Crazed Mule Productions

Making sense out of Cinelerra, Linux, HDV and video production.   

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

using the histogram function to turn on the light

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Wow. I used the histogram function to lighten up a dark video. It really did wonders. I simply changed the Value parameter as in the graphic...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

MediaGate MG-350HD review

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Happy New Year folks! I thought I'd take a break from the usual Cinelerra-HDV talk to discuss a new toy I got for Christmas: the MediaGa...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

very simple interpolate effect experiment

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I wanted to use the interpolate effect to mimic motion, or at least generate a smooth flow between static images. I thought I might be able ...
Friday, November 10, 2006

cam compatible HDV edit chain, part II (short)

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I posted a more detailed version of this two posts ago ( http://crazedmuleproductions.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html ), but I thought ...
Monday, October 30, 2006

motion experiment, part III

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Update 2009/03/17 I finally put together a motion stabilization tutorial . Hopefully, it helps folks who are as confused as I using the thin...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

rendering cam-compatible HDV MPEGTS files

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I have been successful in exporting HDV back out to my cam. I haven't posted detailed output from the individual steps before, so here i...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

libiec61883 now exports files greater than 2GB to cam!

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As you may know, I've been successful in rendering HDV MPEGTS that works being output back to my cam. However, I stumbled upon the fact ...
Saturday, October 21, 2006

basic OpenGL vs XV performance stats

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Thought I'd share some Cinelerra performance stats using OpenGL versus non-OpenGL (XV) display drivers. I used two tracks of identical l...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

motion experiment, part II

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Update 2009/03/17 I finally put together a motion stabilization tutorial . Hopefully, it helps folks who are as confused as I using the thin...

HDV MPEG2 transport stream file sizes/render rates

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The data rate of the 720P MPEG2-TS files output from my cam is about 108.95MB/min or 1.82MB/s. Here is a table of video length-to-size conve...
Monday, October 16, 2006

hard work is paying off / HDV workflow

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OK! I've got the latest video up on iTunes and now I just need to edit the XML for it. Editing the damn XML always takes too long. And o...

trials of Cinelerra rendering, deja vu all over again

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Well, four hours of overnight rendering yields a video I can't playback. I get this error: int YUVStream::read_header(): y4m_read_stream...
Saturday, October 14, 2006

outstanding bugs/foul ups/frustration

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There were a number of outstanding bugs that some of the cvs.cinelerra.org programmers addressed. One of them was that Cinelerra keeps hangi...
Friday, October 13, 2006

editing rig is 95% there

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My editing rig is 95% there, outside of not having the ability to render using h264. Also, I'm only able to export files greater than 2G...
Thursday, October 12, 2006

VLC install

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If cinelerra source dependencies are already installed, VLC requires the following files to be compiled: - ffmpeg-devel - fribidi - libdvbps...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006

exporting HD content to the cam: IT IS ALIIIIVE!! ALIVE!!

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After a month of testing and experimentation with many inter-OS softwares, exporting HD content to my camera is working! YAHOO!! The greates...
Saturday, October 07, 2006

success and failure exporting/importing video to/from camera

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I should say that those notes are for HDV content, but some of them are applicable for regular DV. Today I spent some time with folks on the...

seeing my cam in Linux

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The troubleshooting steps here helped me out quite a bit. In short: 1) make sure you have libraw1394 2) make sure there is a link to /dev...
Wednesday, October 04, 2006

trying to get HDV content back out to my cam..

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Lest ye think I have been sitting on my very small, small laurels, I want all the open source, JVC HD10U fans out there know that I am still...
Sunday, October 01, 2006

JVC HD10U specs

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Really good doc on the MPEG format utilized by the JVC HD10U: http://www.gyhduser.com/article.php?filename=What-is-HDV-
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