[olug] Media Players, Media Editors, Databases and Java

[Mike Hostetler]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 06:16:39 -0800 (PST), Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm using SUSE 9.1 Professional.
> 
> I finally found out that if I right click on my .mp4
> files that I can open and play them in Kaffeine or
> Xine.
>

I  use mplayer -- it plays anything (even stuff MS Media player won't touch)
 
> Is their a video editor for linux that will take the
> .mp4 and allow me to make simple edits? Basically
> shortening clips.  OR Would I have to find a way to
> convert them to some other format before editing?
>

mplayer's mencoder utility does things like conversions, scaling, etc.

There is also Film Gimp:
   http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/

Haven't played with that much, can't say much about it.
 
> I also need to know what Database programs work well
> on Linux.  I went to the MySQL page and was confused
> on what version to DL.
>

I've used MySQL and PostgreSQL.  MySQL is easier, but PostgreSQL is
better, IMHO.

Sean suggested HSQL, which I've also used and works good.  I'd almost
recommend SQLite.
 
> Same thing goes for Java as directly above.

Sun or IBM is the way to go.  If you want to compile to class files,
make sure you have the JDK -- JRE's don't have the Java compiler.

> I'll be asking about Linux DVR's at some Point for the
> MythTV experts out there.
 
I'm not one,  but many on this list are.

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Mike Hostetler
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