MainActor vs Cinelerra — Installing
[Linux & Video Production] Reuben @ Jul 15 2006

This is the second in my series comparing MainActor to Cinelerra. If you’d like to play along at home, here are instructions for installing on your Linux desktop. These instructions are tailored to Ubuntu Dapper, but I’ll give references for users of other distros.

Cinelerra

  • Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list, and add the following repository:
    • deb http://www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/mjpegtools ./
    • deb http://www.kiberpipa.org/~gandalf/ubuntu/dapper/cinelerra/i686/ ./
  • On the command line, run the following:
    • sudo apt-get update
    • sudo apt-get install cinelerra

Now, if you’re using KDE, you should see an entry for Cinelerra under the Multimedia section of the menu; Gnome should be similar. If you don’t see it in the menu, you can just type cinelerra on the command line to start it.

Instructions for other distros are here.

MainActor

  • MainActor downloads are here. If you’re on Ubuntu, download the Suse RPM (it works better than the debian). The latest beta is available here
  • Now that you have the rpm, you need to convert it to a deb (the package format that Ubuntu is built on; type this on the command line: sudo alien mainactor-5.5.31-suse_9.3.i686.rpm
  • Once alien finishes, you will have a deb in the same folder; install it as follows: sudo dpkg -i mainactor_5.5-32_i386.deb
  • Finally, on Ubuntu at least, the fonts that MainActor effects used are screwed up. You need to do the following:
    • Depending on which version you installed, MainActor will either be under /opt/MainActor_V5, /opt/MainConcept/MainActor
    • Under this directory, create a Fonts directory, e.g. sudo mkdir /opt/MainConcept/MainActor
    • Copy truetype fonts here, e.g. sudo cp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/* /opt/MainConcept/MainActor/Fonts (you may need to install msttcorefonts using apt-get or synaptic if it isn’t already)

Again, you will find it under the Multimedia section of the menu; alternatively, you can run it using mactor on the command line.



All In Series
  1. MainActor vs Cinelerra -- Background
  2. MainActor vs Cinelerra -- Installing
  3. MainActor vs Cinelerra -- UI, First Impressions
  4. MainActor vs Cinelerra -- Simple Editing, Part 1
  5. MainActor vs Cinelerra -- Simple Editing, Part 2
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