Digital Video Desktop Editing has been a domain for AVID, Premiere and Final Cut for many years. In what league will their Open Source alternatives play? How do you convince professional video editors to leave the tools that they have grown up with? Can Open Source tools deal with patent-burdened user interfaces and background technologies? Will these tools integrate into existing production environments where imports from and exports to closed proprietary formats are required?
Mod: Frank Rosengart Software Developer for digital television, Gist Communications Europe GmbH, Berlin
Ralph Giles Developer, Xiph.org Foundation, video & metadata, Theora Project Lead, Vancouver
Jah Shaka Founder of the Jahshaka project, Kingston, Jamaica
