a simple video editor that works

[Mike Johnston]

Kdenlive is very good in my opinion and I find it easy to use.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 11:34 AM Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:

> On 04/26/2016 09:33 AM, Xen wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
>
> The key word in the subject line being "simple" the answer is none.
>
> Avidmux can be used but it is no where near intuitive for a novice.
>
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