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PPA Updates For LiVEs Video Editor 2.2.7

Last updated: December 22, 2014

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.

LiVES mixes realtime video performance and non-linear editing in one professional quality application. It will let you start editing and making video right away, without having to worry about formats, frame sizes, or framerates. It is a very flexible tool which is used by both professional VJ’s and video editors – mix and switch clips from the keyboard, use dozens of realtime effects, trim and edit your clips in the clip editor, and bring them together using the multitrack timeline. You can even record your performance in real time, and then edit it further or render it straight away.

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!

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LiVEs Video Editor 2.2.5 Added Mplayer2 Support [Ubuntu PPA]

Last updated: July 5, 2014

LiVEs video editor and VJ tool has reached v2.2.5 with support for mplayer2 and a crash issue fixed.

LiVEs is a free video editing software and VJ tool written in C, Perl and Python. It allows the user to manipulate video in realtime and in non-realtime. The application also has features which go beyond traditional video editing applications – for example, it can be controlled and monitored remotely over a network, and it has facilities for streaming to and from another copy of LiVES. It is resolution and frame rate independent.

LiVEs uses a system of plugins for effects, decoders, encoders and video playback. The APIs for these are now well defined, and the application can be easily extended.

The latest LiVEs 2.2.5 gets below changes:

Fix crash (regression) in mpegts decoder.
Add support for mplayer2.

Install LiVEs in Ubuntu via PPA:

LiVEs is available in Ubuntu Software Center, but it’s a little old. To install the latest release from PPA, do:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lives

The PPA so far supports Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 12.04.

More about LiVEs, go to its website.

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LiVES Video Editor 2.2.3 Released, Ubuntu PPA’s Ready

Last updated: April 15, 2014

LiVES, an open source video editor and DJ tool, has released version 2.2.3 with bug fixes and translation updates.

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

The application allows the user to manipulate video in realtime and in non-realtime. The application also has features which go beyond traditional video editing applications – for example, it can be controlled and monitored remotely over a network, and it has facilities for streaming to and from another copy of LiVES. It is resolution and frame rate independent.

LiVES uses a system of plugins for effects, decoders, encoders and video playback. The APIs for these are now well defined, and the application can be easily extended.

LiVES 2.2.3 changelog:

Run data processing plugins in both video and audio threads.
Fix crash when loading device map (regression).
Fix bug which prevented audio changes from being recorded when audio analysers are running.
Updates for gtk+ >= 3.8.
Define HAVE_AVFORMAT_FIND_STREAM_INFO in decplugin/Makefile.am
Workaround for missing av_set_pts_info() in libav.
Fix to handle changed option order in ffmpeg.
Updated translations to Russian, Piemontese, Uk English, Spanish and Ukranian.

Install LiVES in Ubuntu:

Besides building from the source tarball. Ubuntu users can install this video editing system from PPA. To do so, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. Then run the commands below one by one:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install lives

Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 are supported.

LiVES Video Editor Homepage.

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How to Install LiVES 2.2.0 Video Editor & VJ tool in Ubuntu 13.10

Last updated: December 8, 2013

LiVES is a simple, yet powerful video editor and VJ tool. It allows you to combine realtime and rendered effects, streams and multiple video/audio files, and then encode to over 50 formats.

LiVES 2.2.0 was released a few days ago with new features, improvements and bug fixes. This tutorial is going to show you how to install it in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy or Linux Mint 16 Petra via PPA.

What’s New in LiVES 2.2.0:

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:

For Ubuntu 13.10 and its derivatives, run commands below one by one in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to install it from PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:n-muench/vlc

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lives

For other Ubuntu releases, you may install the old versions from Ubuntu Software Center.

Source code is available in LiVES project homepage.

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