--- name: "kino" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "kino" version: "1.3.4+dfsg0-1" release: "Debian 10 (Buster)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/kino" --- # kino(1) non-linear editing of Digital Video data ## NAME kino - non-linear editing of Digital Video data ## SYNOPSIS **kino** \[ ( *file* \| *playlist* ) *...* \] ## DESCRIPTION **kino** allows you to import movies from DV camcorders, to edit, and play them. *file* may be a DV encoded file that will be loaded at startup. Alternatively, you can specify a SMIL *playlist* of DV files that was previously created with **kino**. DV is a special kind of video encoding, commonly used in digital camcorders. Differently coded movies, like DivX or mjpeg, need to be converted to DV before they can be fed into kino. A video file either holds the raw DV-coded data, or wraps it in a certain container format. Kino currently supports AVI, and QuickTime containers, and distinguishes between the different formats by file extension. Therefore, file names need to end in *.dv* or *.dif* for raw files, *.avi* for AVI, and *.mov* for QuickTime files, respectively. Anything else is treated as a SMIL playlist. ## KEYSTROKES Unlike other editors, **kino** uses many keyboard commands for fast navigation and editing inside the movie. It acts on *frames* that are single images from a movie, *scenes* that are defined as groupings of one or more frames with recording times differing by no more than one second, and *movies* that are groups of one or more scenes. The following keystrokes can be used for moving and editing. Some of them are also available as buttons in a graphical menu bar. (Also note the deliberate similarities between **kino** commands and the text editor vi.) The following is a brief list of the commands. A more complete list is available in the online help. MOVING AROUND - **space** Toggle between play and pause. - **l, right-arrow** Move one frame forward. - **h, left-arrow** Move one frame backward. - **gg** Move to the start of the movie. - **G** Move to the end of the movie. - **0, ^** Move to the start of the current scene. - **$** Move to the end of the current scene. - **j, return, +, down-arrow** Move to the start of the next scene. - **k, -, up-arrow** Move to the start of the previous scene. - **ctrl-f** Move forward five scenes. - **ctrl-b** Move backwards five scenes. - **w** Move forward one second. - **b** Move backwards one second. DELETE OPERATIONS - **x, dl, d space, del** cut the current frame. - **dd** cut the current scene. - **d$** cut from current frame to end of scene. - **d^, d0** cut from start of scene to before current frame. - **dG** cut to end of movie. - **dgg** cut from beginning of movie. CLONE OPERATIONS - **yl, y space** copy the current frame. - **yy, Y** copy the current scene. - **y$** copy from current frame to end of scene. - **y^, y0** copy from start of scene to current frame. INSERT OPERATIONS - **p** paste after current frame. - **P** paste before current frame. GENERAL COMMANDS - **:r** inserts a SMIL playlist or DV AVI before frame. (Pops up a file dialog.) - **:w** saves the movie as a SMIL playlist. (Pops up a file dialog.) - **:q** quits the program. ## SEE ALSO **the kino online help,** [**kino2raw**(1)](/kino2raw/1.md), [**dvgrab**(1)](/dvgrab/1.md) ## AUTHORS **kino** was written by Arne Schirmacher \, Dan Dennedy \, and Charles Yates \. This manual page was originally written by Daniel Kobras \ for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).