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MatN has completed this issue by getting Cinelerra-GG into wikipedia. Again, much thanks to him and for everyone's input. |
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I don´t think is is a good idea to update the history too often, in now time it would be longer than the article itself :-) As long as GG is at the top it doesn´t matter much, if there are important (user) noticable new items, then I think a new entry is warranted. I do plan to update the release date every month, also in the table at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software . I am scanning the web for references to Cinelerra, and try to update them where needed, but is is slow going. For instance, TecMint did not change the article but did change the link to GG after a email. Videohelp (https://www.videohelp.com/software/Cinelerra) has at least put in a link to 2019-02, but it could be better. download.cnet.com links 3 HV platforms to old HV versions, I´ve notified them. Hopefully this extra visibility will result in any next review taking the GG version straight into account. As this is an ongoing process, and the original issue has been resolved, I suggest to close this one. |
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The change log starts in June only because I did not start doing it until then. Someone requested it at that time so they could see what was changed in Features5.pdf. In checking the section just now under "History of Cinelerra" did you want to change the first line of "GG Infinity" to have a "Release date" of "2019-02-28" and change the description a little? Keeping this up to date is quite time-consuming for you! |
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Thanks for the clarification on the early beginnings, I have updated Wikipedia accordingly. I've put the first date as 2016-03-31, although the change log starts in June of that year. And, reflecting the change log, changed the GG first release date to 2018-09-30 . |
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@MatN: - No, as far as GG identification. He does not want credit - just the software to live on. He only put his name on it when he had to. - I think the first release should be March 2016 - that is when he had merged in all of the CV mods (as well as any HV mods not already in). And that is when he switched from 5.0 (when working on cinelerra.org) to 5.1 (working on cinelerra-cv.org). Cine-lerra, in my opinion, came from cinema which was a shortened version of cinematographic which originated as "moving pictures". I think "lerra" is a suffix but I can not find any meaning for that. |
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@Phyllis, I agree that this issue can be closed. I am pretty much done with the (English) Cinelerra page, apart from the monthly updates. I've put the page in a few more categories (bottom of the page), that should enhance visibility, so hopefully no reviewer will miss it. Apart from that, some questions: - Would GG like to be identified (in the infobox) as the original author of the GG version? With the idea that credit where credit is due. - The first release was of course when still under the CV website. Should the GG infobox state that, and when was it, if different from what I can determine from the change log? Out of curiosity, could the name Cinelerra be derived from Cinderella? The Bcast2000 rpm contains a file cinderella.html in its docs directory. |
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Impressive work by MatN !! I especially like the fact that the "History of Cinelerra" now has "GG Infinity" at the top of the table. Thank you. |
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Updated the Cin-gg release dates on the Cinelerra page, and the ¨Comparison_of_video_editing_software¨ page. Clarified the blu-ray support (HD only), mentioned AV1, WEBP and ProRes. Also added that two types of jog-wheels are now supported; this is such an significant change that I felt an update in the history table was warranted. @Pierre, automatic update of Wikipedia is difficult. To do it properly would require a Wikipedia "bot" , and the requirements for that are high. A manual update once/month is not much of a burden, I´m happy to do that. |
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MatN: support for both the AV1 codec and the WEBP picture format are now enabled in the C-GG use of ffmpeg So, yes "it might also be worth mentioning on the Wikipedia page" since I could not see if many others are supporting these yet. |
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Is there a way to ensure that in the small box under "Cinelerra-GG Infinity", the date of the last "Stable release" is automatically updated every month; when the roling release is updated? |
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I append the Italian translation of Cinelerra's entire voice on Wikipedia. It takes someone who has the ability, the time and the desire to insert it online. I've translated the whole page (except the "History") but only the paragraph of GG can be used. I leave it to you to decide. The voice of Wikipedia IT exists but it is only a rough draft of a few lines, the better it is to replace it totally warning that it is the translation of the English page.
