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      type="topic"
      id="importing">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#gettingstarted"/>
    <revision pkgversion="0.92" version="0.3" date="2013-12-19" status="complete"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jean-François Fortin Tam</name>
      <email>nekohayo@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="contributor">
      <name>Mario Blättermann</name>
      <email>mariobl@gnome.org</email>
      <name>Tomáš Karger</name>
      <email>tomkarger@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <desc>
      Importing files into your project as clips.
    </desc>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>
  </info>

    <title>Getting media</title>

     <p>At the time of this writing, the only supported method is importing files from your hard drive. As such, you cannot use <app>Pitivi</app> to capture directly from a camcorder. For DV/HDV camcorders using an IEEE 1394 connection, you may use <app>Kino</app> or <app>dvgrab</app> to capture footage.</p>
      <note>
       <p>We would welcome good quality patches to implement the following:</p>
       <list>
        <item><p>Capture from a DV or HDV camcorder using an IEEE 1394 connection.</p></item>
        <item><p>Capture from a webcam.</p></item>
        <item><p>Dumping a network/Internet stream.</p></item>
        <item><p>Importing from DVD.</p></item>
        <item><p>Importing from an audio CD.</p></item>
        <item><p>Downloading from content providers such as <link href="http://www.jamendo.com">Jamendo</link>, <link href="http://www.magnatune.com/">Magnatune</link>, <link href="http://creativecommons.org/">CreativeCommons</link>, etc.</p>
        </item>
       </list>
      </note>

      <section>
       <title>Importing files</title>
        <title>Using the file chooser</title>
         <p>You can import media into the <gui>Media Library</gui> by using the file chooser dialog, which has the advantage of letting you preview the files you want to import. To do so, use the <guiseq><gui>Library</gui><gui>Import</gui></guiseq> button, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>i</key></keyseq>.</p>
         <p>The following file chooser dialog window will appear:</p>
         <figure>
          <title>Filechooser dialog</title>
          <desc>Filechooser dialog</desc>
          <media type="image" src="figures/filechooser.png" mime="image/png" style="right"></media>
         </figure>
         <p>Press <key>Ctrl</key> or <key>Shift</key> to select multiple files at the same time.</p>
       </section>
       <section>
        <title>Using drag and drop</title>
         <p>The concept of drag and drop is a well-established method of bridging the gap between software applications. Simply select the files you want to import in another application (such as a file manager or a multimedia app) and drag them with your mouse onto <app>Pitivi</app>'s <gui>Media Library</gui>.</p>
         <p>This feature can be used to:</p>
         <list>
          <item>
           <p>Easily import music or video clips from a media player (such as <app>Rhythmbox</app> or <app>Totem</app>).</p>
          </item>
          <item>
           <p>Allow using a full-fledged file manager (such as <app>Nautilus</app>, <app>Thunar</app>, <app>Dolphin</app> or <app>Konqueror</app>) instead of the file chooser dialog.</p>
          </item>
          <item>
           <p>Import a combination of multiple files and folders at the same time.</p>
          </item>
          <item>
           <p>Leverage the searching capability of another application (such as <app>GNOME Shell</app>, <app>Tracker</app>, <app>GNOME Activity Journal</app>, <app>GNOME Search Tool</app>, etc.).</p>
          </item>
         </list>
       </section>

</page>
