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<articleinfo>
<title
>Editing and Playing Videos in &kubuntu;</title>
&legalnotice;
<abstract>
<para
>This document is about playing and editing videos in &kubuntu; </para>
</abstract>
</articleinfo>

<sect1 id="introduction">
<title
>Johdanto</title>
<para
>&kubuntu; comes with a video player installed by default called <application
>Dragon Player</application
>. 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
>Kino</application
>, a non-linear video editor. <application
>Kino</application
> is not installed by default with &kubuntu;, but it can be easily installed from the &kubuntu; Software Center: (<application
>Muon</application
>). </para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="video-playing">
<title
>Videoiden toistaminen</title>
<para
>In &kubuntu; you can use <application
>Dragon Player</application
> to play both video and audio files. To play video files: </para>

<procedure>
<title
>Open Files From The File Manager</title>
<step
><para
>Open the <application
>Dolphin</application
> file manager.</para
></step>
<step
><para
>Navigate to the video file.</para
></step>
<step
><para
>Click on the file name to open it with the default video player (<application
>Dragon Player</application
>).</para
></step>
</procedure>

<procedure>
<title
>Open Files From Within Dragon Player</title>
<step
><para
>Open <application
>Dragon Player</application
>; &menudragon;</para
></step>
<step
><para
>Click on the <guibutton
>Play File</guibutton
> button or press <keycombo
><keycap
>Ctrl</keycap
><keycap
>O</keycap
></keycombo
></para
></step>
<step
><para
>Navigate to the selected video file, and click <guibutton
>Open</guibutton
></para
></step>
</procedure>

</sect1>


<sect1 id="video-editing">
<title
>Editing Videos</title>
<para
>Video editing in &kubuntu; can be done with an application called <application
>Kino</application
> a non-linear video editor. <application
>Kino</application
> is not installed by default. It can be installed using <application
>Muon</application
> by going to &menusysmuon;.</para>
<para
>Here's how to open and edit video files in <application
>Kino</application
>: </para>

<procedure>
<title
>Importing Files in Kino</title>
<step
><para
>Open <application
>Kino</application
> by going to &menukino;</para
></step>
<step
><para
>Open the video file to be edited by clicking <menuchoice
><guimenu
>File</guimenu
><guisubmenu
>Open</guisubmenu
></menuchoice
>. (Press <guibutton
>OK</guibutton
> if a message appears to import file.). It may take some time to import, depending on the size of the file.</para
></step>
<step
><para
>After the importing is done, the video can be played. Also, it can be trimmed, visual effects added, etc.</para
></step>
</procedure>

<para
>To trim a video to shorten it or to export different sections:</para>
<procedure>
<title
>Trimming Videos</title>
<step
><para
>Once a video file has been imported into <application
>Kino</application
>, click on the <guibutton
>Trim</guibutton
> button.</para
></step>
<step
><para
>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
></step>
<step
><para
>Specify the starting and ending points by dragging each end of the slider.</para
></step>
<step
><para
>After the sliders have been positioned, press the <guibutton
>Apply</guibutton
> button at the bottom. This will trim the file to the 'In Point' and 'Out Point' specified in the previous step.</para
></step>
</procedure>

<procedure>
<title
>Exporting videos</title>
<step
><para
>When the editing, trimming, etc. are complete, the video is ready to be exported. To do this, click on the <guibutton
>Export</guibutton
> on the right side of the window or go to <menuchoice
><guimenu
>View</guimenu
><guisubmenu
>Export</guisubmenu
></menuchoice
>.</para
></step>
<step
><para
>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
></step>
<step
><para
>To export the video to a common format such as <acronym
>AVI</acronym
>, 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
></step>
<step
><para
>When the settings have been customized, click on the <guibutton
>Export</guibutton
> 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
></step>
</procedure>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="video-codecs">
<title
>Videokoodekit</title>
<para
>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>
<para
>&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>
<para
>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"
>Restricted Formats</ulink
> documentation on the community help website. </para>
</sect1>
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