As these capabilities are becoming available on Linux, the companies that develop video applications (including the company I work for) are looking at Linux in a new way.īecause Digital Convergence seems like too much of a mouthful for a title, and Linux Multimedia too lame, we'll call the column Media/GFX. ![]() What's developed with Linux as a desktop operating system for video production in the last few years?įor Linux to be a player in the realm of television and motion picture production it must have stunning graphics capabilities, high-performance disk I/O with support for the very large file sizes video needs, integration with analog and digital video input/output devices, and the actual video applications themselves. ![]() Linux was judged not-ready in 1997 for the video desktop. ![]() However, they used 350 SGI machines running IRIX and a hundred DEC Alphas running Windows NT for the artistic aspects of the production. ![]() Rowe introduces a new article series on developing Linux multimedia applications from scratch.įor the Emmy award-winning movie Titanic the production studio Digital Domain used Linux on a network of more than a hundred DEC Alpha machines to render the special effects.
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