Testing video software

Test Number 1: Basic Functioning Single Computer Editing Station.

Test Environment 1

Workstation Specs: Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) x86_64 / Kernel Linux 2.6.32-21-generic / GNOME 2.30.2

Motherboard and Graphics: GigaByte GA-G41MT-S2P[1] (built in Graphics and Audio)

Processors: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz

Hard Disks: SATA 500 GB

Softwares and Packages:

a) Ubuntu Restricted Extras

b) Ubuntu Restricted Addons

c) OpenShot 1.2.2

d) Medibuntu

Testing Goals:

1 - Opening and Importing Media

2 - Basic Editing (Image or Sound / Cut / Dissolve / Fade In-Out)

3 - Exporting

1 - Opening Media

Formats to test:

1. Apple Quicktime Movie (.mov) (*)
2. MPEG2 (*)
3. MPEG4 (*)
4. AVI (*)
5. Ogg
6. 3gp
7. MTS
8. Flash Video (flv) (*)

Codecs to test:

1. DV PAL (Broadcast Standard) (*)
2. MPEG4 Codec (Web)
3. H.264 (Web)
4. Uncompressed 8 bit
5. Uncompressed 10 bit
6. Uncompressed 12 bit (Full High Definition)
7. Sorenson Video
8. Xvid

2 - Basic Editing

Transitions Work fine on single clips. (8)

Issue: Playback is not able to show you cuts well - fixed in v. 1.4

Issue: Separating Sound from Image

Workaround solution: Extract Empty Audio and Video outside Open Shot, Import them separately, then sync!