[Cin] Colors tip from forum

[Andrea paz]

> So far I saw this email on ffmpeg list

I think ffmpeg filters that require multiple streams as input don't
work in CinGG; they give the classic warning: "Input / Output error"


> How it done in other editors?

DaVinci Resolve:
https://beginnersapproach.com/davinci-resolve-sync-audio-clips/

Avid Media Composer:
https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/comm/AVID+-+Syncing+Video+and+Audio+using+AutoSync

> So far I can only imagine checkbox and flag in asset info/resources window
preventing importing audio from specified asset...

Yes, exactly. The whole pre-editing phase is based on a database that
writes and organizes all the data, assets, metadata, flags,
storyboards, etc.
I've read the series of books (I'm missing the last 2 volumes) that,
it seems to me, you yourself recommended: Timeline Analog vols. 1-6.
It is clear from the history of editing that the reason for the
success of digital editing over film editing is not the actual
editing. In fact this became important only when the power of PCs,
transfer rates, and storage became sufficient. But the real success
was due to the pre-editing and organization of the material to be
edited. There was no comparison between the mountain of written papers
and memos hanging on the studio walls and the database built into the
software. DaVinci Resolve also offers a choice between built-in
database and system PostgreSQL.


> But I must admit Cinelerra probably was not meant to be used exactly this
> way (or may be embedding mini timeline/waveform in info window quite too much work.)

I still agree with you. I would not want all this flood of words with
which I have bored you lead to think that CinGG is backward or
inadequate compared to anything else. These pro features are not
needed for small to medium projects, and I think some of the users
also use it for big projects (Pierre? Fary54? Sam?).
Audio/video auto-sync is not at all necessary for CinGG. It would
distinguish it from its open source competitors, but doing it manually
is still okay. Putting color space in transcoding would also be nice,
but it is fine to do it manually with the ColorSpace plugin.


> I saw waveform editor as tab in viewer (in Final Cut Pro) , may be it can
> be implemented this way?

I didn't understand, do you mean the "Disable audio components on AV
clips" option at minute 2.17 of this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02j6c7XFdXA
(I don't know Final Cut or even Premiere Pro.)


PS: one important pre-editing feature that, as a non-programmer, I
always thought was easy to implement is the ability to create nested
subfolders in those present (or created from scratch) in Resouces
Window. I have asked this a couple of times but with no response. So I
guess it is not trivial to implement it at all.