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MatN: opened up issue 0000122 to later work on verifying Cin works on Wayland. Problem with Fedora is that Cin starts and you can load files and play video but no audio. Undetermined as to how to get this to work at this time. |
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After mailing with igor_u, I updated the history table also for the CV variants, and changes the date to ISO format to save space. I did not think is was useful to add sorting to the first two columns, but can do that if desired. I fixed also other references, and removed wrong ones. Also, in the GG section, added denoisers and links to AVLinux and BodhiLinuxMedia, multimedia distros with Cinelerra-Gg in them. |
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There is already a french page on Wiki about Cinelerra (HV) and Cinelerra-CV (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinelerra), its content is different from the english page. I am prepared to amend it so that, at a minimum, what concerns Cinelerra-GG corresponds to the english version. |
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It would be quite good if we could translate the english Wiki Cin-GG part into the other languages as well and could add them to Wikipedia. Italian, Spanish, French and German would be quite good. We have the English template. Could someone help? Maybe I should put it on the mailing list so that more people can see it. |
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@Phyllis > @MatN: "Sidenote: will that interface require work for Wayland?" GG had a chance to look into Wayland this morning as > he had accidentally installed that with fedora at one time. Currently Cinelerra will not work on that. If it ever becomes > prevalent, it can be revisited. I'm curious and try to learn more, so be patient ......... ;) What doesn't work on Wayland, Cinelerra generic or the new Cinfinity2 GUI or something else (interface)? The Gnome desktop on Leap 15 has both Wayland and Xorg as standard login options (the gear wheel > GNOME or > Gnome on Xorg respectively). I tried both and didn't notice any difference when I started Cin. Here query desktop session from a Gnome terminal: echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE wayland Attached a screenshot with Cinfinity2 icons on Wayland .... Cinfinity2.png (301,424 bytes) |
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MatN: AV1 codec / .avif extension files do not load in Cin. WebP pictures do load in Cin, but the webp codec is disabled so you can not create webp output. I will see what gg thinks it might take to enable this later. |
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@MatN: "Sidenote: will that interface require work for Wayland?" GG had a chance to look into Wayland this morning as he had accidentally installed that with fedora at one time. Currently Cinelerra will not work on that. If it ever becomes prevalent, it can be revisited. 1. "should I not add ¨denoisers¨ to the Wikipedia section next to motion stabilization?" I think you should add denoisers as there are quite a few and Andrea got them all segregated in the plugin expander area. 2. "AV1 codec and the WEBP picture format" I will have to figure out if they work and are easy to get to. More later. |
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I found in the history table that for the HV version there are references that point to the fork of CV, rather than the HV news section. For those release where there is an entry in the HV news, I updated those. In those, I also could remove the two empty lines. And for the GG entry, I put in a link to the (very clear, Phyllis!) release notes, this will hopefully clarify the Infinity stuff. |
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1. I saw tonight that Adobe Premiere Pro does not have a built-in denoiser. All are external. Maybe professional cameras don´t require it? Anyway, C-GG has multiple, should I not add ¨denoisers¨ to the Wikipedia section next to motion stabilization? It is definitely a distinction. 2. I believe that ffmpeg has support for both the AV1 codec and the WEBP picture format. Has this been enabled in the C-GG use of ffmpeg? If so, it might also be worth mentioning on the Wikipedia page. |
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Added GG to Infinity, manually set column width to prevent wraparound for dates too. I´d like to change all dates to the smaller and sortable ISO format, will mail igor_u once my mail is working again (read-only at provider due to hacking attempt). Also, someone changed the ¨First release date", i revered that. it´s like a birthday, set in stone..... |
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In the "History of Cinelerra" section, I notice that all the versions mentioned (from 4.0 to 7.1) are preceded by the indication "HV" or "CV" to indicate the source. All... except "Infinity". Perhaps it would be wise to precede it (or place just above it if there is not enough space) also with "GG", so that it does not appear at this point as a variant of HV. |
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Those entries are a source reference and block quote, the last introduces two empty lines. Except that the sources are not checkable anymore, there's something wrong with that part of the HV site. I think, this being a kind of encyclopedia, the entries should be as simple as possible. So better to refer to references which are then listed later in the article. |
