I am compiling an open source video editor called avidemux - I was going to get Final Cut off Janet, but read in the avidemux wiki pages that it includes an edit facility to automate the cutting of your video file based on your desired filesize output.
So this means that we can use an arbitrary file size as the editing rule. It is interesting to choose an arbitrary volume of information. For instance, I will import the videos that Conal gives me, and on each I will perform the automated function. I wonder if 10 MB would be too small for each clip? I am curious to find out how much time is in 10MB. I am interested in how time and information suddenly are co-dependent.
Audio and compression standards will complicate the time - information relationship, and in real-life terms, the length of the outputted clips will vary depending on how much audio each contains. Perhaps. I need to try it out. The software takes hours to compile, so perhaps by the end of Sunday I will have some clips made!
The aim of this game is to employ an editing method which will generate a series of clips from our footage, each sufficiently short so that we can play the series randomly in VLC media player without the big problem of Looping occurring: avoiding narrative.
So that's where I am with Gamma now. I feel kind of bored looking at the film footage in its original narrative - I prefer to flick through to accidentally see beauty or interest.
I am really tired right now so I am sorry if I am not speaking plainly!
Hope you are both well and speak to you soon xxx Simone
