How to Install Cinelerra Video Editing Tool in Ubuntu 16.04

To Install Cinelerra Video Editor in Ubuntu 16.04

Cinelerra is a free video editing software package, used for linux operating system. It is produced by Heroine Virtual, which allow the user to perform advanced compositing operations. Installation of Cinelerra video editing tool in Ubuntu 16.04 is discussed in this article.

Features

• Free form editing
• 16 bit YUV compositing
• Floating point compositing
• Batch capturing
• Track nudge for audio and video
• Batch rendering
• SMP utilization

Additional features

• Reverse audio and video in realtime
• Bidirectional, variable speed scrubbing
• Variety of overlay modes
• Nested sequences

Installation of Cinelerra Video Editor

First add the cinelerra-cv package into repository by using the below command.

root@user1:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:cinelerra-ppa/ppa
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THIS PPA and its community ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH CINELERRA.ORG
We at CINELERRA-CV.ORG have no control/influence/interest in CINELERRA.ORG and viceversa. Despite 
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Once the repo is added, run the apt-get update command.

root@user1:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB]  
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Fetched 190 kB in 1s (161 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Now install the cinelerra-cv package with below command.

root@user1:/home/user1# apt-get install cinelerra-cv
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up cinelerra-cv (1:2.3.git.20160731-0~ppa1~xenial2) ...
Setting up mjpegtools-gtk (1:2.1.0+debian-4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Cinelerra video editor is installed successfully. Click cinelerra icon to open, either run the below command.

root@user1:/home/user1# cinelerra-cv

Home page of Cinelerra will display as given below. Here you can start editing your videos.

Click on the File option to upload the video file and edit it as you wish.