a simple video editor that works

[Xen]

Hey,

I have for the previous few hours been trying to cut out a little bit of a 
youtube video and be able to upload it elsewhere I guess.

I first tried kdenlive but it froze the moment I started playing the 
video.

It is just an mp4 from YT @ 720p.

Then I tried Openshot. It kept crashing for a while but eventually I 
learned how to rudimentary reduce the video to a small section. But, then 
when I exported it, it had cut off like the last second or the last few 
frames and the audio of the clip (as well as the video, but audio was more 
important in this case) didn't complete.

So I look at a guy writing about Linux software and he tries a lot of 
programs but ends up with Blender. Now Blender is a ray tracer. But it has 
a video editing mode. But the interface is really hard to learn, or rather 
it requires learning. When I finally found out how to get a view of the 
filesystem, it seems as though I needed to previously set up the folders I 
could use, which means setting up your project in advance. Then I just 
gave up, I did not want to learn how to set up a project just to be able 
to import a video file into it.

Is there anything in Linux you can actually use? It seems Blender is the 
best but it has a steep learning curve and it is not a simple tool.

On Windows I used to use Gordian Knot (mostly for MKV files) it is not 
great and not a real editor but it (sometimes) did what it needed to do.

Now I am at a loss because the only thing I can really try is Lightworks.

Regards, Xen.