In keeping with tradition, it's been a long time since I've released a new version of smilutils :-).

It has been a long time since a new release of dvgrab. Dan Dennedy has been slowly adding the improvements that have been developed for Kino as they matured. This version also adds JPEG output with deinterlacing and scaling options developed upon request for a donation (thanks!).

This version is a bugfix version to critical bugs found in the recent 0.6.3 release. It also adds improvements to AVI writing compatibility, DV (2-pass) encoding, and resampling on WAV import.

Micro MV is a new Sony video format on some of their camcorder models. This article contains information a community of users and developers have gathered to capture this format and make use of it.

The latest version of Kino fixes a number of bugs while improving the user interface and adding support for Quicktime DV files and dv1394.

We have set up a PayPal account. If you like the Kino or dvgrab software, consider donating to the Kino Developer Team. This article explains our Donation Policy.

Knoppix is a new Linux distribution (based on Debian 3.0) that includes the ieee1394 device drivers and dvgrab.

It is a Live CD: insert the CD, reboot and you have a fully working Linux system, with no changes to the existing hardware or disk drives. This is a great way to demonstrate Linux (and dvgrab) to friends, without the hassle of actually installing Linux on their machines.

In order to provide a more immediate support and discussion forum for those that want it, we are pleased to announce the official kino IRC channel can be found on irc.gnome.org #kino.

I have adapted the avi2pics program, which was available on the old Kino website, to work with the latest libdv release. This release now works with Debian 3.0.

Version 0.6 is largely a much needed bugfix and performance enhancement release.

We are currently working towards the Kino 0.60 release. Charles has written a test case document for the most critical parts of the Kino application, which are the dirty document handling and the FX housekeeping. If you use Kino, please use this test case document to get an idea what needs testing. To get the very latest Kino release, download the latest cvs snapshot from the Kino Download Page or fetch it directly from CVS.

If you find a problem, please report it in our Bugzilla bug tracker . Any bug reports or suggestions for improvement are welcome.

This document provides a brief HOWTO create new plug-ins to the Kino Magick sub-system.

This website is built on the eZ Publish content management system, one of the more powerful free CMS available. To learn more about eZ Publish, visit www.ez.no or developer.ez.no .

An article in eZ Publish contains the text plus formatting tags that are similar to HTML tags. To learn what tags are available and what one can do with them, read this article.

Good software deserves a good website. The new Kino website may not have the greatest design yet, but it is at least somewhat better and has many more features.

This is the dvgrab handbook.