{"id":6919,"date":"2017-07-01T13:31:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6919"},"modified":"2017-07-01T13:32:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T13:32:03","slug":"lives-video-editor-2-8-7-released-with-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/lives-video-editor-2-8-7-released-with-enhancements\/","title":{"rendered":"LiVES Video Editor 2.8.7 Released with Enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lives-video-editor-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6748\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new update of the free and open-source LiVES video editor and VJ tool was released a few days ago with bug-fixes and some improvements. Here&#8217;s how to install or upgrade it in Ubuntu via PPA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lives-video.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LiVES<\/a> is a Video Editing System designed to be simple to use, small in size, yet powerfull with many advanced features. The latest LiVES 2.8.7 was released 2 days ago with following changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove glad.h dependence on khr.<\/li>\n<li>Prompt for clip name when rendering to new clip.<\/li>\n<li>Fix autolives toy.<\/li>\n<li>Increase default frame size to 1024&#215;768 for new installs.<\/li>\n<li>Allow override of frame size when encoding to ffmpeg \/ h264 format.<\/li>\n<li>Fix breakage in the threaded progress window.<\/li>\n<li>Updated Ukrainian translation (Yuri).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lives.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lives-287-450x268.jpg\" alt=\"LiVES Video Editor\" width=\"450\" height=\"268\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lives-287-450x268.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lives-287-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lives-287-600x357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lives-287.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install LiVES 2.8.7 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>Besides building the software from source, you can install it from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/lives\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a> in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Linux Mint 18.x and their derivatives by following steps:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/lives<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback while typing due to security reason) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial-600x88.jpg\" alt=\"LiVES PPA\" width=\"600\" height=\"88\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial-450x66.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lives-ppa-xenial.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade the software from an existing release via Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives-450x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"285\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives-450x285.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives-600x380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/upgrade-lives.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>or simply run commands in terminal to install or upgrade LiVES:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install lives lives-plugins<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the software, simply run commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove lives lives-plugins<\/pre>\n<p>The PPA can be removed via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility under <i>Other Software<\/i> tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new update of the free and open-source LiVES video editor and VJ tool was released a few days ago with bug-fixes and some improvements. 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