>> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Wols Lists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 2:03 PM >>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware >> >>On 21/12/2021 19:16, Dale wrote: >>> Spackman, Chris wrote: >>>> On 2021/12/21 at 05:13pm, Wols Lists wrote: >>>>> On 21/12/2021 16:07, Spackman, Chris wrote: >>>>>> On 2021/12/20 at 11:17am, William Kenworthy wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick >>>>>>> edit of a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice a bit in/out of >>>>>>> the middle?) >>>>>> I've not seen anyone mention OpenShot. It is in portage, but masked >>>>>> for some reason. >>>>>> As someone else mentioned, you do have to create a project and then >>>>>> export. Really, though, the "create project, make export choices" >>>>>> is only like an extra minute or two of your time. I usually don't >>>>>> even save the project for just some simple trimming. >>>> >>>>> It may be a minute or two of YOUR time. >>>>> >>>>> For someone who doesn't "DO" video editing, it can easily turn into >>>>> hours of debugging trying to work out what does (or doesn't) work. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry, but you can't assume we're all video whizzes like you ... :-) >>>>> That's why we want something dummy-proof! >>>> Wow, sorry, didn't realize this was such a sore issue. Especially >>>> considering we've already discussed several command line programs in >>>> this thread. >>>> >>>> To export: >>>> >>>> 1. press the red circular "export video" button (or go to File => >>>> Export Project => Export Video); >>>> >>>> 2a. [optional] change the name of the video in the export window that >>>> pops up; >>>> >>>> 2b. press the "export video" button at the bottom of the window. Here, >>>> for me, the defaults work fine. >>>> >>>> I did it three times in less than a minute, double checking the >>>> accuracy for this post. So, not a huge inconvenience. >>>> >>>> Of course, if the defaults do NOT work for you, then you do not want >>>> something "dead easy", you want something that will read your mind >>>> and do what you want, somehow, automagically. >>>> >>> >>> >>> As someone who has experimented with video editing software, I can >>> understand Wols on this. What some of us needs is something similar >>> to 'video editing for dummys' except we need the software not the >>> book. At one time, I wanted to remove like 20 or 30 seconds on the >>> beginning and about the same on the end of a few videos. Hours later, >>> still couldn't figure it out. Heaven forbid I wanted to remove >>> something in the middle as well or add a second or so of black screen. >>> O_O >>> >>> This coming from someone who was able to figure out Kicad and get >>> circuit boards made. Just saying. LOL >>> >>Yup. This coming from someone who is quite happy with the command line >>because when he started THAT'S ALL THERE WAS. My work experience pre-dates >>the IBM PC - you know the one - the one with an 8088 inside... >> >>Oh - and as for using the command line, it's all very well until you try and >>figure out where to tell the command line to cut the video file - I really >>don't want to have to run the command line hundreds of times, checking the >>output every time, and throwing away the ones that cut in the wrong place. >>Oh, and if I use some video editing software to find the exact millisecond I >>want to cut, it STILL cuts it in completely the wrong place ... >> >>Cheers, >>Wol >> >>
Note that some editing software can only cut at the iframes, and it's also fairly common to only be able to cut at the iframes unless it's re-encoding the data. That can be a major source of frustration. LMP
