- LiVES
Infobox_Software
name = LiVES
logo =
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developer = Gabriel Finch (Salsaman)
latest_release_version = 0.9.9.3
latest_release_date = September 30, 2008
operating_system =Linux , Darwin/Mac OS X , BSD,IRIX
genre = Video
license = GPL
website = [http://lives.sourceforge.net/ lives.sourceforge.net]LiVES ("L"iVES "i"s a "V"ideo "E"diting "S"ystem) is a free software video editing program and VJ tool, released under
GNU General Public License . There are binary versions available for most popularLinux distributions (including Ubuntu, Gentoo,Debian , Fedora Core, Suse,Slackware andMandriva ). There are also versions forBSD , and it will run under OSX/Darwin andIRIX .Development
The main developer of LiVES is
Salsaman (Gabriel Finch), who is also a video artist and international VJ.The project was begun in late 2002, and it is expected that the 1.0 version will be released some time in 2008.
On the
Freshmeat site, LiVES is listed as the 4th most popular non-linear video editing software [ [http://freshmeat.net/browse/256/ freshmeat.net: Browse project tree - Topic :: Multimedia :: Video :: Non-Linear Editor ] ] despite being still a beta release.The LiVES application allows the user to manipulate video in realtime and in non-realtime. The application also has features which go beyond traditional video editing applications - for example, it can be controlled and monitored remotely over a network, and it has facilities for streaming to another copy of LiVES.
LiVES uses a system of
plugin s for effects, encoders and video playback. TheAPI 's for these are now well defined, and the application can be easily extended.Notes
External links
* [http://lives.sourceforge.net LiVES Homepage]
* [http://freshmeat.net/projects/lives/ LiVES on Freshmeat]
* [http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0114.mp3 LiVES episode on hackerpublicradio.org (mp3 audio)]
* [http://estudiolivre.org/tiki-index.php?page=LiVES LiVES on EstudioLivre.org]
* The book [https://www.opensourcepress.de/index.php?26&backPID=62&swords=video&tt_products=20 "Video Wiedergabe, Bearbeitung und Streaming unter Linux"] , Open Source Press, contains a chapter on LiVES.
* [http://linux-bg.org/cgi-bin/y/index.pl?page=article&id=programs&key=365403674 Interview with the author for Linux BG magazine] , [http://gramophon.com/lives/interview.php original English version]
* [http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/LiVES-Review-35750.shtml Review of LiVES 0.9.6 on Softpedia]
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