Best Open Source video editor? (lemmy.zip)

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as we know capcut is no longer good for free users, any recommendation for open source video editor? i prefer option to export projects so i can archive it to my drive.

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[-] xxxb@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

DaVinci Resolve or Kdenlive

[-] Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz 19 points 17 hours ago

Kdenlive, easily. The only other video editor that feels good to use on Linux is the non-FOSS DaVinci Resolve (which requires paying for you to get any practical codec support).

Some people say Blender, but those people must not work on very complicated projects...

For simple cutting & slicing I honestly just write ffmpeg oneliners.

[-] hamsda@feddit.org 6 points 15 hours ago

For simple cutting & slicing I honestly just write ffmpeg oneliners.

+1 fo ffmpeg and not having to install another tool for a single task.

I do not edit videos, I just record with obs-studio and cut out unneeded parts. ffmpeg does that, it does so fast and without any problems + it also works for converting videos to another codec.

[-] Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz 5 points 15 hours ago

FFMPEG is nice when you do something like ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:03:00 out.mp4 and the result is almost instant as there's no re-encoding.

[-] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

The only reason to use blender and why blender has one, is CG animation work. It would be silly to have the interface where you do exactly the same thing as in a video editor, except with the timing of animations instead of footage, but not have one for footage as well. Especially if the animation sometimes depends on when which part of the footage plays.

Rendering, exporting, importing, finding a detail is wrong, is more annoying than having it right there in the same UI.

[-] justdaveisfine@piefed.social 24 points 21 hours ago

I use kdenlive which seems to fit your requirements.

[-] mlfh@lm.mlfh.org 4 points 21 hours ago

I use this too and it works great

[-] SnotFlickerman 1 points 19 hours ago

also use it and its got all i need

[-] artyom@piefed.social 7 points 17 hours ago

I mean Kdenlive is the obligatory FOSS video editor

[-] impolitecarry@lemmy.wtf 5 points 16 hours ago

I quite like Flowblade ( https://jliljebl.github.io/flowblade/ )

[-] Gekkonen@sopuli.xyz 2 points 15 hours ago

This looks interesting. Thanks for the link!

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 12 points 20 hours ago

kdenlive

[-] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 11 points 20 hours ago

Ive always been partial to Shotcut for proper video editing, but I also use HandBrake for simple tanscoding jobs.

[-] beliquititious 4 points 14 hours ago

ShotCut is alright but it chokes and dies with a large video with complex cuts. I tried using it to edit trailers, a pre roll intro, and an intermission into a 1080p film for a movie night I host and it would hang indefinitely and crash frequently.

For short and simple projects it's fine, even kind of nice to use.

[-] Im_old@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

I use openshot

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Kdenlive. But it depends on your technical level. I advise you try the rest.

There are lots of them in Flathub.

[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 4 points 19 hours ago

ffmpeg

[-] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 3 points 16 hours ago

Recommending ffmpeg to CapCut user seems not exactly correct lol

[-] Apostolique@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

I've been using Blender's video sequencer. I think it's great. You can find some pretty good tutorials on YouTube.

[-] terabyterex@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

capcut has never been open source but here is an open source capcut alternative

https://github.com/OpenCut-app/OpenCut

[-] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 17 hours ago

dafuq? It runs in the browser?

[-] dil@piefed.zip 1 points 17 hours ago

If on your phone, ig edits is solid for free

[-] vas@lemmy.ml 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

is solid for free

Just a heads-up, keep in mind the community you're posting in (Open-Source). Open-source is about the open-source development model, not whether you're required to pay.