Kino

Was ist Kino?

Kino was started in 2000 as a lightweight, GTK+-based editor for DV footage captured over FireWire. It offered straightforward trimming, splitting, and encoding to common formats, but development stopped years ago, leaving it effectively abandoned. The last stable releases run on older GTK+ stacks and lack modern codec support, so you’ll often need to install legacy libraries to get it working.

The tool was popular with hobbyists and small‑studio users who needed a no‑frills way to edit home videos without the overhead of larger suites. Its interface is reminiscent of early Windows editors: a timeline, a preview window, and basic property dialogs. If you’re used to Ulead VideoStudio, VirtualDub, or Windows Movie Maker, Kino feels similarly simple, though it lacks many of the polish and format flexibility those Windows programs eventually gained.

Because Kino is no longer maintained, newer projects like Kdenlive or Pitivi have taken its place for most users. Those successors provide a more complete feature set, active bug fixes, and better support for modern video codecs. Still, if you have legacy DV files and prefer a tiny, low‑resource editor, Kino can still do the job on an older Linux install.

Ideal für: Simple DV capture and edit on legacy Linux systems.

Wichtige Funktionen von Kino

• FireWire DV capture
• Basic timeline with cut, trim, and splice
• Simple audio level adjustment
• Export to DV, MPEG‑1, and Ogg Theora
• Frame‑accurate navigation
• Support for multiple audio tracks
• GTK+ 2 interface
• Batch encoding via command line

Tipps für Windows-Umsteiger

When moving from VideoStudio, VirtualDub, or Movie Maker, export your source clips to DV or MPEG‑1 if possible, as Kino handles those natively. Expect fewer keyboard shortcuts; most actions are accessed via the menu or toolbar. After editing, you’ll likely need to re‑encode the output with a modern tool like HandBrake to get MP4/H.264 files for current devices.