LiVES (LiVES is a Video Editing System) is a video editing program and VJ tool, released under GNU General Public License. There are binary versions available for most popular Linux distributions (including Ubuntu, Gentoo, Debian, Fedora Core, Suse, Slackware and Mandriva). Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... An operating system (OS) is a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... Hexley, the mascot of Darwin Darwin is a free, open source, Unix-like operating system first released by Apple Computer in 2000. ... Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) is the Unix derivative distributed by the University of California, Berkeley, starting in the 1970s. ... IRIX is a computer operating system developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... A computer program is a collection of instructions that describe a task, or set of tasks, to be carried out by a computer. ... A video jockey (usually abbreviated to VJ or sometimes veejay) can mean two things: One describes an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as MTV or VH1. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... It has been suggested that Ubuntu Women be merged into this article or section. ... The Gentoo Linux operating system (pronounced ) is a Linux distribution named after the Gentoo penguin. ... Debian is a project based around the development of a free, complete operating system based on the work of the GNU Project through the collaboration of volunteers from around the world. ... Fedora Core is an RPM-based Linux distribution, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. ... SUSE (pronounced , loosely [SOO-zuh] [1] in English) is a major retail Linux distribution, produced in Germany and owned by Novell, Inc. ... Slackware was one of the earliest Linux distributions, and is the oldest, and most UNIX-like, distribution still being maintained[1]. It was created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. ... Mandriva (merger of Mandrakesoft, Lycoris, and Conectiva) is a French software company, and creator of Mandriva Linux. ...

Development

The main developer of LiVES is Salsaman (Gabriel Finch), who is also a video artist and international VJ, and one of the authors of Livido. Salsaman, aka Gabriel Finch is a VJ, video artist and the main developer of LiVES. ... LiViDO is a cross platform framework for video effect plugins. ...

The project was begun in late 2002, and it is expected that the 1.0 version will be released sometime in 2007.

On the Freshmeat site, LiVES is listed as the 4th most popular non-linear video editing software ^[1] despite being still a beta release. Freshmeat is a website that allows computer users to keep track of the latest software releases and updates as well as write/read reviews and articles, send or receive comments to or from the author, and many other features. ...

Notes

1. ^ http://freshmeat.net/browse/256/

External links

• LiVES Homepage
• LiVES on Freshmeat
• LiVES on EstudioLivre.org
• The book "Video Wiedergabe, Bearbeitung und Streaming unter Linux", Open Source Press, contains a chapter on LiVES.
• Interview with the author for Linux BG magazine, original English version
• Review of LiVES 0.9.6 on Softpedia