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I notice the references to HV and CV in the lower section: "History of Cinelerra" have been reformatted so as to occupy a lot of vertical space compared to the very discreet line about Infinity. |
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@PhyllisSmith https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cinelerra&diff=880253845&oldid=879795872 Loot at the Line 104. He added the old version numbers, sort of as history. |
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Can someone look at what another updater changed (i.e. NOT MatN) for cin-gg -- use "View History" at the top right of the first page on 26-Jan-2019? I do not know how YET. |
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Have updated "Comparison_of_video_editing_software" page, except "Output options" sections, because there are no differences between the versions in this table that I know of so far. |
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MatN: you can put in multitrack editing already - Pierre meant as of December 2018. |
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I much agree not to output incorrect information. I'll update CPU as per your suggestions and quicktime next week, and R3D leave as unsupported, and AVCHD as OK. Leave off multitrack editing until after the 2019-01 release? |
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MatN: I do not have much recommendation to add to what Pierre has already mentioned, but will attempt to address a couple. "What about recommended processor speed and memory?" Why don't we say RECOMMENDED is at least 4 CPUs (that is what I had on my former laptop and it ran OK for my little to medium stuff) and 8 GB of memory based on what Pierre mentioned and some of my previous tests. Clock speed of 2000 MHz is good. More CPUs are better than faster CPUs. "R3D: is decoding only, according the the ffmpeg docs." A user got an EpicDragon awhile back and asked about Redcode/ R3D format. Cin-GG using ffmpeg, assuming ffmpeg can decode that, will work. But using Dcraw feature of Cinelerra instead of ffmpeg, only the early RedCode cameras work in dcraw. That is because, according to dcoffin, when Red One found out that he decoded their format, they changed the camera firmware to zero out all the JPEG2000 header information and hide it in their software. HOWEVER, I could not get ffmpeg or dcraw to work with a downloaded example file. "Quicktime: ffmpeg allows decoding, not all encoding. So this different from the C-HV version. Yet if in C-GG you look in the render file format, it includes qt?" I think we can safely say Quicktime works -- it is perhaps possible that some encoding quirks are no longer available (probably for some really good reasons). But we have received no complaints and have gone out of our way to request users to let us know which Quicktime that they were using with HV did not work with GG and got zero response. "Podcasting? I thought this was a kind of live broadcast, can C-GG do this?" I would not say Cin-GG can do this live (and as far as I can tell PP says it can but I think they mean create a podcast, not go live) , but it probably can make a podcast -- if you use Recording and if your laptop has a webcam. I think it is better to say nothing than to put unreliable information out. |
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Hi MatN, Yes, the characteristics may be difficult to determine, but some are more familiar. I don't know if there is still a functional version of Cinelerra for Mac OSX, but it is not announced anywhere I know of. As for the minimum memory, I don't know, my computer is not optimized at all to save memory, on the contrary I send several things in the ram to speed up the system. I guess it would be minimally possible to work with 4GB of ram and cinGG, but in reality it's probably 8GB of ram to have some comfort. I have already seen that my system can use up to about 16 GB of ram when editing complex HD in CinGG (and with other open web documents). My computer contains 32 GB of ram and I have never needed as much as this on Linux. I noticed that if I load an old project (in DV) first under Cinelerre-CV, then under Cinelerra-GG, GG uses 400-500 MB more ram than CV. My processor is an i7-3770k and seems to have more than enough power for the editing I do in HD (I haven't tried 4K or 8K yet) on CinGG. Yes, CinGG allows you to directly open and edit AVCHD files (.m2ts) under CinGG, I did it. I think we can certainly consider that CinGG (especially after the latest developments...) does multitrack editing. For the other questions, I don't know, I'll let others answer. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator |
