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    I'm using dv encoded videos editig cutting them but when I surf with i.explorer(search at google) I see linear and non linear programs. What do they mean?
    what are the advantages and disadvantages?
    please help me..
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    all pc based editing programs are non linear
    "Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems." - Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
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    thanks but is there any linear programs?
    in my opinion if someone wants to edit video he or she must use computer?Musn't they?
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  4. Linear editing refers to the technique(used before good reliable non linear systems hit the market)in wich you edit by transfering(recording) analog video from one videotape deck to another(often the first being only a player and the second, player/recorder)
    Linear editing programs??..I donīt see exactly how the term applies but it makes me remember programs (more like integrated systems, in those days they shipped with a computer to be run with)like the venerable Video Toaster (by New Tek of Lightwave fame), Video Machine, Trinity and a Matrox system whose name escapes my memory right now. They basically linked between your tape decks and editing controller to perform a variety of tasks like inserting 2D/3D transitions, video effects(like color correction), audio mixing, titling, etc...sometimes they could even run your decks (with a suitable interface)so you could perform frame accurate edits right with it or export EDLs.
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  5. The term "Linear" in this context refers to the limitation of taped material that it can only be accessed in order in which it appears on the tape (linearly, one after the other) as opposed to a Nonlinear mode of access (such as a hard disc drive would provide) that allows access and movement of material on the resulting timeline independant of the order in which it appears in the raw "as-recorded" form.

    And in case my own explanation off the top of my head is not good enough: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+nonlinear+editing&btnG=Google+Search
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    New linear editors are still available and have been ported to PC hardware.

    http://www.editware.com/LE2K-features.htm

    * AMD processor
    * 40GB+ (or greater) High Speed (7200 rpm) UDMA hard disk formatted 900MB in the DOS
    environment
    * 1.4MB 3.5 floppy disk drive
    * Sync / GPI card installed
    * 8 GPI output connections; 3 GPI input connections; 5V source
    * BNC input loop for color black reference
    * 1.2mm SECC Zinc-coated steel frame
    * 300W, 110VAC / 220VAC auto-switching power supply
    * DOS Version 7
    * LE-2000 editing software


    Ref:
    http://hometheater.about.com/od/videoediting/a/videoedit.htm
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    You could use normal editors like Vegas as a simple insert/assemble linear editor for a DV deck.

    Cue the record deck tape to the In point.
    Mark In and Out points on the timeline. Use the "loop region" (blue bar) to indicate export clip.
    Export the clip (Print Video to DV tape) with device control activated. Vegas will pre-roll the deck and insert the clip.

    A/B roll is another story.
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