The latest released version is 0.13.4 . In PiTiVi's world, releases get outdated quickly. You may want to try out the development version instead of a "stable" release, depending on your needs.
Some people have been experiencing problems with PiTiVi and the fluendo plugins included in Ubuntu. If you experience problems with MPEG or mp3 files in pitivi, make sure the following packages are not installed:
A more detailed explanation about this problem is available in the PiTiVi user manual.
Various Linux distributions provide PiTiVi in their repositories, but the version provided may be too old. For an optimal experience, make sure you are using PiTiVi 0.13.4 . Some of the distros providing PiTiVi are:
aptitude install pitivi (or simply click this link)emerge pitiviyum install pitiviAn Ubuntu repository is maintained by our team to ease testing. Use this if you want to test the latest version. For detailed instructions on how add a PPA on Ubuntu, see this page.
Some third parties may have built packages, see this wiki page for a list of such repositories. Feel free to add yours to this list.
If you cannot find a package for your rpm-based distro (Redhat/Fedora/SuSE/etc.) you can search for alternatives pitivi repositories/packages on pbone
Ubuntu users have a repository for testing PiTiVi on Launchpad. This will ensure you have the latest required gstreamer components.
On Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions, a command such as the following will save you a lot of time by installing most (if not all) required dependencies:
sudo apt-get build-dep pitivi
You will probably also need the packages inttool, python-goocanvas and python-zopeinterface (if the above command did not fetch them for you automatically).
Tarballs of PiTiVi are available on GNOME FTP and mirrors. The stable series tarballs are located in the '0.10/' sub-directory , whereas the unstable series tarballs are in the '0.11/' sub-directory.
PiTiVi doesn't need to be compiled, but has to be configured all the same. So you have to go through the usual:
./configure && make
And optionally, to install it system-wide:
sudo make install
Ubuntu users have a repository for testing PiTiVi on Launchpad. This will ensure you have the latest required gstreamer components.
On Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions, a command such as the following will save you a lot of time by installing most (if not all) required dependencies:
sudo apt-get build-dep pitivi
You will probably also need the packages inttool, python-goocanvas and python-zopeinterface (if the above command did not fetch them for you automatically).
PiTiVi uses Git as its official revision control system. Detailed instructions on how to use PiTiVi with Git are available here. You can also view the repository history online (along with other pitivi.org repositories).
To get the PiTiVi master branch:
git clone git://git.pitivi.org/git/pitivi.git
You can then go in the directory where you pulled the git branch and build PiTiVi; note that you need subversion and CVS, because the ./configure script will pull certain things from gstreamer CVS.
PiTiVi doesn't need to be compiled, but has to be configured all the same. So you have to go through the usual:
./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
If ./configure fails with something like the following, then you also need to install the intltool package.
...You can run pitivi locally (without needing to install it system-wide; recommended for development) using the following command (make sure you're in the pitivi git directory already):
bin/pitivi