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The problem is determining what C-GG can do. - System requirements: No MacOS What about recommended processor speed and memory? HDD requirements for C-GG is 153M only at the moment. If you edit SD videos only you need less memory, but how much do you need? - High definition import: Format AVCHD uses codecs H.264 and AC3 audio, both of which are supported by C-GG. But in this format? It seems to be similar to Blu-ray. The AVCHD Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD says it is in ffmpegs libavcodec library, but the ffmpeg documentation http://www.ffmpeg.org/general.html does not mention it. This could be because it is more a mux/demux issue than a encoding/decoding issue. Does C-GG have it? R3D: is decoding only, according the the ffmpeg docs. - Feature set: I thought Cinelerra (from HV on) already did multitrack editing, so why is there a question mark there? Is the maximum of 16 audio channels per track still so? And OpenCL acceleration should be a NO, I think even for the HV version. - Output options. Smartphone/Javaphone: which formats are these? Quicktime: ffmpeg allows decoding, not all encoding. So this different from the C-HV version. Yet if in C-GG you look in the render file format, it includes qt? Podcasting? I thought this was a kind of live broadcast, can C-GG do this? It is probably far too much to document all valid video/audio en/decodings with mux/demux combinations. |
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In the "Comparison of video editing software" page, Cinelerra-GG is now in the first "active" (general information) table, together with Cinelerra (HV) and Cinelerra-CV. However, it is missing from the 4 tables below on the page... where only "Cinelerra" is mentioned. These tables are entitled: "System requirements", "High definition import", "Feature set" and "Output options". In all cases the characteristics described correspond to those of Cinelerra (HV)... which are more limited than those of Cinelerra-GG. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator |
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ProRes: I re-tested load and render a HD1080 ProRes HQ file (.mov, 10-bit, 422 color-depth) with Cinx on Leap15 as recently mentioned https://lists.cinelerra-gg.org/pipermail/cin/2019-January/000171.html In case it is of interest, I add this ProRes file was created from a HDV camera operating EIP that generates uncompressed 1440x1080i digital 4:2:2 data output via the HDMI port, which then was connected to and recorded as ProRes on a Blackmagick Design Hyperdeck shuttle/SSD. In addition to the source ProRes file details listed by Cinx and Mediainfo in the above mail, the ffplay output format is: Stream #0:0(eng): Video: prores (apch / 0x68637061), yuv422p10le(bt709, top coded first (swapped)), 1920x1080, 182130 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 2500 tbn, 2500 tbc (default) encoder : Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s24le (lpcm / 0x6D63706C), 48000 Hz, 16 channels, s32 (24 bit), 18432 kb/s (default) |
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MatN: first of all, since you have been working on this, I wanted to take it out of New status to Assigned, so I put my name on it to keep track of it. I hope that is OK? I don't want to spend time right now to figure out how to assign it to someone else. HDR, HDR10 and HLG will automatically be read in and played by Cin-GG with ffmpeg -- no problem, but HDR10 is quite slow and the colors looked muted to me. It looks like HDR could be rendered as HDR with the appropriate opts file using X265 HEVC (anyone can create their own, but it is a 2-pass coding technique and we already have ways to get 2-pass working, thanks to Frederic Roentz past work). In summary, Cin can read in all 3 formats, but probably can not create output in those formats (except CinX for HDR maybe). The 12/2018 builds for Cin can handle either 8 or 10 bit with X264 for read and create. So that is VERY GOOD. |
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Cin supports ProRes - I just tested encode and then decode to verify. There are 2 possibilities - the default ProRes is Anatoliy's, but ks.pro is Kostya's and supports more profiles to include 444 encoding. Yes, Cin supports 10-bit for x264 but I should verify that first to make sure it is in the 12/2018 builds as Terje pointed this out to us that it is automatically included with x264 - so no special build is needed. BUT x265 does need the CinX build since the library does not allow for both (I am hoping eventually it will too). I will also have to look at HLG, HDR10, + because I do not even know what they are. And I am OK with your suggestion about GUI being on top of X so makes it independent but I do not know about Wayland and will ask GG. |
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Oops, ¨updates updates¨ fixed. Regarding 10 bit support, when I look at the mailing list it seems this is fully supported except for the H.265 codec? If C-GG can do Apple ProRes it is worth mentioning. What about HLG, HDR10 and HDR10+ support? Regarding HV´s "incompatible" remark, Phyllis describes _what_ is done to fix it. I was thinking more of a _how_ on the lines of: - The GUI, being direct on top of X, is independent of distribution and desktop. Sidenote: will that interface require work for Wayland? - For the inner workings, differences between distributions and versions are countered by statically linking important used libraries like ffmpeg. This make the program bigger than when using the dynamic libraries of the system it is installed on, but much smaller than when in the form of a Flatpak or Snap image (which would achieve the same goal). This method basically uses ways to avoid problems in the first place. Suggestions welcome. |
