Re: [microsound] Videos and Microsound

[derek holzer <derek@xxxxxxx>]

Niklas Werner wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 2004 22:58, Alex Young wrote:
>
> > How do people make videos for their work?  I've seen Jitter, and I
> > assume this
> > is what most people use, but I don't really want to use this because
> > it's expensive.
>
> indeed.
> pd and gem *might* be an alternative... (though not really, although I'm 
> sure Derek will prove me wrong)

I'll try! ;-)

If Alex is working on Linux, or on any other Unix-compatible system 
[including OSX], he might find PDP and PiDiP vey useful. GEM is great 
for OpenGL stuff, but clumsey for simply working with video. First one 
has to create a 3D Open GL object [like a cube, with one side of the 
cube facing the front to make a square] and then one must map video onto 
that. Kind of a lot of work just to see the pictures move!

PDP works with packets of video, which can be routed and manipulated 
inseveral ways. PDP is still very young, but gets more and more exciting 
all the time. PiDiP is a set of extra stuff made for PDP. It isn't quite 
as stable as PDP [and is more complicated to compile too], but it offers 
some basic [if cliche] effecTV filters, objects for video streaming, and 
some basic motion-tracking and other goodies.

For more info, see here:

PDP info:
http://zwizwa.fartit.com/pd/pdp/overview.html

PDP download [must have PD plus some other libs installed, check the 
README]:
http://zwizwa.fartit.com/pd/pdp/

PiDiP info + downloads:
http://zwizwa.fartit.com/pd/pdp/

Other free + open source video tools:

FreeJ:
http://freej.org/

FreeJ also available as part of Dynebolic live CD:
http://dynebolic.org/

VeeJay:
http://veejay.sourceforge.net/

LiVES [Linux Video Editing System]:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~salsaman/lives/

Kino [video editing]:
http://kino.schirmacher.de/

Cinelerra [pro quality video editing... don't let the ugly theme fool you!]:
http://kino.schirmacher.de/

Blender [pro 3D game engine/modeller]:
http://www.blender3d.com/

good luck!
d.
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derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl
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