1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
3
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
4
<!ENTITY % globalent SYSTEM "../../../libs/global.ent">
6
<!ENTITY % kde-menus-C SYSTEM "../../../libs/kde-menus-C.ent">
8
<!ENTITY language "en">
13
>Editing and Playing Videos in &kubuntu;</title>
17
>This document is about playing and editing videos in &kubuntu; </para>
21
<sect1 id="introduction">
25
>&kubuntu; comes with a video player installed by default called <application
26
>Dragon Player</application
27
>. It is a simple and lightweight video player that can play almost any video file (provided the necessary codecs are installed). For video editing, the preferred choice is <application
29
>, a non-linear video editor. <application
31
> is not installed by default with &kubuntu;, but it can be easily installed from the &kubuntu; Software Center: (<application
36
<sect1 id="video-playing">
38
>Playing Videos</title>
40
>In &kubuntu; you can use <application
41
>Dragon Player</application
42
> to play both video and audio files. To play video files: </para>
46
>Open Files From The File Manager</title>
49
>Open the <application
55
>Navigate to the video file.</para
59
>Click on the file name to open it with the default video player (<application
60
>Dragon Player</application
67
>Open Files From Within Dragon Player</title>
71
>Dragon Player</application
76
>Click on the <guibutton
78
> button or press <keycombo
88
>Navigate to the selected video file, and click <guibutton
97
<sect1 id="video-editing">
99
>Editing Videos</title>
101
>Video editing in &kubuntu; can be done with an application called <application
103
> a non-linear video editor. <application
105
> is not installed by default. It can be installed using <application
107
> by going to &menusysmuon;.</para>
109
>Here's how to open and edit video files in <application
115
>Importing Files in Kino</title>
120
> by going to &menukino;</para
124
>Open the video file to be edited by clicking <menuchoice
132
> if a message appears to import file.). It may take some time to import, depending on the size of the file.</para
136
>After the importing is done, the video can be played. Also, it can be trimmed, visual effects added, etc.</para
141
>To trim a video to shorten it or to export different sections:</para>
144
>Trimming Videos</title>
147
>Once a video file has been imported into <application
149
>, click on the <guibutton
155
>A slider below the video preview can be used to specify the starting (In Point) and the ending (Out Point) points of the trimmed video.</para
159
>Specify the starting and ending points by dragging each end of the slider.</para
163
>After the sliders have been positioned, press the <guibutton
165
> button at the bottom. This will trim the file to the 'In Point' and 'Out Point' specified in the previous step.</para
171
>Exporting videos</title>
174
>When the editing, trimming, etc. are complete, the video is ready to be exported. To do this, click on the <guibutton
176
> on the right side of the window or go to <menuchoice
186
>In the Export mode, the output mode can be specified for saving the edited video. Exporting to a 'DV' file maintains the quality of the video (this generally results in a large file).</para
190
>To export the video to a common format such as <acronym
192
>, select the 'Other' tab and specify the type of video to export, the quality of the output video and the location where the video should be saved.</para
196
>When the settings have been customized, click on the <guibutton
198
> button to export the file. This may take some time depending on the size of file, the format, the quality selected and other customization choices.</para
203
<sect1 id="video-codecs">
205
>Video Codecs</title>
207
>Codecs are software that allow different types of video/audio files to be played. Some codecs are proprietary, meaning that a license is required to use them. Some codecs are available under free licenses like GPL. </para>
209
>&kubuntu; does not come pre-installed with codecs to play proprietary formats like mp3, rm (Real Media) and others. The necessary codecs can be installed from the repositories. </para>
211
>For more information on which formats are supported out of the box by &kubuntu; and how you can install additional codecs for 'Restricted Formats', please read the <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats"
212
>Restricted Formats</ulink
213
> documentation on the community help website. </para>
219
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
220
sgml-general-insert-case:lower
225
vim: tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab:indentexpr=:tw=80:
226
kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; tab-width 2; indent-mode none;