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Kdenlive 0.7.5 Debian packages are now available in Debian sid (unstable). Melt (MLT) is presently only available from Debian sid (unstable). Do not use Debian testing repositories, which offer older versions of Kdenlive. Debian packages are available for the following architectures: [alpha] [amd64] [arm] [armel] [hppa] [hurd-i386] [i386] [ia64] [kfreebsd-i386] [kfreebsd-amd64] [m68k] [mips] [mipsel] [powerpc] [s390] [sparc]:

To install, follow these steps:

Upgrade to Debian Unstable

Upgrade your Debian station to unstable repositories. In Debian terminology, the word unstable indicates that packages are not yet in a stable release. You may also experience problems with some recent packages. Make sure you understand what you are doing.

Under root account, add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

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To upgrade to Debian unstable, as root type:

apt-get update;
apt-get dist-upgrade

You may need to install Debian multimedia packages

Some packages are only available from Marillat multimedia repository:

  • mp3lame for mp3 sound export (usefull to export to Mpeg2/Mpeg4/DivX with mp3 sound).
  • x264 for H264 video export.
  • Quicktime container.

Under root account, add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main

Install Debian-multimedia GPG key:
apt-get update ; apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

Then upgrade ffmpeg packages typing:
apt-get update ; apt-get ugrade; apt-get install ffmpeg x264 libmp3lame0 libquicktime1

Install Kdenlive packages from Debian repositories.

As root, type:

apt-get install kdenlive frei0r-plugins dvgrab recordmydesktop dvdauthor mkisofs