a simple video editor that works

[Karsten Loh]

If some cutting is the only job I think Avidemux is pretty simple and
intuitive at that level. Set start mark, set end mark hit delete and the
marked bit is gone, how much easier can it get?


Karsten
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On 26.04.2016 20:07, Phillip Johnson wrote:
> *From: *"Billie Walsh" <bilwalsh at swbell.net>
> *To: *kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Sent: *Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:33:12 PM
> *Subject: *Re: a simple video editor that works
>
> 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.
>
> -- 
> Fast is fine, but accuracy is final.
> You must learn to be slow in a hurry.
> -Wyatt Earp-
>
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>
> If you only want to cut out parts of the video, especially at the
> beginning or end, can't you just use VLC?  I have used that to chop
> off the beginning of a video I took before I passed it around.
>
> This gives an overview:
> http://www.guidingtech.com/8802/use-vlc-as-video-cuting-tool/
>
> Phil
>
>

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