Sandbox
New Website Vision
Introduction
The current website is a bottleneck in getting people interested and involved in Ubuntu Studio. I propose redesigning the website on the wordpress platform to be more connected with social networks, inform more users and inspire new minds.
Requirements
- Web Designer (I can slice / make wordpress template if need)
- New Content, (Better Copy, Tutorial / Demonstration Videos, Better / More screenshots, Better overview of what's offered, better idea of what is needed)
- A Team that can keep the website up-to-date and monitor twitter / facebook, encourage people to follow and join
detrate offers
Building the inital site in wordpress all set up for SEO, social network integration and advice on how to layout content, promote the site.
Ubuntu Studio - Core Issues
Audience
Do-it-yourself type person who either is dedicated enough or experienced enough to use Linux and setup audio for their box. The archetype would be indie band or musician, home recording enthusiast, or even DJs. (could podcast creators be included?)
Why?
- until Ubuntu Studio is actually used in recording studios it's not "professional" - and let's be honest, the base system not as assessable as Pro Tools
- the "whiny kid in their bedroom with daddy's computer" is probably not dedicated enough to learn Linux, learn Ubuntu (Studio), and then learn JACK
Requirements
The defined audience above would require a strong audio distribution, probably requiring:
- a robust DAW for multitracking (Ardour)
- low latency kernel (-rt, -lowlatency, or -preempt kernel)
- low latency sound server (JACK)
- software effects (LADSPA, LV2)
- midi (?)
Additionally, the semi-professional musician/band/dj would require some minimal video or graphical support:
- flyer creation (Inkskape)
low production video creation (PiTiVi)
Video Editing Reviews
Kino
Kino is a video editing application targeted to the same audience as iMovie, the home user who would like to edit their home movies. It is meant to be as simple as possible to use, using a vertical storyboard layout approach. Video is imported as clips, in the form of tiles or frames of a storyboard, that are then arranged into the desired order and then trimmed. Effects such as transitions and video overlay effects and filters can be easily.
Benefits
- Can do all basic editing functions.
- Trim video
- Can select instances of clips ans insert them
- Can do effects and transitions
- Kino has a very clean, simple to use interface.
- All main functions of program are listed on right-hand side.
- Can export an EDL (editing decision list) for on-line editing.
- Can handle many video formats (must be converted to DV first)
- Supports the ability capture and encode video from Firewire enabled cameras
- Is a single window program (could be moot).
Limitations
- Is a single track editing program
- Not a very powerful platform for larger productions
- Does not use OpenGL for rendering, puts increased load on CPU
- Lacks an effective way to organize large amounts of video files
- Lacks effective project management functions.
Conclusion
Kino addresses it's target audience, the home user, very well but is not suitable for a professional production environment. As such, it would be unlikely to include Kino in Ubuntu Studio by default.