[LUG] re video editing in Linux

[Vivi Griffin <vivi.griffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to install my laptop to do video editing in Linux (not HD) but, have had no joy with a variety of different distros, for one reason or another. My laptop is an IBM Thinkpad X31 1.4ghz with 1gb ram. I don't want to do anything major - just videos for youtube etc.

This is the history of what I have tried :

1) Mandriva 2010 - installed. I was able to add all the necessary multimedia plugins to do video editing and try out Kdenlive. However, after a few weeks my laptop suddenly slowed to a crawl (all applications) and my laptop was unusable for anything. was unable to rectify the problem, so had to re-install.

2) Ubuntu 9.10 - live CD loaded but, would not install.

3) Kubuntu 9.10 - live CD would not load.

4) PCLinuxOS 2009 - live CD would not load.

5) Suse 11.1 and Suse 11.2 - both loaded as live CD's and installed - 11.2 is working well. However, despite following the official advice on the suse forum exactly (there is a step by step tutorial devoted to this), dvd's and other media files will not play in any media player - I have tried xine, kaffeine, vlc and mplayer. Suse does rip and play MP3's. When I play dvds in SMPlayer, I can hear the sound but, that's all.

I really need a laptop that will do video editing. I would like to use Kdenlive which means Linux. I would be prepared to buy a new laptop with Linux and other video editing utilities pre-installed. I don't care which distro I use as long as the multimedia works.

Any advice would be really appreciated.

Thanks

Viv

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