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LiVES - Video editing system

LiVES is a small (the stripped binary is under 400K) but powerful GNU/Linux video editing system. It loads and plays most video formats (via mplayer decoder). The playback can be at variable frame rates, both forward and in reverse. Users can cut and paste frames within and between clips, apply effects, create composites, and save both selections and individual frames.

'LiVES' lets you 'scratch' with video - that is, move smoothly backwards and forwards through it, and record yourself doing so. It can output to divx, asf, vob, vcd, mjpeg or mpeg1, or any other format using encoder plugins. Resampling of video (time stretching) can be to any frame rate (.5 to 200 fps) with the option to auto-resample between clips and alter the playback speed of video and audio independently. The audio portion works with mp3, ogg, or wav files.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://www.xs4all.nl/~salsaman/lives/
Source tarballhttp://www.xs4all.nl/~salsaman/lives/LiVES-0.8.5-1.src.rpm
Source informationhttp://www.xs4all.nl/~salsaman/lives/downloads.html
Version 0.8.5 (stable) released on 2004-03-15
Version 0.9.1pre1 (devel) released on 2004-06-07
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User FAQ available in HTML format from http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Esalsaman/lives/GETTING.STARTED
Support contacts

Help List<lives-video@groups.yahoo.com> <lives-video-subscribe@groups.yahoo.com> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lives-video/
Developer List<lives-video@groups.yahoo.com> <lives-video-subscribe@groups.yahoo.com> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lives-video/<salsaman@xs4all.nl>
Bug List<lives-video@groups.yahoo.com> <lives-video-subscribe@groups.yahoo.com> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lives-video/

Project contacts

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Developers

Related information

InterfacesX Window System
Source languagesC, Perl
Use requirementsLinux kernel 2.2 or later, X Windows, mplayer 0.90rc1 or later, mencoder with libavcodec or ffmpeg (required for saving), ImageMagick 5, Perl 5 or later, gtk+ 2.x or later, libjpeg62, gdk-pixbuf-loaders
Weak prerequisitessox, xmms, cdda2wav, libdv2-apps, transcode
Related programsFreeJ, hasciicam, veejay

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2003-10-27
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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