[pitivi] help: Be realistic about expectations of supporting legacy capture technology
- From: Jean-François Fortin Tam <jfft src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [pitivi] help: Be realistic about expectations of supporting legacy capture technology
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:02:26 +0000 (UTC)
commit 67099651103109fdcc063e2c2ee2018e20155d5f
Author: Jean-François Fortin Tam <nekohayo gmail com>
Date: Thu Oct 2 00:46:20 2014 -0400
help: Be realistic about expectations of supporting legacy capture technology
help/C/importing.page | 24 +++++++-----------------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/importing.page b/help/C/importing.page
index 4a8ba5d..90a6894 100644
--- a/help/C/importing.page
+++ b/help/C/importing.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#gettingstarted"/>
- <revision pkgversion="0.92" version="0.3" date="2013-12-19" status="complete"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="0.94" version="0.4" date="2014-10-01" status="complete"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jean-François Fortin Tam</name>
<email>nekohayo gmail com</email>
@@ -26,23 +26,13 @@
<title>Getting media</title>
- <p>At the time of this writing, the only supported method is importing files from your hard drive. As
such, you cannot use <app>Pitivi</app> to capture directly from a camcorder. For DV/HDV camcorders using an
IEEE 1394 connection, you may use <app>Kino</app> or <app>dvgrab</app> to capture footage.</p>
- <note>
- <p>We would welcome good quality patches to implement the following:</p>
- <list>
- <item><p>Capture from a DV or HDV camcorder using an IEEE 1394 connection.</p></item>
- <item><p>Capture from a webcam.</p></item>
- <item><p>Dumping a network/Internet stream.</p></item>
- <item><p>Importing from DVD.</p></item>
- <item><p>Importing from an audio CD.</p></item>
- <item><p>Downloading from content providers such as <link
href="http://www.jamendo.com">Jamendo</link>, <link href="http://www.magnatune.com/">Magnatune</link>, <link
href="http://creativecommons.org/">CreativeCommons</link>, etc.</p>
- </item>
- </list>
- </note>
+ <p>Pitivi allows importing media files from your computer's hard drive.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>Due to our limited resources and the rapid evolution of filmmaking hardware in the past few
years, and to ensure <app>Pitivi</app> remains robust and simple to use, we do not attempt to support every
possible hardware device out there. As a result, you currently cannot use <app>Pitivi</app> to capture
directly from a camcorder; specialized applications are better suited for this task. For example, for DV/HDV
camcorders using an IEEE 1394 connection, you may use <app>Kino</app> or <app>dvgrab</app> to capture
footage.</p>
+ </note>
<section>
- <title>Importing files</title>
- <title>Using the file chooser</title>
+ <title>Importing files using the file chooser</title>
<p>You can import media into the <gui>Media Library</gui> by using the file chooser dialog, which
has the advantage of letting you preview the files you want to import. To do so, use the
<guiseq><gui>Library</gui><gui>Import</gui></guiseq> button, or press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>i</key></keyseq>.</p>
<p>The following file chooser dialog window will appear:</p>
<figure>
@@ -52,7 +42,7 @@
<p>Press <key>Ctrl</key> or <key>Shift</key> to select multiple files at the same time.</p>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Using drag and drop</title>
+ <title>Importing files using drag and drop</title>
<p>The concept of drag and drop is a well-established method of bridging the gap between software
applications. Simply select the files you want to import in another application (such as a file manager or a
multimedia app) and drag them with your mouse onto <app>Pitivi</app>'s <gui>Media Library</gui>.</p>
<p>This feature can be used to:</p>
<list>
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