On 22/12/21 04:59, Dale wrote:
Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2021-12-21, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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.
I've had pretty much the same experience with all of the GUI video
editing software I've tried:
0. It takes at a day just to get one to build.
1. The GUI is always completely baffling, and there doesn't seem to
be any commonality from one package to the next.
2. There's little or no documentation available other than lists of
commands/features with descriptions that assume you already know
how the program works. When you need to know how to accomplish a
task, there's no help. It is always assumed you already know what
command/feature to use.
3. The "project" structure and paradigm always seems to be WAY too
complex for what I want to do and does nothing for me other than
get in the way.
4. About 30% of the features/commands don't work at all, another 30%
don't work they way the documentation says they do, and the rest
have been renamed and moved to a different menu/panel/mode since
the documentation was written.
5. All of the ones I've ever tried crashed frequently. They crash
when adding a source, when adding or changing an edit,
transitions, or effect. They crash when exporting/rendering.
Melt is the only one I've ever been able to actually accomplish
something useful with. The really nice thing is that you can write a
bash (or other) program to automate stuff. If all you want to do is
concatenate a directory full of video clips with some intro, outro,
and transitions, you can write a script that does that and then run it
on as many different directories or lists of files as you want.
You don't have to set up a new project and start from scratch every time.
I never had Kdenlive to crash. I just couldn't figure out how to make
it work. As you say, most docs are out of date or for old versions.
I've seen that with Kicad too. I kind of dread upgrading to Kicad 6. I
actually masked it here until the bugs get worked out and the docs catch
up.
Maybe one day either the docs will catch up or they will make it easy to
figure out. Maybe. ;-)
Dale
:-) :-)
Gotta reply here - kdelive crashes at the drop of a hat with the files I
am using - very frustrating. But the interface is such a crap shoot I
have given up on it - I'll try the other suggestions over the next few
days so I am ready next time..
BillK
