<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 4, 2006, at 4:29 PM, John Drescher wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 12/4/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Nick Morrott</B> <<A href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 04/12/06, Pete Cap <<A href="mailto:peteoutside@yahoo.com">peteoutside@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> List,<BR>><BR>> My DVR is really a glorified VCR...it is a headless server that interacts<BR>> with a CSTB. I access MythFrontend over a VNC connection. This is fast <BR>> enough to use the static displays but viewing TV or editing video over this<BR>> connection is impossible.<BR>><BR>> So, I have to rely upon the Myth cutlist, which so far has never worked<BR>> (either a problem with nuvexport or the cutlist itself, I don't know how to <BR>> troubleshoot either). Can anyone recommend an alternate solution? Is there<BR>> any FOSS video editing software for either Ubuntu or XP? I figure it might<BR>> be possible to transcode the video and then use an editor to remove the <BR>> commercials manually.<BR><BR>I would suggest looking at ProjectX and Cuttermaran - both use the GPL<BR>and I've been using them for over 2 years now for correcting and<BR>editing MPEG2 video and MythTV recordings. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>ProjectX works well under linux. Its java so I assume it will work similarly under windows.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>If you want to run a video editor on Ubuntu you have a lot of good choices to pick from - all of them free.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>For cuts only there is avidemux, kdenlive and Projectx, all work well.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you want to get fancy there is Cinelerra, a really full-blown pro-quality editor that can do just about anything you want as far as special effects etc. Only real problem is that the learning curve is pretty steep.</DIV></BODY></HTML>