11 Comments

1. John

   7:46 pm on May 10, 2010

   Your articles need dates. Was this article written before or after Kdenlive was rewritten using MLT?

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   • Anonymous

     10:58 pm on May 30, 2010

     “[OpenShot is] built around the MLT libraries – the same libraries as are used by kdenlive – which means that it gets a whole bunch of video editing coolness right out of the box.”

     Second sentence of the OpenShot review.

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     • admin

       12:10 am on May 31, 2010

       As far as I’m aware kdenlive has always used MLT.

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2. salsaman

   5:03 pm on June 17, 2010

   LiVES also has a manual, if you are stuck you can try reading it:

   http://lives.sourceforge.net/manual/LiVES_manual.html

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3. Merijn Vogel

   11:53 am on December 2, 2010

   I’ve used cinelerra quite often, but can’t even get it to compile now. Cinecutie seemed to be a working fork for a while but that also broke on me. It is quite a stable editor, provided you use the videoformats it likes. The best you can give is is a bunch of .png-files (even-numbered x- and y-sizes). But IF you get it to work and want *everything* and the rest, it is really nice.

   I’m now considering a different editor because I can’t get it to work at the moment, this howto helps.

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4. Name_Field

   4:44 am on May 12, 2011

   Is this dated from Feb 2010 as the image URLs suggest?

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   • admin

     12:14 pm on May 12, 2011

     It was updated in February.

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5. Khalid

   7:12 pm on August 22, 2011

   THANK YOU! I’ve been trying to find a video editor for ages that doesn’t bugger up spectacularly. This article was extremely helpful. I shall be installing kdenlive, post-haste!

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6. nrick

   3:56 am on August 30, 2011

   How about running avidemux gt4??

   Or even virtualdub launched by wine & gecko?

   Let me have some feedback on these, please.
   Thanks

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7. Scott

   11:23 am on February 12, 2012

   Thanks for a really useful overview. Like you, I’ve been using Linux exclusively for a number of years, and have been looking at video editors almost as long.

   It is great to see someone give a reasonable view of these editors – so often posts are written by fans of the software, who simply address quirks or flaws as if you just need to learn to use it properly. Instead, your comments on several of these editors mirrors my own experience with them.

   I had heard the buzz about OpenShot, and eagerly installed it. I was sorely disappointed when it crashed every time I opened a video with it.

   I had heard of kdenlive, but it was not one I had tried. Based on your comments I’ve now installed kdenlive and edited my first demo video. It was easy, intuitive, and best of all, stable.

   Thanks so much!

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