crash in new multithreaded renderer
• Add new avformat_decoder.
• Optimisations for handling larger clips.
• Use threading for pulling frames from video clips.
• Much faster loading/saving of layouts in multitrack.
• Fix crash in swscale when frame width is not multiple of 4.
• Fix crash (regression) setting parameters in multitrack.
• Fix breakage in multiple image loading.
• Fix opening preview for quick opening clips.
• Fix bug in “delete frames” for virtual clips.
• Fix audio encoding in “Encode Selection”
• Fixes for letterbox mode playback.
• Compilation fixes for Debian Sid.
• Various improvements to rte window.
• Add “randomiser” data processing plugin.
• Improvements to colour correction and tvpic effects.
• Fix jack transport during playback (regression).
• Fix for saving data connection mappings.
• Implement multiple inputs per output in the data connector.
• Optimised thread locking between audio and video effects threads.
• Fix problems with setting defaults for colour values.
• Decoder plugin fixes for ffmpeg 2.2 (needs further testing).
• Preserve clip comments and renamed clip names between restarts (bugfix).
• Small fixes for rfx_builder window.
• Minor GUI improvements.
• Add initial translation to Piemontese. (Simon Uslengh).
• Updated translations to UK English, German, Russian and Ukranian.

Install LiVES via PPA:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one to add my PPA and install LiVES:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lives

Once installed, open it from Unity Dash or Menu