I'm new to Linux. In October last year (2025), I installed the Xubuntu distribution on my laptop, and I liked it so much that I ended up installing Ubuntu on my desktop computer. Since then, I haven't opened Windows even once (though I have a dual-boot setup).

I am not a programmer but a filmmaker, and I decided to migrate from Adobe software to open-source apps on this system, including Cinelerra-GG.

I have already edited one video on this operating system, but I used Kdenlive at the time because the Cinelerra-GG download site was down.

I’m from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I speak Spanish and know some English, but not enough to communicate fluently here. So, I am translating this text with Gemini AI; I hope I’m making myself clear.

I present to you the scene “Circo Romano” (Roman Circus) from the play “Instinto Humano” (Human Instinct).

It is a theatrical performance staged in a warehouse at the IMPA cooperative factory. This scene is set in ancient times, during the Roman Empire, featuring a gladiator fight and a bacchanal with Caesar's maidens.

You can watch it at the following link =>(Moderator deleted due to adult content - Do a search instead to view.)

Since the link was removed for adult content, here’s the title you can search for in YouTube =>

“Escena: "Circo Romano" Obra: "Instinto Humano" - Editado en Linux/Ubuntu con Cinelerra GG”

It was filmed in 2011, but I had discarded it due to image quality issues. Now, I’ve been able to rescue it thanks to the emergence of new technologies.

The video was conceived, assembled, and edited on the GNU/Linux Operating System, Ubuntu distribution. I used the free software Cinelerra-GG and processed underexposure image noise using FFmpeg via the terminal. I also removed some of the reverb from the factory warehouse and improved voice presence using Audacity.

The meaning (and purpose) of the video is to be an artistic, historical, and cultural representation; it is not intended to be explicit.

The directors of the play are Alma Farinelli and Pablo Goldberg.

I would love for you to watch it, spread the word, and share it. Please feel free to interact with the video (like, comment, and subscribe to the channel). This is how I receive support for my work.

I hope to be welcomed into this forum, where I plan to be a regular participant!

Thanks, everyone!

I have tried Cinelerra in the past and it was not usable. Am checking in to see if that has changed. However, there seems to be no way to install Cinelerra GG on my current OS. If anyone knows a quick and easy way to test, do let me know!

It’s very easy and intuitive to use, and laden with features you don’t get with other programs such as Adobe premiere or kdenlive.

My problem has been that the version of Cinelerra-gg must be in sync with a number of library dependencies, and in more recent years after updating Ubuntu, these libraries were no longer the versions required by Cinelerra. So cinelerra-gg no longer ran on Ubuntu, nor could I install cinelerra even from source, defeated by dependency hell.

The problem was Ubuntu - based on a certain Debian version, but there are also a number of bleeding edge libraries which are not in keeping with that particular Debian version nor the libraries required by Cinelerra.

The solution has been on the present cinelerra-gg.org/downloads page, to scroll down and use a Linux distribution that includes the cinelerra program in the package, and installing this on your computer.

But better still, I found that the packages provided by Elive Linux were matched to a Linux distribution which is fully based on a particular Debian version.

For example, Debian 12 codename “Bookworm” can be obtained from the Debian website, or Mint LMDE (LMDE ‘Faye’ is based on Debian 12) can be obtained from linuxmint.com, and because these distributions contained all Debian 12 libraries, the cinelerra package that requires Debian 12 libraries is easily installed without any dependency problems. Bravo.

For those with old hardware, then antiX Linux from antixlinux.com is the go.

I have antiX based on Debian 12 installed on a 2007 64-bit desktop pc, which then quickly and easily installed the latest 64-bit cinelerra-gg.deb package from the Elive Debian 12 link without any dependency problems.

And, I have 32-bit antiX based on Debian 12 installed on a 32-bit 2002 desktop pc, which then quickly installed the latest 32-bit cinelerra-gg.deb package from the Elive link.

The above is probably a lot of mumbo-jumbo to a linux newbie, so I wondered whether to produce and self-host a simple static web page with simple step-by-step HOW TO instructions and links.

Comments ?

$ git clone git://git.cinelerra-gg.org/goodguy/cinelerra.git cinelerra5
Cloning into 'cinelerra5'...
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

The gitweb interface at https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/git/?p=goodguy/cinelerra.git;a=summary still works, but I can't really clone from this. Also if possible you should provide the source code over https, plain git protocol is completely unencrypted and anyone eavesdropping on the communication can alter it.

I report it here because on the website both the issue tracker and mailing list link redirects to an error page, and trying to create a new topic under Q&A / Forum & Website just reloads the page (while Video Editing for example seems to work). Also the forum reports the maximum password length is 20, but actually if I give it a 20 character long password it flashes some random german error message, the maximum length of a password is 19 characters.

I've built a meeting template where we would edit a date in a title, then drop a video in between the intro and the closing sections.  There's 1 video and 2 audio tracks.  How do I drop a video into the middle and have the closing video and audio on the right stay in synch?  The audio doesn't move and stay in sync.  I haven't found it in the docs yet.

Thanks

New clip in production.

Everything with DNXHD 115 mbit

Work is flawless and precise. I love it!

approximately I used cinelerra 15 years ago for a while.

Inbetween I haven't done video editing most of the time. Then since two years I have been more active again, starting with flowblade and till yesterday Davinci Resolve.

Though DR is a great piece of software, especially the Fusion titles always crashed my machine. Also I don't want to follow the system requirements with 32 GB for Linux and so on.

I must say, the look and feel is great!

I feel excited to see whether there will come some cinematic titles as it is suggested on youtube.