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{{Short description|Linux video editor}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Kino
| logo                   = KinoLogo.png
| logo size              = 150px
| screenshot             = Kino1.3.4.png
| caption                = Kino 1.3.4
| collapsible            = 
| author                 = 
| developer              = 
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| discontinued           = yes
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| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]]
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]]
| platform               = 
| size                   = 
| language               = 
| genre                  = [[Engineering:Video editing software|Video editor]]
| license                = [[Software:GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/kino/}}<br>{{URL|http://kinodv.org}}
}}
'''Kino''' is a discontinued [[Free software|free software]] [[Software:GTK+|GTK+]]-based [[Engineering:Video editing software|video editing software]] application for [[Software:Linux|Linux]] and other [[Unix-like]] operating systems. The development of Kino was started at the end of 2000 by Dan Dennedy and Arne Schirmacher.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kinodv.org/article/static/10 |title=Kino Changelog - Changes in version 0.8.1 |access-date=10 November 2010 |archive-date=25 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125181934/http://kinodv.org/article/static/10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The project's aim was: "''Easy and reliable DV editing for the Linux desktop with export to many usable formats.''" The program supported many basic and detailed audio/video editing and assembling tasks.<ref>[http://www.osalt.com/kino Kino 1.3]</ref>

Kino has been included in several Linux distributions, including [[Software:Debian|Debian]], [[Software:Puppy Linux|Puppy Linux]]<ref name="Puppy">{{Cite web|url = http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/pet-packages-lucid/|title = Lucid PET Packages|access-date = 8 November 2010|last = Puppy Linux|date=October 2010}}</ref> and [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]].<ref name="Ubuntu">{{Cite web|url = https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kino|title = "kino" package in Ubuntu|access-date = 8 November 2010|last = Launchpad|author-link = Launchpad (website)|date=October 2010}}</ref> BSD ports are also available.

Development towards major feature implementations in Kino was slowed due to the lead developer, Dan Dennedy's inclination towards the development of [[Software:Media Lovin' Toolkit|Media Lovin' Toolkit]]. Dennedy indicated when he released Kino 1 that he was returning to work on the MLT Framework to support [[Software:Kdenlive|Kdenlive]] (another Linux [[Non-linear editing system|non-linear digital video editor]]), "since its latest version shows much promise".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kinodv.org/article/view/157/1/7/ |title=Kino 1.0.0 "Stick a fork in it" Released |access-date=15 September 2008 |archive-date=12 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512091758/http://www.kinodv.org/article/view/157/1/7/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of August 5, 2013, the official website for Kino indicated that the project is "dead" and that users should try alternative software.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kinodv.org/|title = Kino is a dead project |access-date = 22 March 2014|last = Kino Project|date = 5 August 2013|quote = "Kino has not been actively maintained since 2009. We encourage you to try other Linux video editors..." |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140214045913/http://kinodv.org/ |archive-date = 14 February 2014}}</ref>

==Features==
Kino can import raw [[Audio Video Interleave|DV-AVI]] and [[Engineering:DV (video format)|DV]] files, as well as capture footage from digital camcorders using the raw1394 and dv1394 libraries. It can also import (as well as export) multiple still frames as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PPM, and others image file types.  Kino has the ability to export to camcorders using the ieee1394 or video1394 libraries. Kino can also export audio as WAV, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 using [[Software:LAME|LAME]], or MP2. Using [[Software:FFmpeg|FFmpeg]], Kino can export audio/video as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 and is integrated with DVD Video authoring utilities.<ref name="Features">[http://www.kinodv.org/article/static/2 Kino Features]</ref>

Some features included in version 1.3.4 include: capture from FireWire cameras, fast and frame-accurate navigation/scrubbing, vi keybindings, storyboard view with drag-n-drop, trimmer with 3 point insert editing, fine-grain thumbnail viewer, support for jog shuttle [[Engineering:USB|USB]] devices, drag-n-drop from file manage, Undo/Redo up to 99X.<ref name="Features" />

Kino provides a range of audio and video effects and transitions. Audio effects include silence, fade in/out, gain envelope, dub (from file), mix (from file), and crossfading support. Video effects include black/white, sepia tone, multiple color balance and masking tools, reverse (i.e. inverse or negative), mirror, kaleidescope, swap (flip), fade to/from black, blur (triangle), soft focus, titler and pixelate. Transitions include fade to/from color dissolve, push wipe, barn door wipe, color differences, and extensible wipes with numerous common SMPTE wipes (box, bar, diagonal, barn door, clock, matrix, four box, iris, and checkerboard).<ref name="Features" />