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MatN: 1) don't forget to fix "updates updates" as in "the monthly updates updates will appear" If you want to add something to contradict the HV "Linux derivatives are so incompatible, don't be surprised if the source code requires some tweeks [sic] and the binary doesn't work." I would add something like "Build scripts included in the GIT repository, are available which have been prepared to accommodate variations in the Linux derivative Operating Systems"... (After all, GG has been using the build scripts with XEN every single month for 3 years so has kept them up to date with the various O/S that he does builds for). And some user almost always notifies us when something has changed !! I don't know about how to make editing and compositing more robust, but will see if GG comes up with something later. |
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Phyllis explained it right. I think the way the wiki article was made is good, the additional name "Infinity" in the title makes people curious, as if they were reading only another Cinelerra-XX again. It indicates that it is a rolling release and has a continuous version number. |
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Created the link in Video Comparison page, corrected the CV redirect page to point to the proper section (I had changed the section name earlier, not knowing there was a redirect depending on it), on the main page made the following changes: Corrected ¨cater for" to ¨cater to" (thanks Phyllis), corrected wrong release date for C-HV 4.4 , changed C-GG release date to ISO format (this prevent errors like made for C-HV 4.4), added motion stabilization to the C-GG function list, clarify branches and releases in the first two paragraphs, changed C-GG caption to include ¨Infinity¨. Because the first few paragraphs give a short overview of the product, is there something that could clarify the "editing" or ¨composing¨ part in the first paragraph. For ¨composing¨ it lists two things, for editing none, are there more? Just a few important items. I still am thinking about some text in the C-GG section to draw attention to the GG solutions to the statement on the HV website: ¨Linux derivatives are so incompatible, don't be surprised if the source code requires some tweeks [sic] and the binary doesn't work. Downloads have no support or warranty." @Phyllis, @Sam, Is the way I used "Infinity" correct now? I felt that maybe you two differ in the intention. |
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Just some minor corrections for MatN: This one is just picky: "It has 10 GUI themes to cater for user preferences." Shouldn't it be "to cater to user preferences"? Not sure if worth mentioning : "All builds are 64 bit, for Slackware there is also a 32 bit single user build". There is ubuntu14 32 bit. Too many updates! "the monthly updates updates will appear automatically" (the word updates appears twice in a row). And of course, as Pierre already mentioned, a link in the Video Comparison. "The name ¨infinity" does that refer to the name of the product of the version number?" YES, it is the version number. Thanks Mat. |
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An update; The last rpm version I've found from Packman was Cinelerra-cv 2.3.0 for openSUSE 13.1 and 13.2 (mid 2016) I tested the CV version a while in parallell with the startup of Cin5.0 on openSUSE http://packman.links2linux.org/package/cinelerra-cv/695833 |
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CinCV on OpenSuse, for example, does not work at all. It hasn't been updated for some years. |
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@MatN HV is only for 1 Linux distro, CV has 11 icons on the download page but not all give downloadable software (and in some cases older versions too). Multiple links in their ¨old news¨ pages don´t work anymore. Anyone knows? First of all, good work! What I know here is that rpm packages for openSUSE 11.2 to 12.2 were build by the Packman team: CV 2.1.5 2011- CV2.2 2014: http://packman.links2linux.org/package/cinelerra/ |
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Hi MatN, Good work, I noticed that in the table of https://en.wikipedia.org, the item "Cinelerra-GG" does not offer a link when passing over it (as do those of Cinelerra and Cinelerra-CV) perhaps this would be useful, if it could lead directly to specific information about Cinelerra-GG. |
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Thank you very much for your great support Mat. Cinelerra is the name of the software. GG is the name for the branch and Infinity is a name extension for Cinelerra, which has two meanings, one for the infinite possibilities and it is an allusion to the rolling release or version number. I would add the name because we need a better distinction. Comparable to "Premiere Pro" or "Davinic Resolve" consisting of two words so also the name "Cinelerra-GG Infinity". Without this suffix, it's just another branch. I think it's the name suffix that makes people curious why It has this additional term. Why the links don't work on the CinCV page anymore, I don't know. I will not be able to deliver the pictures until later, because I am a little sick at the moment and try to get well again. |
