[GRLUG] Status of things

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Ben Rousch<brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Ben Rousch<brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Anyone who has tried to edit video in Linux knows the exhausting
>> > process. If
>> > I ever find a simple, stable, and powerful Linux video editor on par
>> > with
>> > iMovie I will be sure to share the love with you all. At any rate, I can
>> > edit and encode the videos and put them online. My G4 averages about one
>> > hour to encode five minutes of DVD quality video. Hopefully it won't
>> > explode.
>>
>
> Success! I was able to edit the first of the GRLUG videos using 100% Linux
> software. Mencoder and Kino are the heroes. I will be putting together a
> future demo on this wonderful technology.
>
> Does the GRLUG have a server suitable for providing these videos over the
> Internet? The XVid encoded version of the OpenGroupware presentation weighs
> in at 312MB. I can make the video available via my BlogSpot blog and SmugMug
> account, but it would be better if there was a more "official" location.

Something like that shouldn't be particularly painful to serve up via
BitTorrent.  It's probably also suitable for Archive.org; It certainly
represents a piece of modern culture and local community.

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