# $Id: README,v 1.4 2003/03/13 14:01:59 jalet Exp $
livecut v1.99 - MArch 13th, 2003

(c) 2001-2003 Jerome Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com>
You're welcome to redistribute this software under the
terms of the GNU General Public Licence version 2.0
or, at your option, any higher version.

You can read the complete GNU GPL in the file COPYING
which should come along with this software, or visit
the Free Software Foundation's WEB site http://www.fsf.org

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INSTALL:
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1 - Download the latest livecut version from :

        http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/

2 - Extract it :

        $ gzip -d livecut-x.xx.tar.gz | tar -xf -

        where x.xx is livecut's latest version number.

3 - Install it :

  Go to livecut's directory:

        $ cd livecut-x.xx

  Just type:

        $ python setup.py install

  You may need to be logged in with sufficient privileges (e.g. root)

  This will generally install livecut in /usr/local/bin or
  an equivalent path depending on your system, and the modules
  in /usr/local/lib/pythonX.XX/site-packages/livecut

4 - Launch it :

  Just type :
  
        $ livecut
        
  By clicking on the buttons you mark events, when you quit,      
  a file named timeline.lvc is created which contains the
  list of events and when they occured as a time offset
  since the first click on the Start button.
  
  As an alternative you can pass a filename to create as the
  first argument on the command line, e.g. :
  
        $ livecut mytimeline.lvc
        
  If you've got a DVCam plugged in, then livecut also saves      
  the DV's internal timecode in the timeline file, provided
  you've got the "dvcont" DV control command.
  
5 - Add comments to your timeline file :  

  put them in plain text at the end of each line in the timeline file.
  
6 - Generate SMIL files :  

  use the lvc2smile utility which is now included.
  
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Please e-mail bugs to: alet@librelogiciel.com (Jerome Alet)