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I´ve made some minor changes to the Cinelerra wikipedia page: - two more ¨further reading" entries, it is good to cite external sources. - added ¨group edits¨ to GG's functionality. - updated the history table. Now on this last one I would like some clarifications: The name ¨infinity" does that refer to the name of the product of the version number? I have used it a version number in the history table, but it is easily changed. For the same reason I have for now kept the Cinelerra-GG chapter heading as-is. I also added the CV and GG versions to the table at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software . For platforms, HV is only for 1 Linux distro, CV has 11 icons on the download page but not all give downloadable software (and in some cases older versions too). GG is ahead in this (too). And I wonder if the CV version had it´s first release in 2003. Multiple links in their ¨old news¨ pages don´t work anymore. Anyone knows? While searching for external references, I noticed two that had outdated info about Cinelerra, ItsFoss and Linuxlinks . I've notified them both, referring them to the Wikipedia page. Not only should that give C-GG more exposure, but especially because in the ItsFoss Cinelerra comments one person compared Cinelerra (-HV, the only version linked) with Shotcut, and it came up short. I hope the GG version remedies that to a large extend. |
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Some questions: - For simplicity, I´ve set the start of the GG version to December 2018, but it lived before that as a different branch in the CV website. Should I use an earlier date, if so, which one? - I think the history should be changed (again) top reflect the start of the GG website. @Sam, no hurry, I won´t have time till Monday earliest to update Wikipedia. |
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MatN: thanks for updating using your expertise along with Pierre/Sam contributions. If you look at "View History" you can see others have updated as recently as December so I hope that there is no edits from others. There should not be as seems quite factual. Just out of curiosity, what does Manitech stand for? Also, I will try to get the differences documentation link updated. |
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I'll have the slightly modified logo ready today in the course of the day. I will send it to you by e-mail. The Cinelerra branch is called GG, but the complete name is Cinelerra-GG Infinity . I would write that on top of that, so that we have an even better distinction to the other branches. Infinity refers to the version number as it is a rolling release. The Sketcher plugin is a completely own development of GG and a native plugin (which is always included). You can use it to create shapes like rectangles, ellipses, etc. Coordinate points of the compositor can be used to draw lines or areas. This allows you to create simple types of motion graphics. I would mention it because the other branches don't have it. I'm already in favor that we should have an entry in the video editing software comparison. |
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@Sam for the hint about the mailing list. I don´t normally look at mailing lists, and certainly don´t subscribe to them (I get too many emails already). Anyway, I´ve updated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinelerra . Please review. @Sam, when you have a new icon and/or screenshot I´ll plug it in the info box on the right. (or you can do it, it is dead simple). I´ve added obviously the GG section, added some more links at the bottom, fixed the Lumiera header, added to the ¨Cinelerra interface¨ section (GUI part), added the LibreGraphicsWorld article link to the ¨Cinelerra usage and awards¨ section. I was not sure about the Sketcher tool. Is that a plug-in or built-in? And is is just for hand drawing or can you do more with it? At the bottom of that article was already a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software . That table included only Cinelerra (HV). Shouldn´t we have the GG version at least there too (and then for being unbiased include CV too)? |
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Of course I agree that my text should be reworked; it was only a draft... I have included in the text what I could now that those who can improve it... contribute to it. |
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MatN: YES, PLEASE update Wiki using your, Pierre's, and Sam's material if possible. You would be the least controversial person to add this and you already have experience doing so. Also, in order to remain as factual and least advertising, I think W P Morrow's name should not appear. We do not care at all about any credit and prefer it to be more open for the future. |
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I don't know if you got the discussion on the mailing list. Pierre has already prepared a text, if you have more experience with Wikipedia you are welcome to customize it, I think Pierre won't mind. I will slightly improve the new logo, so please wait until you get the new logo from me. Maybe you can already do something with the text: A separate branch of Cinelerra and the result of a longstanding programming work by W.P. Morrow (aka "goodguy"). Cinelerra-GG (CinGG) has integrated the code of "Cinelerra-HV" from the beginning and its development has taken place first with the site of "Cinelerra.Org", then with that of "Cinelerra-CV", before continuing its growth in a distinct way now through its own site (https://www.cinelerra-gg.org). Cinelerra-GG is entirely free (GNU General Public License). It is the result of a long process of merging the code of the different Cinelerra branches and the additions available from many developers. It also incorporates many original improvements (which have been and are still very often initiated at the request of