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How to Install LiVEs video editor 2.4.2 via PPA

Last updated: September 13, 2015

LiVEs video editor and VJ tools has reached the 2.4.2 release with various fixes and improvements.

LiVES is an open source video editing system designed to be simple to use, yet powerful. It is small in size, yet it has many advanced features.

It’s the first software that I learned how to package a software into launchpad PPA. Now PPA updates with the new release for Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and derivatives.

Changes in LiVEs 2.4.2:

Fix crash after recording with pulseaudio external audio.
Fix possible crash when converting from YUV420 to UYVY / YUYV.
Fix memory issue in audio triggered video generators.
Fix buttons issue in the progress dialog (regression).
Fix occasional hang in shutdown via OSC.
Minor fixes for headless (nogui, noplaywin) modes.
Increase size of debug output window when encoding (Regression).
Fix for compiling without jack.
Fix crash in mask_overlay effect.
Fix some threading problems when running audio and video effects together.
Improve OSC responsiveness during playback.
Fixes for beat_detector, edge, vector_visualiser, and kaleidoscope plugins.
Fix latency issue with pulseaudio external input.
Fix for opening unicap device during playback.
Work around gtk+ bug for clips menu.
Implement OSC commands /audio/mute/set, /audio/mute/get, /audio/volume/set, /audio/volume/get and /clip/open/unicap.
Fixes / refactoring for firewire grabbing.
Re-enable button icons (via preference) and clean up stock button code.

How to Install / Upgrade LiVEs via PPA:

Open terminal from the Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T combination key. When it opens, run below commands one by one:

1. Add the PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

2. Refresh / update your system package cache:

sudo apt-get update

3. Finally install / upgrade the software:

sudo apt-get install lives

Have an previous version installed? you may replace the step 2 & 3 by launching Software Updater and upgrading LiVEs after checking for updates.

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Avidemux 2.6.9 Release, How to install in Ubuntu 15.04/14.04

Last updated: May 18, 2015

Avidemux, a free and open-source video editor, sees a new release after more than one year since the last.

Avidemux 2.6.9 brings some new features such as:

x265 support
Qt5 support
Compatibility with newer VAAPI.
Simple support for nvenc (linux).

The new release also brings updated ffmpeg libraries, better compatibility with Dash file, Flv., AvsProxy improvements, and plenty of bug-fixes.

How to install Avidemux in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 15.04, the new release has been made into GetDeb repository. To install or upgrade the software, follow below steps:

1. Add GetDeb repository. Open Software & Updates utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

Click on the Add… button and paste below line for 15.04:

deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu vivid-getdeb apps

For 14.04, use below line instead:

deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps

2. Open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to get the keyring:

wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

3. Finally install the software via Synaptic package manager, or by running below commands one by one:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6

Above command installs the GTK version, for Qt version, run:

sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6-qt

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Pitivi Video Editor 0.94 Released with GTK HeaderBar

Last updated: July 14, 2017

Pitivi Video Editor has reached version 0.94 recently. The new release features Gnome client-side decoration Gtk HeaderBar.

According to the release note, the main toolbar and menubar have been replaced by a headerbar and menubutton, saving a significant amount of precious vertical space and using the horizontal space better.

See the comparison -Pitivi 0.93 on the left, 0.94 on the right:

Besides that, Pitivi 0.94 fixed various bugs:

Fixed crashes due to a broken version of CoGL, CoGL APIs has been dropped.
Fixed crashes when running Pitivi outside of GNOME Shell due to Clutter GStreamer video output.
Ported to Python3
Text wrapping in the rendering progress dialog and title editor has been fixed
Effects can now be reordered within a clip’s properties
The default positioning of UI components (when starting from a fresh install) has been improved to be balanced properly
Various issues have been corrected regarding:
- Drag and drop in the media library
- Audio waveforms
- Undo/redo
The user manual is now up to date with the state of the new Pitivi series
Undocked window components do not shift position on startup anymore
Docked window components do not shift position on startup anymore, when the window is not maximized.
The title editor’s UI has been simplified, and now supports decimal font sizes
Educational infobars throughout the UI have been tweaked to make their colors less intrusive
Timeline UI animations have been tweaked
Other fixes and translations updates

How to get Pitivi 0.94:

First you may check out your OS type, 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x86_64), by going to shutdown menu (top-right corner gear button) -> “About This Computer”

Select download the all-in-one-bundle package from the link below:

Pitivi all-in-one-bundle

Extract the package and run the executable from the result folder.

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LiVES Editing System 2.2.6 Available For Ubuntu 14.04/12.04

Last updated: August 17, 2014

LiVES, a free video editing system and VJ tool, now is at version 2.2.6, which updates for gtk+ >= 3.10.0.

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

cross-platforms.
Support multiple video formats via mplayer, mplayer2.
Extendable video and audio effects via plugins.
Support for remote control via OSC protocol.
Video capture from FireWire cameras and TV cards.
Lossless backup and crash recovery.

The latest release 2.2.6 was released on Aug 16, with below changes:

Fix startup bug (regression) creating config file incorrectly.
Libav compatibility fixes.
Updates for gtk+ >= 3.10.0
Show warning when configured with gtk+ 3.10.x
Add support for freenect camera.
Minor code cleanups.

