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Any Linux users out there? Needing help....

Posted by Roosterman on July 27, 2011 at 3:49pm in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever

Ay up chaps,

 

Anyone out there using a Linux system? I could use some help...

 

I used to make my videos on Windows movie maker, but since the trasfer I have been using OpenShot.

My problem is that there doesnt seem to be a way of reducing the file size of the finished article - in wmm you could shrink a 4 minute movie to about 25mb. With openshot, my 3 minute movies are more than the 100mb CBN limit!

Any ideas guys?

Cheers

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  • Roosterman August 1, 2011 at 9:35am

    Hmmm ok, thanks fellas.

    Still a lot I dont understand, but if I go get handbrake, I can convert my stuff easily? Ok, sounds good - I'll let ya know how it goes!

  • The Phrygian Kid July 31, 2011 at 8:50pm

    yes handbrake +1

    its cross platform btw, i use it on mac too..

     

    i find the iPhone preset just about right for my you tubes, plus I have ripped movies to the iPhone preset and they look pretty good on my 42" tv, crunches a typical DVD to just under 1gb..

  • Hip Bone Bellaire July 31, 2011 at 6:39pm

    Handbrake does many but it does MP4 the best..

     

  • Tony Davies July 31, 2011 at 5:22am
    What file type does it create
  • Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates July 29, 2011 at 8:53am
    Super Cool!!! Uses yasm, not ffmpeg or faac/flac. Nice! I'ma giveing that a try!

    -WY



    Hip Bone Bellaire said:
    HandBrake is the best program hands down and even works 10x faster on Linux
  • Hip Bone Bellaire July 28, 2011 at 7:57pm
    HandBrake is the best program hands down and even works 10x faster on Linux
  • Roosterman July 28, 2011 at 1:28pm
    Cheers Wes - PM'd ya :o)
  • Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates July 28, 2011 at 8:50am
    This just in:

    http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html

    Has Linux front ends!!! I didn't know that!

    -WY
  • Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates July 28, 2011 at 8:42am
    He he he, you're a hoot there Ben. Love it. Yeah, tho i'm no Harry Potter on Linux, i do know a few incanations. Mostly voodoo (chickens, bones, rum, gumbo). I will see if i can work up a spell or two. No guarantees.

    Im mostly a command line junkie and prolly will have to propose some software installs for ya which might be more of a pain than moving files to Windows.

    Do you do facebook? Messge me is you do.

    -WY
  • Roosterman July 28, 2011 at 5:19am

    Wes, running Linux Mint Debian, Gnome front if that means anything to you!

    Im afraid it means little to me - Im not as techy as most Linux users, so all the code is witchcraft to me.

    I have tried scattering animal bones over the keyboard and chanting, but even that has failed.

    I do have another PC runni9ng on XP, so I could do my conversions over there on Movie Maker then shift them over, but that all seems a bit pointless - surely there is a prog that enables me to open in one format and save in another (smaller) format, no?

    No skype Im afraid, but laymans terms would be great!! :o)

    Cheers Wes

     

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