[nfbcs] Accessible Video Editors

[Blaine Clark]

Nicole Torcolini, if you have the time, give the Linux build Vinux a 
try. Vinux is accessible and through the Linux program repositories 
you've got access to such full featured media editors as LIVES 
http://lives.sourceforge.net/ and Openshot http://openshot.org/ as well 
as many much simpler programs that are all free. LIVES will run on MS 
and Linux but it is a very complex program. Openshot is easier but only 
runs on Linux. I'm sighted so I can't vouch for accessibility on either 
one, but they are free, so if they don't pan out you haven't lost 
anything but time.

Depending on how large your files are and how detailed you plan on 
getting with your editing, you'll need to assess how much computer you 
need since media editing, cutting - splicing and recompiling, can get to 
be extremely hardware intensive. I'd say that your best bet would be to 
dual-boot Vinux alongside your present OS which I'll assume is MS. If 
you were to try to run Vinux in a virtual machine within MS you might 
loose some performance which you can't afford and still get good 
processing results unless you know your hardware specs exactly and could 
adjust your virtual machine settings to use them fully. That gets tricky 
and I wouldn't recommend that route. If this is a serious venture, you 
may want to check on what hardware upgrades you can get put into your 
present computer too to get the best processing power, even if you don't 
choose Vinux.

There may be some Vinux users who do some media editing and you can get 
their evaluations on programs and their accessibility from the Vinux 
support list.
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Vinux Quick Links

Visit the Vinux support group at: 
http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support?hl=en
Home Page: http://vinuxproject.org/
Virtual Edition: http://virtual.vinuxproject.org/
Wiki Documentation: http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/