Install / Upgrade to LiVES 2.2.6 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one to get this release from PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lives

(Optional) If for some reason you want to remove it, run below commands one by one:

sudo apt-get remove lives

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/lives

sudo apt-get update

Above commands will remove LiVES as well as the PPA from your system and update the package lists.

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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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Flowblade Nonlinear video editor 0.10 Released, Install in Ubuntu

Last updated: November 3, 2018

The third release of Flowblade Nonlinear video editor has been released with a lot of new features and enhancements. In Flowblade 1.0:

Tools metaphor is used for editing instead of Edit Modes like before
Audio Mixer window with VU meter + gain and pan controls for all tracks and master out (Requires MLT 0.8.8)
Affine Blend compositor provides single point of control to create keyframed composites with both opacity and affine transform and all the standard blend modes (Requires Frei0r 1.4, which isn’t widely in repos)
Image sequences of numbered frames can be imported now as media
Preset rendering options for commonly used file types are made available to the user
Range Log panel enables user to save and name Mark In/Out ranges on media files. This is very useful when working with long files that have many areas of interest.
Marks can now be placed to identify positions on the timeline.
Single track rendered transitions for quick dissolves and wipes
Auto consolidate blanks, no more multiple blanks between clips after some edits
GUI Look’n’Feel was updated with over 20 new icons and new custom buttons

Other features and enhancements:

Updated application menu
Configurable Tabs position
Configurable Timecode display position
Keyboard shortcuts list window
“Centring” action for Compositor editors
TAB key switches between Timeline/Clip display on monitor
Keyboard shortcut CTRL+L for logging clip ranges
Arrow keys move source image in Compositor editors
Project events panel and persistent project events data
8 video/1 audio and 1 video/8 audio track layoutsn for sequences
Media objects are now displayed using large thumbnails with information overlays
Noise and EBUBars image producers
Bin panel is now resizable
Colgate white balance plugin
Tracks menu
Support for Copy/Paste in Title Editor
Runtime environment data can be saved into a file
Rename and Clip Color features added to Clip context menus
Make cut action available when working with trim edit tools
Image Grid filter
Audio information for clip is displayed with level data instead of waveform
Panel sizes are now persistent
UP/DOWN arrows move position to In/Out Marks and clip ends on Clip Monitor display
HOME/END keys move position to timeline start/end
Sync Parent feature GUI update
Timeline focus fixes to make keyboard shortcuts available better
M keyboard shortcut for adding markers
Sync frame offsets visible
Display selected range on timeline frame widget
Display selected range length for Clips under monitor

Install Flowblade 0.10:

Click to download flowblade_0.10.0-1_all.deb. Then run below command to install the package:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/flowblade_0.10.0-1_all.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

This has been tested on Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint 14, Linux Mint 15. Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 11.10, Linux Mint 12, Linux Mint 13 and Debian 7 should work.

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Install Cinelerra Video Editor on Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04

Last updated: April 21, 2024

This tutorial shows how to install Cinelerra video editor in current Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04.

Cinelerra is a free open-source video editor for Linux. It supports advanced composition operations such as keying and mattes, and many other professional functions depending on the variant.

Cinelerra has a few variants, including GG, CV, HV. The GG variant, which supports up to 8K video, and can also create DVDs and Blu-rays, is presently under active development and the only one that works in my case in current Ubuntu releases.

Download & Install Cinelerra GG

The GG edition now provides the official binary package for AppImage package.

1. Ubuntu does not support AppImage out-of-the-box since 22.04. To enable it, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal, then run command:

sudo apt install libfuse2

2. Then, select download the latest version of the AppImage from its website:

Download Cinelerra GG

Scroll down in that page and click download the latest package. At the moment of writing, it’s “CinGG-20240229-x86_64.AppImage” (for modern Intel/AMD CPUs).

3. After downloaded the package, right-click on it in file manager, then click go to its “Properties” dialog.

Next, navigate to Permissions tab and click enable “Allow executing file as program”. Finally, click Run the AppImage file to launch the video editor:

4. Create an App icon for Cinelerra.

If you want to launch the video editor from start menu or Gnome ‘Show Apps’ screen just like other normal apps. Then, click launch text editor first.

When text editor opens, create a new empty file (if it does not open a new one), then write following lines into it:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Cinelerra GG
Comment=MultiMedia Editor
Categories=AudioVideo;AudioVideoEditing;
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/home/ji/Apps/CinGG-20240229-x86_64.AppImage
Icon=Cinelerra
Terminal=false
Type=Application

IMPORTANT: In the lines above, you need to replace the value for “Exec”! In my case, I moved the AppImage file into my custom “Apps” folder in user home. So, it’s “/home/username/Apps/file-name.AppImage”. You have to change it to yours!

And for icon, you need to download one from web. Either .png or .svg file. Re-name to Cinelerra.png (or Cinelerra.svg depends on image type), and put it to “.local/share/icons” directory.

When done editing the text file, click “save” (or save as), then select save the file to .local/share/applications directory, whatever name as you want with “.desktop” extension.

If everything’s done properly, you’re able to search for and launch the video editor from menu a few moments later.

Uninstall Cinelerra GG

To uninstall the video editor, just delete the .AppImage file from your file manager. Then, also remove the .desktop file from ‘.local/share/applications’ directory, as well as the icon file from ‘.local/share/icons’.

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