video editor

bong.mau · 05-08-2019, 08:56 AM

Hi

i need suggestions about what video editor to use
my linux is debian 9.9 with lxde
what i need is video editor not requiring too much dep..
(i think lxde uses gtk...please inform me if i'm wrong)
i need a simple to use and able to manage mp4,avi,wmv,mp3
i installed openshot:istallation run without errors,but when i launch it,i get a blank screen
i think is due to old video card,glxinfo reports to me i'm using opengl 1.4
any help will be appreciated

teckk · 05-08-2019, 11:06 AM

I've used ffmpeg for years

Quote:

what i need is video editor not requiring too much dep

Code:

pacman -Si ffmpeg
...
Name            : ffmpeg
Version         : 1:4.1.3-1
Description     : Complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video
...
URL             : https://ffmpeg.org/
...
Provides        : libavcodec.so=58-64  libavdevice.so=58-64  libavfilter.so=7-64
                  libavformat.so=58-64  libavutil.so=56-64  libpostproc.so=55-64
                  libswresample.so=3-64  libswscale.so=5-64
Depends On      : alsa-lib  aom  bzip2  fontconfig  fribidi  gmp  gnutls  gsm  jack
                  lame  libass.so=9-64  libavc1394  libbluray.so=2-64  libdrm
                  libfreetype.so=6-64  libiec61883  libmodplug  libomxil-bellagio
                  libpulse  libraw1394  libsoxr  libssh  libtheora  libva.so=2-64
                  libva-drm.so=2-64  libva-x11.so=2-64  libvdpau
                  libvidstab.so=1.1-64  libvorbisenc.so=2-64  libvorbis.so=0-64
                  libvpx.so=6-64  libwebp  libx11  libx264.so=157-64
                  libx265.so=169-64  libxcb  libxext  libxml2  libxv
                  libxvidcore.so=4-64  opencore-amr  openjpeg2  opus  sdl2  speex
                  v4l-utils  xz  zlib
Optional Deps   : ladspa: LADSPA filters
...
Download Size   : 8.53 MiB
Installed Size  : 29.05 MiB
...

https://linux.die.net/man/1/ffmpeg
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/TitleIndex

That an encoder but will edit videos easy enough, get sections of video..

Code:

ffmpeg -ss 00:02:03 -t 00:03:15 -i infile.mp4 -c:a copy -c:v copy out1.mp4
ffmpeg -ss 00:07:13 -t 00:12:20 -i infile.mp4 -c:a copy -c:v copy out2.mp4

Then concat the segments together. Look at man ffmpeg
Lots of ffmpeg samples online and on this forum.

There are front ends like handbrake

Code:

pacman -Si handbrake
...
Name            : handbrake
Version         : 1.2.2-2
Description     : Multithreaded video transcoder
...
URL             : https://handbrake.fr/
...
Depends On      : bzip2  gcc-libs  zlib  gst-plugins-base  libnotify  dbus-glib
                  gtk3  xz  libass  lame  libxml2  opus  libvorbis  libtheora
                  libsamplerate  speex  x264  jansson  librsvg  libgudev
                  desktop-file-utils  hicolor-icon-theme
Optional Deps   : gst-plugins-good: for video previews
                  gst-libav: for video previews
                  libdvdcss: for decoding encrypted DVDs
...
Download Size   : 10.88 MiB
Installed Size  : 54.39 MiB
...

pacman -Ss video edit gives me these(Abbreviated)

Code:

avidemux-cli 2.7.3-1
    Graphical tool to edit video (filter/re-encode/split)
avidemux-qt 2.7.3-1
    Graphical tool to edit video (filter/re-encode/split) - Qt GUI
kdenlive 19.04.0-3 (kde-applications kdemultimedia)
    A non-linear video editor for Linux using the MLT video framework
mjpegtools 2.1.0-4 [installed]
    Set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video
gnome-subtitles 1.4.2-2
    Video subtitle editor for GNOME
gst-editing-services 1.14.4-1
    GStreamer library for creating audio/video editors
libopenshot 0.2.3-1
    A high quality, open-source video editing, animation, and playback library for C++, Python, and Ruby.
openshot 2.4.4-1
    an open-source, non-linear video editor for Linux based on MLT framework
pitivi 0.999-2
    Editor for audio/video projects using the GStreamer framework
shotcut 19.02.28-1
    Cross-platform Qt based Video Editor

ondoho · 05-09-2019, 01:01 AM

winff should be available on debian stable, it's a gui frontend for ffmpeg.
it should be fairly lightweight (and simplistic; do not expect fancy features).

fatmac · 05-09-2019, 05:46 AM

I use OpenShot, does what I need for creating videos for uploading.

hydrurga · 05-09-2019, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac

I use OpenShot, does what I need for creating videos for uploading.

The OP mentions that they have problems running OpenShot.

In saying that though, perhaps the OP could create a new thread about resolving the issues they have with that software.

bong.mau · 05-09-2019, 09:42 AM

Thanks for the answer...thanks for the support
Maurizio

TB0ne · 09-26-2021, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StephenShort

If you've never used quality video editing before, you'll have many questions when you first run the program.

Oh? Such as what? Why don't you list and answer a few of them here, to save folks some headaches? And you do realize that this thread had been closed for two years, right??