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nokia n8 has a pretty capable video editor. Since apparently things are suppose to be for a cross-base platform. Lets see how things pan out.

just wondering.... couldn't the same functions (play file from starttime to endtime, re-encode file to new resolution, split and re-mix audio and video, ..) be achieved via gstreamer? i'd feel more comfortable with ffmpeg and/or mencoder, because i'm used to them, but then gstreamer is built into maemo and if it could maybe do all this, why add another dependency?

one of the many concepts/applications for the N900 that just - well, are waiting in the pipeline.

ok, tried ffplay from the ffmpeg package today to view videos i recorded with the device. big disappointment, though i should have expected this: most gnu/linux players (including mplayer and ffplay) dont correctly play files recorded by the n900. you get nasty artifacts. i assume this affects the usage of these file as input for any any kind of video editing. (the only player i found so far that can handle these files is vlc.)

very true. I always import files to laptop and use Sony Vegas for editing. Its not fathomable that cellphones can have full blown editing capabilities but we do need something on the lines of that concept video for sure.

on my n95 8gb i could edit video files.
i could cut them,change the audio,and write a text which comes up if the video ends.
it was great cause i made some real funny videos with it and was able to save it as original and as modified and play them on my desktop.
i guess from the hardware the n900 should be able to do these basic things if the n95 can.

Hi, I've been looking for a solution to just edit my N900 videos on my desktop. I have been unsuccessful.
When I try using avidemux, I get problems with the audio becoming out of sync.
If I use kdenlive, the editing is painful because the preview is almost unwatchable with inaudible sound due to choppyness, and the final video has artifacts in it (no matter what format I render in)
I tried converting the video with ffmpeg first, in the hope that I could then edit without artifacts, but no luck there. The converted video also comes up with artifacts. (I also spent time in the #ffmpeg irc channel trying different command options suggested by others... always artifacts.)

My last resort, Sony Vegas does NOT support mp4 videos. I am at a loss for what to do. I've spent countless hours trying to make something work... but I finally gave up last week.
All I want is a tool to do simple editing for my N900 videos, on any platform. Can anyone who is doing this successfully share their story?

actually the gstreamer-based idea just became more realistic for me: i noticed gnonlin is available in -testing.

stupid question but:
will you test it for us?
dont want to install trash...
thanks

I would love to test it, but I'm not familiar with GStreamer and the command line tools you could use with it. So I may return here with results as soon as I understand GStreamer, but... that could be either tomorrow or in 6 months.