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Hello,

the installation of Cinelerra seems to be confusing to new Linux (Mint) users. Many people want to use Cinelerra because it's very powerful and is nearly the only PROFESSIONAL video editing software. A little notice: For professional video editing you should use a combination of for example Kino and Cinelerra. That's why I'll explain how you can install Kino, too.

What we do here is installing the Cinelerra community version (CV) http://cinelerra.org/. There are no real difference to the "normal" version for the end-user. The CV-team just made it easier to setup the software.


1. Adding the PPA repository to Linux Mint

Adding a PPA repository to Linux Mint means that you expand the synaptic software pool from your OS. In our case we give Linux Mint the possibility to install cinelerra. We have to tell the OS where he can find the needed files.
Adding the PPA goes like this:
Now we have to update the software sources which can be handled by the OS:

2. Installing Cinelerra

Now Linux Mint knows where it can find the Cinelerra package to install the software. So we just have to do the common command:
Now it gets installed automaticly like every other software from the synaptic does.


3. Installing Kino

As I said before you also have to install Kino to do professional video editing. That's why you have to run:
Kino is also a video editing program. But it's more for common use. But you can add text boxes and such things which you couldn't do so easily in Cinelerra. So use Cinelerra for the final cut and for the rest take Kino.

That's it.

Know you should have two buttons in your menu in the categorie "multimedia".
Have fun!

Angtagapagligt

Thanks for these very clear explanations.

Thanks Angtagapagligt!

Just a question: why doesn't it show up on Synaptic?

Pikolas wrote:Thanks Angtagapagligt!

Just a question: why doesn't it show up on Synaptic?

Cause the developer doesn't provide it

Edit:

He wrote that he provide a RPM (for "Red Hat"-Systems like Fedora (www.fedoraproject.org)). Maybe he doesn't like Debian that much ...

http://www.heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra ... ING-AN-RPM

Nice one thanks, been looking for something I may be able to use instead of adobe, I WANT the best from both worlds LINUX and something like adobe or avid, hope it comes upto some thing decent, not expecting 100% but hey ho time will tell

Thanks Angtagapagligt!

Very clear installation instructions for a newbie...............installation went well and program seems to be workinng brilliantlly.

Dougzak

I'm glad that I could help you!

Hi the new install is;

sudo apt-get install cinelerra-cv

thanks
Matt

mjones41 wrote:Hi the new install is;

sudo apt-get install cinelerra-cv

thanks
Matt

Thanks alot. I knew there was some change, I will love this software like my woman.