Last time I created a code_swarm video, I forgot to document the whole video editing process. Let's try to record the key stuff this time.

  1. Run code_swarm (see its docs). Note that its output is best if run on a display without subpixel rendering -- so desktop, not laptop.
  2. Now to convert the frames into a dv video. (There is a small quality loss here.) ffmpeg -f image2 -r 24 -i ./frames/code_swarm-%05d.png -s ntsc out.dv
  3. Import video into kino.
  4. Edit video in kino.
  5. Sound. Needs to be in wav format. Use effects, and Dub sound in to video.
  6. Final encoding. Kino's exporters are not very reliable; I have it export to a raw dv, and then use xvidenc (packaged in debian-multimedia) for the encoding.