{"id":7580,"date":"2018-03-11T13:40:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T13:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2018-03-11T13:40:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T13:40:34","slug":"lives-video-editor-2-8-8-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/03\/lives-video-editor-2-8-8-released\/","title":{"rendered":"LiVES Video Editor 2.8.8 Released (How to Install)"},"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=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6748\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LiVES, free and open-source video editor and VJ tool, reached the 2.8.8 release today. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"http:\/\/lives-video.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LiVES 2.8.8<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8220;undo render to same clip&#8221; after rendering to selection.<\/li>\n<li>Add new libav_stream playback plugi<\/li>\n<li>Set openGL playback plugin (if present) as the default for new installs.<\/li>\n<li>(Multi monitor support) always show dialog windows on the gui monitor.<\/li>\n<li>Re-enable audio recording from external sources (was inadvertantly disabled).<\/li>\n<li>Fix possible problems with layout reloading (regression).<\/li>\n<li>Reset to correct playback position when stop is pressed during \/ after pause (multitrack),<\/li>\n<li>Increase size of playback area in multitrack mode.<\/li>\n<li>Increase preview window size for video part open.<\/li>\n<li>Add quick transcode menu option (beta).<\/li>\n<li>Keep showing framebar when not playing (can be overriden in prefs).<\/li>\n<li>Show audio source in framebar (overridden by pref).<\/li>\n<li>Optimise redrawing of audio waveforms in clip editor.<\/li>\n<li>Implement external audio trigger for recording.<\/li>\n<li>Theme fixes for buttons.<\/li>\n<li>Various optimisations.<\/li>\n<li>Scale many widget sizes based on screen resolution.<\/li>\n<li>Fix crash in multitrack parameter adjustment for effects with repeated channels.<\/li>\n<li>Ctrl + mouse scroll can be used to zoom in \/ out in multitrack.<\/li>\n<li>Disable ctrl-q (quit) accelerator during playback to prevent accidental triggering.<\/li>\n<li>Updates for libav 3.5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install LiVES 2.8.8 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>Other than 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 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, 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>LiVES, free and open-source video editor and VJ tool, reached the 2.8.8 release today. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04. Changes in LiVES 2.8.8 include: Fix &#8220;undo render to same clip&#8221; after rendering to selection. 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