installing latest version of Avidemux

rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-05 20:06

The one thing that is preventing me from going Linux 100% is that I need a quick and dirty video editor that works. In the Mac side I use MPEG Streamclip which for me is so easy to use. Now, in Linux the only app I came across is Avidemux. Older versions were a pain to use but the latest version seems to be pretty good.

I went to this site and found out that I have to compile it in order to use it. This is new territory for me so any help would be appreciated!!

If the latest version is already available and I don't have to compile it that would be great or if there is another video editor I can use out there, please let me know.

The thing I love about mpeg streamclip is that you put a marker at the beginning and ending of the clip you want and then just save it. Very easy.

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anticapitalista · posted: 2014-07-05 20:13

You could enable the deb-multimedia repo and I think ifyou are using MX, the testing repo has the latest 2.6XX version

rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-05 20:37

Avidemux 2.5.6 is in these repos. I'm looking for 2.6.8 which is the latest version. Did I select the right repos?

james c · posted: 2014-07-05 21:21

Avidemux 2.6.8 is available in the testing repo.....

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james c · posted: 2014-07-05 21:24

Examples:

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rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-05 22:50

Thanks ! What is the proper way to enter one of the examples above into the repositories section in Synaptic Package Manager?

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2014-07-06 03:25

click on the deb-multimedia wheezy one and edit it to be jessie instead. install your app, but put it all back when you are done. mixing testing ands table repos can lead to unpredictable results, especially when using deb-multimedia.

I find it easier to open the sources in /etc/apt/sources.d/debian.list in my favorite text editor as root and just cut and paste the repo definitions. just don't leave the wheezy and jessie versions active at the same time.

have you tried openshot. its pretty simple to use. I am partial to kdenlive, but it brings in a lot of kde/qt dependencies that you may not want. although I don't use the feature, I think kdenlive will do the clip trimming thing you described.

rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-06 10:21

Thanks dolphin-oracle!!

All I am looking for is something simple that will allow me to quickly save a segment of a video. I'll post back with my repo results.

Dave · posted: 2014-07-06 13:10

If all else fails maybe openshot?

rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-06 16:13

Maybe I'll take a look at both openshot and kdenlive. All I need is something simple that allows me to quickly mark audio and save it. This is where Mpeg streamclip does such a great job.

I suppose I can always run Mpeg streamclip using Wine because it is available for Windows as well. This has always been the sticking point for me in totally switching to Linux.

rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-06 22:18

How soon we forget!

I forgot that I posted this last year. I'm going to try it again and see what happens. __{{emoticon}}__

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rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-07 13:05

I am running into problems. I am getting this error when trying to install some of the packages needed to install Avidemux. How can I fix this?

I rann apt-get clean as well as apt-get update and apt-get upgrade.

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root@mx14:/home/randy/Downloads/avidemux_2.6.8# apt-get install sqlite3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 sqlite3 : Depends: libsqlite3-0 (= 3.7.13-1+deb7u1) but 3.7.16.2-1~bpo70+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

This is what I got when running apt-get upgrade:

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root@mx14:/home/randy/Downloads/avidemux_2.6.8# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libavcodec53 libavcodec54 libavformat53 libavformat54 libvlc5 vlc vlc-data vlc-nox
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2014-07-07 13:37

try commenting out the wheezy-backports repos. MX is set to favor those, and the library in question has a newer version in backports than what avidemuex requires/needs. Note the dependecy is '=' rather than '=>'

this kind of thing can happen when mixing repos.

rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-07 14:03

Thanks!

I'll try that. By the way, I changed Jessie back to what it was before and tried installing some apps from the command line and Synaptic Package Manager. They installed fine.

I have another question but I will open up a seperate post for that.

rmcellig · posted: 2014-07-07 20:25

I tried installing on my other laptop which also has MX14 Wheezy and was unable to compile. I was successful when I compiled while in Lubuntu 14.04. Works fine in Lubuntu.

I'm just wondering, if I had installed MX-14 with either the Sid or testing option on install would that have been better? Should I reinstall MX-14 on my Dell with either sid or testing instead of wheezy or is there a way to do this without having to reinstall MX-14?

Since I am still learning linux (arn't we all), this is pretty exciting learning all this stuff! __{{emoticon}}__