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by Dugan » Sun Oct 05, 2003 1:01 pm
I did use the mpeg3toc program and load the index file. The speed was as you said: the same as when you avisynth a vob into Premiere. But it seems the two of us have different definitions of "acceptably fast."
BTW, Trythil, please accept my apologies for misspelling your name.
To answer el_farlo: El_Farlo, if you're new enough to Linux to have to ask this question, then I recommend Slackware. Slackware is the best distribution for beginners because it comes with the fewest distribution-specific components. Most other distros make you dependent on their package managers or control-panel-equivalents while Slackware does not. Mandrake, for example, detects all your hardware for you, includes its own (very well-written) tools to help you set things up, and makes you feel comfy. The consequence is that even if you become an expert in Mandrake, you won't necessarily be an expert in anything but Mandrake; it's not uncommon to hear from Mandrake users who try another distro, realize that the other distro doesn't set up their hardware for them, and then give up. In Slackware you install the base system, get your hardware working (this takes a small amount of research), and install everything else using source packages that you download from the individual projects' webpages. This can take a while but once you're done, your Slack box is yours to maintain and enjoy.
The Cinelerra source tarball from heroinewarrior.com will compile without difficulty in Slackware.
