[ubuntu-studio-devel] Package Selection for Yakketi Yak

[Len Ovens]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Set Hallstrom wrote:

> I think we should be looking at our video sequencers. I just got this link 
> from zequence:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Policy#Selecting_preinstalled_packages
> that states: "No duplication of tools: If two applications do the same exact 
> thing, only one of them should be included."
>
> Atm we have 4 video sequencers:
> Blender, Kdenliv, Pitivi and openshots.
>
> Blender does quite a lot of things that non of the other 3 does, so it is not 
> up for removal. I always got the feeling that kdenlive is a more complete and

Blender also fills another spot in graphics (3d creation) and so remains 
for that as well. However the learning curve is high and so there are 
other choices.

> professional VSE than pitivi and openshots. I wanted to state that there 
> would be a choice between the 2 basic VSE's that are good for beginners: 
> openshots and pitivi, but it seems pitivi has come a long way lately. Perhaps 
> that means it would be good to keep openshot for beginners, and put our 
> choice between kdelive en pitivi?

If there is something that can fill the spot that kdenlive, That would be 
a good choice. If it was possible to not have KDE apps at all that would 
be preferable, but including them because there is nothing else as good is 
better than picking second best.

Video is not my area (at least video editing) as I don't do enough of it.

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Len Ovens
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