Installing Applications (Pitivi 0.92 and cairo)

Hi, just recently I installed pitivi it is on version 0.15.2, out of curiosity, 0.9 is an older version, right? why are you installing an older version and not using the default availble in add/remove programs?

have you tried sudo apt-get install cairo?

Maybe it is looking for an old version of cairo?

Are you aware that Anki (version 1.2.0) is in Trisquel's repository? That Pitivi (version 0.15.2) is part of Trisquel's default install? It is the latest stable version. The version you are talking about is a "buggy release candidate". At least, that is how Debian calls it (the package is not in sid yet). I assume it is the package you found... and it depends on newer versions important libraries (not only Cairo but also GStreamer, Gir, etc.). If I were you, I would not do that.

I apologize, I meant Pitivi 0.92. I was interested in working with their latest edition and, perhaps, joining in for feedback. Any help installing would be appreciated.

Also, I have been using Anki 2 for sometime in another OS. There are some pretty big differences between 1 & 2—so I opted to install version 2 in Trisquel. Version 2 works great, by the way. It is a huge step in my transition.

I have not used it, but maybe parabola gnu/linux is best for bleeding edge packages?

Magic Banana, I started that package route and got three packages deep before hitting a block.

I then discovered an Ubuntu repository and a wiki about Pitivi's dependencies (http://wiki.pitivi.org/wiki/Dependencies).

I first tried adding the repository and upating my system:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa && sudo apt-get update

Next, I restarted and noticed a strange behavior, i.e., the application windows started showing on the left side of the Trisquel start menu. Perhaps this is what Magic Banana meant by risks. I attached at the bottom of this post. Here is a direct link to it:
https://trisquel.info/files/menu-issue.png

I then went to install the other dependencies, following the instructions on the Pitivi wiki page for Ubuntu.

# Basic build tools:
sudo apt-get install git build-essential automake libtool itstool gtk-doc-tools gnome-common gnome-doc-utils yasm flex bison

# Stuff related to introspection, GTK, canvases, and various other dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libgirepository1.0-dev python-dev python-gi-dev \
python-cairo-dev libcairo2-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libpulse-dev libgtk-3-dev \
libclutter-1.0-dev libclutter-gtk-1.0-dev

# GStreamer 1.x, if you're lucky and your distro packages are recent enough:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio \
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-0

# GStreamer plugins' full set of dependencies to build all the codecs:
sudo apt-get build-dep gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly

Next, I followed Pitivi's instructions for installation, i.e., to cd into the pitivi file, configure, make, and install (http://pitivi.org/?go=download).

I was finally able to complete configuration and installation through the terminal. However, Pitivi will not launch. When I click on the application to launch, it tries for about 20 seconds and then crashes.

Any ideas on how to get this application to open?

Also, is there a setting to restore my Trisquel menu, so that the open applications show on the right side of the Trisquel start menu?

Any ideas are appreciated.

Also, Andresm, I'm determined to get up and running on Trisquel. But perhaps, down the road, I may try a seperate install of Parabola. I first need to get more comfortable with the terminal.

Lembas and Magic Banana, thanks for the feedback. It may be some time before I can get to this, but I will follow-up as soon as I do.

Also, would it be possible for a moderator to change the title of this thread to Pitivi 0.92 instead of Pitivi 0.9?

Just a quick update: I'm going to create a second installation of Trisquel to play with—this way I won't alter my already working installation.

I will be working on this little-by-little, overtime.

I decided to throw in the towel on this for now.

I read another thread about how Pitivi 0.92 is an Alpha version. This thread also mentioned that Pitivi 1 will eventually be packaged for the repositories. I'm more in the user arena, and it seems the Alpha version is out of my reach. It also appears best if I wait for the more stable version 1 to get involved.

I should be able to get by with the prior version of Pitivi, Kdenlive and - possibly - Blender for now. I will be comparing and contrasting these to my old (un-free) editing software.

Regardless, thank you all for the feedback!

I'm nearly set with my core applications, and it's time to began the gradual transition!

So after Pitivi released version 0.93, with "All-in-one distro-agnostic bundles", I decided to give it another go.
http://www.pitivi.org/?go=download

I unpacked a 64 bit version into a folder on my desktop. The unpacked documents/programs didn't include a Pitivi icon (still attached). After first clicking the "pitivi-0.93-beta-x86_64.md5sum" nothing happened. But the second time, the application started up!

I tried opening some XDCAM video in the program. These are wrapped in .mov files, compressed as APPLE XDCAM HD 1080p24 files. This crashed the program. I then tried opening the .mov file outside of Pitivi, and I couldn't get it to open. This included trying to import into KDENLIVE.

The good news, Pitivi is a step closer. The challenge, I need to experiment with different formats and a new workflow, i.e., to find Trisquel friendly video formats. APPLE XDCAM works well for Final Cut Pro, but it seems quite difficult in Trisquel.

Any suggestions on high quality, "edit friendly" video formats for Trisquel?