LiVES ist ein auf offenen Standards basierendes Framework, das den Schnitt, aber auch Echtzeitbearbeitung von Audio und Video (zB für VJing) ermöglicht. Jede beliebige Kombination von Input/Output in 50 Formaten ist möglich, sogar das Ausspielen auf animierte gifs ;-/ Das werden wir uns wohl näher anschauen müssen!

Einige der Features:

• Loading and editing of most video formats (via mplayer decoder).
• Smooth playback at variable frame rates, forward and in reverse.
• Cut and paste of frames within and between clips.
• Saving/re-encoding of clips, selections, and individual frames.
• Lossless backup/ restore.
• Streaming input and output.
• Real time blending of clips (chroma and luma blends).
• Ability to 'scratch' with video - that is to move smoothly backwards and forwards through it, and to record yourself doing so.
• Playback can use LiVES' own internal player, there is also a high performance fullscreen SDL playback plugin
• Support for RGB24, YUV420 (TV), and UYVY palettes, horizontal chroma subsampling is implemented.
• Ability to edit many filetypes and sources including remotely located files (with mplayer/ffmpeg libraries), and directories of images. Real time capture/recording of interactive (via mouseclicks) external windows.
• Encode to any of the 50+ output formats which are now supported (e.g. mjpeg, mpeg4, mpeg1/2, VCD, SVCD, DVD, ogg/mp4 ogm, Matroska mkv, dv, swf, Ogg Theora, Dirac, MNG, Snow, xvid, and even animated GIF and PDF!)
• Resampling of video (time stretching) to any frame rate (1 to 200 fps); option to auto-resample or speed up/slow down between clips. Ability to instantly alter the playback speed of video and audio independently.
• Rotation, resizing and trimming of video clips. Deinterlacing, subtitle removal.
• Instant saving/loading of clips for performances/presentations.