[LAU] composing for video

[Lorenzo]

Hi Atte,

>> A friend of mine has invited me to compose for some videos he's planning
>> on making. We haven't started yet, but I thought it might be good to be
>> a bit ahead, especially since I haven't done this before and I know next
>> to nothing about video...
>>
>> The noise making apps will be running ontop of jack. Google suggest I
>> should look into xjadeo with the -i switch. Is that it? Anything
>> (formats, codecs, framerates, interlaces other-stuff-I-dont-get) that I
>> should ask for or try to avoid?
>>     
My experience so far was not about a full-fledged multichannel 5.1 
soundtrack but with a sonification of a silent film 
(http://vimeo.com/7317445 and a brief 'experience report' here: 
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-user/2009-September/062989.html)
After getting used to it using xjadeo which simply synced with ardour, 
rosegarden and any Jack-transport-enabled app was a charm.
>> do you enjoy being whipped repeatedly by leather 9-tailed whips spiked
>> with stainless steel blades?
But keep in mind that the 'video-hell' is not just linux: my colleagues 
use a very expensive final-cut and they're still always having touble 
with framerates, aspec ratios, codecs, etc. etc.

Much also depends, I think, on the kind of film (short movie, full film, 
documentary) and what kind of work /you/ have to do (music only, all 
soundtrack etc.)

Kind regards,
Lorenzo.



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