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OSNews: The Status of Home Video Editing on Linux & Unix

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 10, 2003

“My husband and I are thinking of buying the Canon Optura Xi
camcorder soon (in our opinion, the best DV camera at this range).
Because I run so many OSes I always have ’embedded’ in me this
‘thing’ to only buy supported hardware by the major OSes. I am sure
Optura’s DV part will work fine with some Linux tools, but then
what? How do I easily edit my… masterpiece and burn DVDs or VCDs
via an integrated solution and send them to our families in Greece
and France?

“With a quick look at the home video editing solutions on Linux
today I can only say that there is a huge problem in this
department today. There is actually a… market, waiting for you,
the young entrepreneur, to bring us a workable solution on
Unix…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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