[IMC-Video] [Fwd: Re: jilt's proposal]

[jilt at debord.ortiche.net]

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Subject: Re: [IMC-Video] jilt's proposal
From:    jilt a debord.ortiche.net
Date:    Mon, May 5, 2008 9:25 am
To:      "Mara" <mara a aktivix.org>
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> I'm a videographer and editor, so here's my thought on the idea
> to build and web 2.0 applicaton for video editing. it does sound
> interesting, but in my opinion there is a more urgent need for a decent
> linux editing software that can just be downloaded and used the old way.
> i have tried working with kino, cinelerra and other programs, but never
> got very far. so as editor, i am stuck with proprietary software for
> now. a web application also would not so much help with the digital
> divide, as a lot of people might be able to download software and
> install it on their computer, but are not online for hours on end.


Well I'm talkin' about not just a web 2.0 application in my mail, and I
use in my everyday production cinelerra and kino, so probably you have
problem of hardware compatibility Mara :)
I'm not saying that your work isn't enough open because you aren't used on
open source software, people who work on it and me can tell you that is
very difficult learning and using a software for wich nobody gives answer
to your question, but you have to reach it by you.
I'd like people to answer to my proposal of givin' people a tool to
collaborate, (documentation, and video upload for mobiles phones, the 3
points) 'cause if we'll be able to move in that way, we'll be able also to
discuss a standard operations and of tool tha we use for our video to
indymedia and to reproduce it on the internet using open source code and
defining an interface.

For example cinelerra has a lot of command running from command line, if
we define some standard operation that may be done to videos (such as
subtitles as in g8-tv) we can build a simple interface from command line
(not even using browser) as freaknet does:

medialab.freaknet.org

    * Telnet to medialab.freaknet.org
    * If the above link doesn't work with your browser, try opening a DOS
prompt or Unix shell and typing:

      	telnet medialab.freaknet.org

    * If that doesn't work either, you could try with this Java Applet
    * To open a secure session from Windows instead, try downloading and
running putty.exe.
    * We also offer an FTP site, which is also accessible via HTTP.

We don't need to use the word "web 2.0" or this kind of concept to create
something usefull :)
People would upload the video and the work on it using telnet for remote
shell.

The best wish I have is to make people able to cover faces and indentity
on the videos directly on our (yours) server, this is possible with a lot
of software, open and not open , but if we want to manage it as we like we
have to use the open ones.
I think that givin' people a tool like this would be important during next
year g8 in Italy.


ciao
jilt

>
> cheers
> mara
>


The points:

>>
>> This are the numers (and my proposal in short words):
>>
>> _1 write manuals on how to manage videos during parades
>> _2 build an internet interface for pubblishing videos from mobile phones
>> _3 build a web 2.0 interactive tool to give chance to use open source
>> video editing code directly from the internet.
>>
>>
>> thanks
>> jilt