Jean-François Fortin Tam
nekohayo@gmail.com
Mario Blättermann
mariobl@gnome.org
Tomáš Karger
tomkarger@gmail.com
Importer des fichiers dans votre projet en tant que séquences.

Creative Commons des Conditions Initiales à l'Identique 3.0

Alain Lojewski
allomervan@gmail.com 2011
Bruno Brouard
annoa.b@gmail.com 2012
Julien Hardelin
jhardlin@orange.fr 2012

# Récupération de média

Pitivi allows importing media files from your computer's hard drive.

When you create a new project and import the first video file, its properties are transposed to the project settings, unless you changed them yourself already. An infobar appears when this happens. Click the Project Settings button in the infobar for details.

Due to our limited resources and the rapid evolution of filmmaking hardware in the past few years, and to ensure Pitivi remains robust and simple to use, we do not attempt to support every possible hardware device out there. As a result, you currently cannot use Pitivi to capture directly from a camcorder; specialized applications are better suited for this task. For example, for DV/HDV camcorders using an IEEE 1394 connection, you may use Kino or dvgrab to capture footage.

# Importing files using the file chooser

You can import media into the Media Library 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 Import button in the Media Library header.

A file chooser dialog window will appear. You can press Ctrl or Shift to select multiple files at the same time.

# How to work with unsupported media

The following media containers and formats are officially supported:

Containers: MJPEG, Matroska, Ogg, QuickTime, WebM

Audio formats: FLAC, MPEG, Raw, Vorbis, WAV

Video formats: H.264, JPEG, Raw, Theora, VP8

Working with other containers and formats is slow and lacks precision. Fortunately most of the time the unsupported media can still be played. Taking advantage of this, Pitivi allows transcoding the unsupported media into a supported format. The result is a separate file placed in the same folder. The automatic creation of optimized media is controlled with the Optimize checkbox at the bottom of the file chooser dialog. The optimized media can be managed at any time with the media library.

Most of the cameras nowadays create `.mts` and `.m2ts` files which use the MPEG Transport Stream container. This container is not optimal for video editing. This media is not supported as such and must be optimized for a smooth editing experience.

# Importing files using drag and drop

Le concept du glisser-déposer est une méthode éprouvée pour créer un lien entre différentes applications. Sélectionnez les fichiers que vous voulez importer dans une autre application (comme le gestionnaire de fichiers ou une application multimédia) et faites-les glisser avec votre souris dans la Bibliothèque de médias de Pitivi.

Cette fonction est utilisable pour :

importer facilement des séquences audio ou vidéo depuis un lecteur multimédia (comme Rhythmbox ou Totem),

permettre l'utilisation d'un gestionnaire de fichiers à part entière (comme Nautilus, Thunar, Dolphin ou Konqueror) à la place de la boîte de dialogue de sélection de fichiers,

importer un mélange de plusieurs fichiers et dossiers en une seule fois,

utiliser les possibilités de recherche d'une autre application (comme GNOME Shell, Tracker, GNOME Activity Journal, l'outil de recherche GNOME, etc.).