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Version
! Release date
! Significant changes
|-
| Kino 1.0.0
| March 12, 2007<ref>{{Cite news
  | url = http://www.kinodv.org/article/view/157/1/7/
  | last = Dan
  | first = Dennedy
  | title = Kino 1.0.0 "Stick a fork in it" Released
  | date = March 12, 2007
  | access-date = 15 September 2008
  | archive-date = 12 May 2008
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080512091758/http://www.kinodv.org/article/view/157/1/7/
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>
|
*New blip.tv uploading feature for movies and still frames
*Fixed audio handling on [[Endianness|big endian]] CPU architectures
*Improved generic video import script when using mencoder: faster, no bulky intermediate file, less compatibility problem between mencoder and [[Software:FFmpeg|FFmpeg]]
*Added support for X-Keys Editor USB Jog/Shuttle
*Added support for Jog/Shuttle to FX
*The [[Engineering:USB|USB]] Jog/Shuttle hotplug integration was changed to use udev.
*Added private copy of [[Software:FFmpeg|FFmpeg]] source code for static linking with new configure options. This option builds a statically linked, kino-specific version of the ffmpeg transcode utility named 'ffmpeg-kino' that is invoked by the Kino import script.
*Updated Italian translation
*Bugfixes
|-
| Kino 1.1.0
| July 23, 2007<ref name="Kino 1.1.0 released">
{{Cite news
 |url=http://www.kinodv.org/article/view/163/1/7/
 |last=Dan
 |first=Dennedy
 |title=Kino 1.1.0 released
 |date=July 23, 2007
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125122139/http://kinodv.org/article/view/163/1/7/
 |archive-date=November 25, 2010
}}</ref>
|
* Heavily updated English user manual
*Major performance improvement in player engine when frame dropping enabled
*Updated export scripts to improve compatibility
*New Catalan translation
*Bugfixes
|-
| Kino 1.3.0
| February 24, 2008<ref name="Kino 1.3.0 released">
{{cite news
 |url=http://www.kinodv.org/article/view/169/1/7/
 |last=Dan
 |first=Dennedy
 |title=Kino 1.3.0 released
 |date=February 24, 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125115218/http://kinodv.org/article/view/169/1/7/
 |archive-date=November 25, 2010
}}
</ref>
|
* Updated export scripts for [[Software:FFmpeg|FFmpeg]] changes (x264, mp3)
*Improved speed on SMP systems by enabling [[Software:FFmpeg|FFmpeg]] multi-threaded codecs
*Improved import (DV conversion) progress dialog
*Added quality level option  and gstreamer-based Ogg Theora to the blip.tv publishing script
*Updated Hungarian translation
  |}

==Reception==
In reviewing Kino 1.3.4 in January 2012 Terry Hancock of [[Software:Free Software Magazine|Free Software Magazine]] found that the application was only suitable for simple or very limited video editing tasks. He praised its simplicity and ease-of-learning even for users new to video editing, but criticized its lack of multi-track capabilities and described the process of adding background music or synchronizing new sounds as "laborious". He concluded: "I'd say it was basically up to editing home movies to get rid of the boring parts. I've also found it useful for mining old public-domain videos from the Internet Archive to extract useful snippets of video. This, plus its ease of use, make it a valuable niche application, but certainly not for any serious video project".<ref name="Hancock10Jan11">{{Cite news|url = http://fsmsh.com/3671|title = Video editing with Kino: Simple, but very limited|access-date = 10 January 2012|last = Hancock|first = Terry|date = 10 January 2012| work = [[Software:Free Software Magazine|Free Software Magazine]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Software:Comparison of video editing software|Comparison of video editing software]]
*[[Software:List of video editing software|List of video editing software]]
*[[Software:Kdenlive|Kdenlive]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140214045913/http://kinodv.org/ Kino official website former location]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/kinodv.org Kino official website archives] on Archive.org
*[http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/34/Kino_Video_Editing.pdf Kino - 2003 Tutorial on professional video editing], from Linux Magazine (PDF)
*[http://www.dennedy.org/ Kino's lead developer's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064013/http://www.dennedy.org/ |date=17 July 2011 }}

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