Frequently asked questions

When will DV and firewire be supported?

No. The reason DV isn't supported is because the DV documentation, IEC 61834, costs $1000 to obtain. In order to write software for it, you must have a DV camcorder and a firewire port, which cost an additional $2000. There is seriously no profit motive behind this. It's easy to shield users from software costs. There's no way to shield the users from a $3000 hardware cost. When you look at the cost of Premiere and professional systems it's usually due to things like this.

Why does the GUI suck?

The GUI was written in 1997, a year before GTK and QT existed. No performance needs have justified the cost of updating the GUI although it would be trivial to do so.