Interesting post Matt (when does your 'I hate Microsoft' t-shirt arrive?

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As soon as I can get the file to print on the graphics printer across a windoze network.
Have you ever dabbled with linux at all? I have a couple of mates who are into video production and editting and they swear by it, all be it they are only working on an amatuer level, but the stuff they produce looks professional to me.
Regards,
Gordon
My problem is that I need to be using stuff which is more or less industry standard. I need to be able to 'port files to and from other users and systems reliably. And when problems arise I need to be able to solve them quickly; possibly drawing from the knowledge of colleagues in other parts of the world. I also have a large array of equipment that needs to be able to 'talk' to my systems.
For instance today there is a stack of American kit arriving. Cameras VTRs monitors... I cover the Edinburgh festival for a US broadcaster. I need to use their kit and integrate with their systems... And I simply don't have the time on my hands that an amateur has.... It has to work and it has to be 100% spot on; the results being sent to the other side of the world for broadcast...
If Avid or Premiere or FCP are ever available to run under Linux I'll be there! But working at a professional level is a million miles away from amateur dabbling both in technical terms and in the way the job needs to be done. What at first sight might look good to a layman is often riddled with technical problems that mean it can't easily be broadcast, duplicated nor incorporated into another programme...
I did look into editing in Linux about two or three years ago. But it was a non-starter. The forums on the subject were dominated by people who plainly knew sweet fanny-adams bout video production. Those who
claimed to have a professional background were, as far as I could tell, either children or adults suffering from mild mental illness; fantasists in other words...
Holiday snaps and wedding videos I DON'T do!
