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Ask HN: Quick video cutting software

5 points by NikolaNovak 9y ago

Looking for quick and easy way to cut up and splice up videos, be it highlights from videogames or just vacation. I own Adobe Premiere, and used to use Ulead way back when, but the one kind of geek I'm not is AV geek - Premiere is much too fancy for my use case. Open source is great, absolutely willing and indeed eager to pay for something easy to use, simple, non-invasive of either privacy or system. Windows preferably, Linux possible, OSX is right out:) Thanks all!

kup0 9y ago
I use Shotcut (https://shotcut.org https://shotcut.org) and it's been a good experience for very simple cutting/editing. If you strictly only need to trim/cut, Lossless-Cut (https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut) may also be an option (and faster).
- discussedbefore 9y ago
  Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16280788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16280788 (2018)
PaulHoule 9y ago
https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-windows-movie-maker-alternative https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-windows-movie-m...
celticninja 9y ago
I have very little experience with video editors but found this to work quite well and relatively easy to pick up: https://www.openshot.org/ https://www.openshot.org/ Open source too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot
- kup0 9y ago
  I'll have to check this one out, hadn't heard of it. I'm surprised at how good these free editors are getting. They have come a long way.
discussedbefore 9y ago
https://hitfilm.com/express https://hitfilm.com/express may offer enough polish. I often use ffmpeg to do this, but I don't think it meets any of the requirements. Alternatives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15235466#15236794 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15235466#15236794 (2017)
andrei_says_ 9y ago
Davinci resolve is free and runs on all three platforms but is also fancy.
slipwalker 9y ago
i use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux for my video splicing needs.... it goes easy on my machine's resources.

5 points by NikolaNovak 9y ago

kup0 9y ago

I use Shotcut (https://shotcut.org https://shotcut.org) and it's been a good experience for very simple cutting/editing. If you strictly only need to trim/cut, Lossless-Cut (https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut) may also be an option (and faster).

discussedbefore 9y ago
Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16280788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16280788 (2018)

PaulHoule 9y ago

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-windows-movie-maker-alternative https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-windows-movie-m...

celticninja 9y ago

I have very little experience with video editors but found this to work quite well and relatively easy to pick up: https://www.openshot.org/ https://www.openshot.org/ Open source too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot

kup0 9y ago
I'll have to check this one out, hadn't heard of it. I'm surprised at how good these free editors are getting. They have come a long way.

discussedbefore 9y ago

https://hitfilm.com/express https://hitfilm.com/express may offer enough polish. I often use ffmpeg to do this, but I don't think it meets any of the requirements. Alternatives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15235466#15236794 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15235466#15236794 (2017)

andrei_says_ 9y ago

Davinci resolve is free and runs on all three platforms but is also fancy.

slipwalker 9y ago

i use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux for my video splicing needs.... it goes easy on my machine's resources.