Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Joseph L. Casale > <JCasale at activenetwerx.com> wrote: > >>> Still not sure why it produces an .xml >>> file instead of .avi or something else, but if I RFM, I will probably >>> figure that out. >>> >> Welcome to Non-linear video editing, I haven't read up on Cinelerra but >> it saves an xml file since while you are working in a project, you are >> not touching your data. Outside of a *very* large computer, raw dv is >> useless but every time you encode it, you lose quality. It would be a very bad >> idea to encode each time you save, which would also make saves unbearably >> long. >> >> When you are done your "project" you then export(encode) it to a format >> you so desire. >> > > Cinelerra will take a lot of reading. I installed kino a few hours ago > and was able to import the file OK and my wife is using that now. :-) > Quick and simple, but lacks the incredible power of Cinelerra. > Eventually, I will figure out what to do in Cinelerra, after it > produces those .xml files.... > the XML files are like a project description, as opposed to the actual video. think of them as a edit list. all they are good for is loading/saving in the video editor. what JCasale said, you 'export' your edited video project to generate a mpeg or avi or whatever. in some programs its 'make movie'.