Kino
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[edit] Overview
Kino is a basic video editor for linux; currently at version 1.3.0, active development has ceased but maintenance continues. It can't be said to be ideal for any task as it is far behind both iMovie and Windows Movie Maker in terms of usability. That said, given time to learn it is capable of quite a lot and it is worth bearing in mind that a bad craftsman blames his tools. Kino is very useful for capturing footage from miniDV cameras via firewire, a task many other apps seem to cope with to varying degrees of success. Once captured it is fairly simple to convert the footage into a selection of video formats including XviD, Ogg Theora, Flash video, 3GP and a varying handful of others.
Documentation ships with the program. There are support forums for it but generally these seem to be solely for technical errors and queries with regards to documentation or tutorials seem to be met with hostility.
[edit] Things to remember
- Kino's development is essentially finished, it's unlikely new features will be added.
- The best way to become proficient with Kino is to record a few clips and try various effects on them, unless you're really struggling, don't bother with the documentation.
- Large sections can be removed by splitting a clip using the split button and then cutting the resulting file (as in cut and paste).
- Save the project file before you begin in a suitable folder - this way any created effect files won't clog up your home directory.
- Using the superimpose effect to overlay an image may distort the image if the footage is 16:9 aspect ratio (widescreen). This can be remedied somewhat by distorting the image before hand (open the file in an image editor and distort it so that the height of the image is 100% but the width is 66.66%) - this way when it is overlayed it will be distorted back to the right proportions. Probably.
[edit] Install
If your distribution uses repositories for programs, check there first as there may well be a pre-compiled version available (Ubuntu 7.10 has version 1.1.0 available so it is a simple matter of opening the "Add/Remove" program and selecting Kino to be installed).
You're unlikely to run into many problems except the first one in the following list, they're just they're to help anyone who's having trouble.
Potential problems during use:
- Kino may complain it can't get access to /dev/raw1394. The following command gives everyone on the machine full access to ieee1394 devices.
sudo chmod a+rw /dev/raw1394
- Capture may not work, if this is the case set Edit->Preferences->Capture to Raw DV and try again.
- Make sure to install mjpegtools, dvdauthor and ffmpeg if you don't already have them installed as several Kino features rely on them.
[edit] Compiling from source
If you're using a distro that doesn't do repositories or you wish to run the latest version of Kino before it hits the repositories of your distro of choice then you can download the source code and compile it.
- Download the code from Kino's sourceforge page.
- Extract it to a folder.
- Open the folder from the command line.
- In the folder, run:
./configure
- Kino will probably require the headers for several libraries, if you're using ubuntu it's a simple case of finding the package of the same name but with -dev on the end of the name in Synaptic. If you're using another distro consult relevant documentation/forums.
- Once the dependencies are satisfied:
make
- Wait for it to compile, it'll probably be five to ten minutes.
- Once that's done you can install it by typing:
sudo make install
- Kino can then be run by running:
kino
