[Kdenlive-devel] Does Kdenlive build? (preparing for a V0.1.1 tarball)

[Rolf Dubitzky]

On Sunday 12 January 2003 03:29 pm, Jason Wood wrote:
> On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 2:03 pm, Rolf Dubitzky wrote:
> > On Sunday 12 January 2003 02:47 pm, Jason Wood wrote:
> > > On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 12:04 pm, Rolf Dubitzky wrote:
> I can handle that, but it is the simple bit :-)
>
> To add things properly to kdenlive (i.e., not as a hack), I need to be able
> to
>
>
> 1. Determine which file formats piave can export to.

Ok, I see, once I implement <capabilities/> I will add that.

> 2. Add a dialog to ask the user which of those formats he wishes to work
> in. 3. Setup the timeline and project accordingly (this is quick and easy)

> By the time stages 1 and 2 are done though, we are very close to having
> specified input file formats as well, and it will be very easy to add e.g.
> picture (png, jpg) support in kdenlive. This gives an idea as to the
> general nature of the code that needs to be implemented - a quick hack for
> NTSC isn't going to achieve much.

hmm...

> If piave can handle inacurate frame reading (e.g. being sent from the
> timeline at 25 fps when piave is rendering at 30fps) then I think we should
> leave it at that for now if we want to release a beta, or put off the beta
> release until we have done things properly.

I don't know. propperly might take a while, but I would like to have something 
that can be used by our friends overseas... but maybe you are right and it's 
for the second release...

> In case you read me wrong, the file format you will be passing in
> getFileCapabilities is what it should be passing, not a hack - but to
> quickly add NTSC support properly would be a hack if we disregard the
> handling of all other file formats.

Yes, I agree.

Cheers,
Rolf

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