On Saturday 02 July 2016 10:33:32 brian wrote: > Hi folks, > > There seem to be a number of video editing programs available, at > least according to Synaptic's lists. > > I have a very simple need - I've got a LOT of VHS tapes to convert > before my last VCR dies. I have it all sorted except for one thing - I > have to play the tapes real time, so I leave them running. This means > the resulting files will have a chunk of 'dead space' at the end of > them if I'm not there when the video content finishes. > > I just need to remove that dead space - doesn't matter to me whether I > do that on the MPG or after conversion to the MP4. I don't need all > the bells and whistles that most video programs are likely to have, I > just need to be able to see the video and then mark a point after > which everything will be deleted - in other words, a very SIMPLE video > editor. > > Amy recommendations, please? 64-bit Debian testing, XFCE desktop, > plenty of CPU and RAM available. > > Thanks,
I have used kino for that quite a few times, mainly to edit out my shakes when I should have been using a tripod to shoot a wedding. There are others to be sure, but with a firewire card to address my now old Sony digital hi-8 handi-cam, kino can also run the handi-cam, including writeing the edited video back to the tape. Thats been tested, but I've not figured out a reason I'd want to as the output is normally put in a video CD or a DVD for distribution to the participants. In doing that, some video quality is lost but the result on the viewers tv is still 2x sharper than a vhs tape, competing with an s-vhs machine but with less video noise. The handi-cam outputs 720x480. And it was new several years before hi-def broadcasting began. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