its users). Cinelerra-GG is determined to get as close as possible to what can be expected from a "professional" level video editing software (NLE) for the Linux platform. Users and developers interested in Cinelerra-GG have the opportunity to make their difficulties, requests or proposals known through a bug tracker, a mailing list and a forum, which allow discussions and exchanges of information. Cinelerra-GG has many unique features. They include support for recent versions of Ffmpeg, "Ultra HD up to "8K", an interface for audio "LV2" plugins (such as Calf Studio Gear), multi-camera editing, and the simple use of "Proxy" to lighten the workload of a computer with insufficient power, Smart Folders media filtering, a version with 10-bit color space, Advance Trim, Live Preview of resources, Nested clips, Shared tracks, rendering preconfiguration options for YouTube and the ability to save workspace layouts. The list of Cinelerra-GG features and characteristics is long. It is possible to make an objective comparison between the different branches of Cinelerra by using the table in the following document: (https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/differences.pdf). Cinelerra-GG does not fall within the scope of version numbering of other Cinelerra branches. The term "Infinity" attached to its name suggests that it is rather in perpetual development (Scrum model); Cinelerra-GG updates identified internally by their release date, are published monthly for a large number of Linux and FreeBSD distributions. These rolling releases contain a significant number of changes. |
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I've tested my Wiki login again, made some link changes on the Cinelerra page. I´ve started writing a new section for the GG version, initially: ========================== Cinelerra-GG In December 2018?, a third version of Cinelerra appeared, Cinelerra-GG. This is a split-off from Cinelerra-CV, by the same developer that moved in 2016 from the HV version to the CV version. The GG version is under very active development, with a stable release at the end of every month. It is supplied pre-packaged for 9 different Linux distributions, and the source code is also available. Due to a different name of the executables, it can co-exists with the HV version. It has by far the most features of the three Cinelerra versions, and has the largest and most accurate manual. A document is available on the GG website listing the differences between the three Cinelerra versions. ========================== Please comment, but this should not become an advertisement but an information page. E.g.: - Should support for Lasdspa and LV2 audio plugins be mentioned? - Should total number of decoding and encoding be mentioned? - Say that direct DVD/Blueray writing is possible? This first line should be about the history, but GG had a separate cin5 version long before, no? Do you have some better dates? For the infobox (that is the small separate window with short overview on the right), I can use the icon from /usr/share/pixmaps/cin.svg . I also would like a nice screenshot for the info box, is there something we can show that differs from what HV or CV can do? |
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Hi Pierre, I was the volunteer. But I won't have time to work on it until Wednesday, so please go ahead. It doesn´t matter who updates the Wikipedia entry. Mat |
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Okay, I had started writing a draft text, but I'll leave it on hold until the already identified volunteer can come back and act. |
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There is already a potential volunteer for updating the wikipaedia page. I will only quote his Jan. 2 statement and let him identify himself later as he is to be back after Sunday: " I noticed the wikipedia article on Cinelerra does not mention the GG version. That should be added, I think. I can give it a try if you want." |
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There is also already a page in french about Cinelerra: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinelerra Shorter and less detailed than the english page, it does not refer to Cinelerra-GG either. Once the english page is adjusted to satisfaction, it will be possible to ensure that the information is adequate also in the Wikipedia pages of other languages. |
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It would be preferable, as much as possible, not to modify (to avoid controversy) what is already written about the other branches of Cinelerra. Instead, a new section should be added, similar in appearance to those of the other branches, which would present the features and advances specific to Cinelerra-GG, including its logo, a representative image and of course the link to its own website. |
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One idea would be to add a single sentence to the current cin-cv page where it says about the existence of the GG fork. And this entry refers to a new page dedicated entirely to CinGG. |
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I think it's a good idea. Do you have any ideas what should be on the Wikipedia page? I would appreciate it if we could do some kind of brainstorming. |
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I agree, it should be specified why there are so many version and add CinGG and maybe link to website too? |
- Anonymous
