[Discuss] linux video editors?

John Abreau abreauj at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 09:02:38 EST 2020


I imagine you can always use ffmpeg to transcode to codecs that are
supported by the free version.



On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 11:32 PM Doug <sweetser at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Davinci Resolve is professional (similar level as Adobe and Final Cut Pro)
> and free as in different business model. The company Black Magic makes and
> sells expensive cameras. I think the game they play to get one to pay the
> $400 is to limit the number of codex they support on Linux for the free
> version. If the program understands your video file, it can do everything.
> If the Linux version doesn't work, then it probably will work on Windows
> which the free one has more codexes.
>
> There are more bells and whistles than you will ever dive into. I often
> have to use YouTube to understand how to get a particular task done. I
> would call the learning curve medium and the upper limit professional video
> editing. But there will always be a tutorial, that's the focus of some
> people who use the software.
>
> In the same program I also do all my sound editing. I was able to increase
> the level of a particular singer who sung quietly relative to the rest. It
> also does normalization, so all the sound tracks reach the same level.
>
> Doug
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 7:23 PM Matthew Gillen <me at mattgillen.net> wrote:
>
> > On 11/14/2020 4:19 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > R. Luoma wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Would someone have recommendations
> > >> for software to edit video files
> > >> on linux?
> > >
> > > kdenlive
> > > shotcut
> > > flowblade
> > > and blender has a video editor component
> > >
> > > Different people will swear by and at each of these.
> >
> > kdenlive was pretty intuitive for me; lets you cut clips together,
> > overlay an audio track, etc without much fuss.
> >
> > I've tried cinnerella various times over the years, but I think the
> > audience for that is more professional (read: skilled).  But has a lot
> > more tools if you want to be doing effects (more than the transition
> > effects).
> >
> > Matt
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