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Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

208 points by memorable 5y ago

Georgelemental 5y ago
See also Kdenlive (https://kdenlive.org/en/ https://kdenlive.org/en/). I generally stick with the GTK/GNOME ecosystem but for my (admittedly quite limited) video editing needs I've found Kdenlive to be easier to figure out.
- coderdd 5y ago
  Not sure I used Piviti, but used Shortcut, Openshot and Kdenlive. Kdenlive wins hands-down in stability and least amount of UI glitches. (I recall that these interestingly share the same video editing backend, just the integration is different?)
  - l-p 5y ago
    > Kdenlive wins hands-down in stability It's the only one that does not have a 50% chance of segfaulting on every click. Not an exaggeration. Pretty much the only viable solution for FOSS video editing though I have yet to try Blender.
    - liotier 5y ago
      I have found Shotcut to be entirely stable over the last year on both Windows and Linux, whereas the last version of Kdenlive I just tested this morning experiences freezes on Windows. I'm quite happy with Shotcut.
  - shakna 5y ago
    > (I recall that these interestingly share the same video editing backend, just the integration is different?) Last time I looked, they were all using MLT [0] for the backend. [0] https://www.mltframework.org/ https://www.mltframework.org/
    - TingPing 5y ago
      Pitivi uses gstreamer for everything.
  - viraptor 5y ago
    For me Shotcut won in usability. Openshot often had no tools for what I wanted, and Kdenlive was just so clunky with the interface I wanted to throw my laptop away and pay someone else finish the project. Shotcut is by no means perfect and for example simple masking ends requiring sliders in the plug-in to adjust the rectangle size on the display... but it still won.
  - NoGravitas 5y ago
    Weirdly, in my use, Openshot was the stable one among those. Not discounting your experience, but wondering if it could be, e.g., distribution-specific.
- ggeorgovassilis 5y ago
  During the first lockdown wave I settled with kdenlive for did some light video podcast productions. For a free program I think the UX and features are awesome, plus there is a large enough community and video tutorials to answer most questions a beginner might have.
nigrioid 5y ago
Nothing made with GTK is beautiful or intuitive.
- macco 5y ago
  Incredible useless comment.
  - zer0-c00l 5y ago
    true though
    - Gualdrapo 5y ago
      No, it's not true. On the top of my head there is Inkscape which truly is intuitive (despite GTK) and, arguably with their latest betas, beautiful. I wish we could have something like it with Qt/KDE. Calligra's Karbon once was a nice promise but it is now only a shadow of what it was meant to be and even living a slow death.
      - memorable 5y ago
        The OP is saying that the comment that says GTK is unintuitive is useless is true, and you are saying that GTK is beautiful and intuitive, which is just confirming the OP's comment. I think you miss the point here.
  - n3storm 5y ago
    "nothing" may be too much. But if very basic components like file choose and file save dialog are incredibly painful to be used with buttons scattered through all window corners (fitts law anyone?) then "nothing" starts resounding in your mind. https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/filechooserdialog_example.png https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_imag... You can find another control at bottom left to choose file codification or whatever. Font select dialog: https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/fontchooser.png https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/fontchooser.png Will gtk4 be any better? https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/fontchooser.png https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/fontchooser.png No, there is an extra settings button before select which looks to me totally secondary not to be present by the primary button. Primary actions should be together: - Choose letter - Choose size - Click select ...In a row or L movement We will get this extra UI darkening: now is not evident you can type font size numbers cause all controls are flat. In gtk3 at least inputs look like inputs and buttons look like buttons.
morsch 5y ago
I used Pitivi, it's okay! Not 100% stable, but that was many years ago, so it's probably better now. The news on the frontpage make it look like the last release was almost two years ago; but actually there was a release in 2021 and development is ongoing. https://www.pitivi.org/download/ https://www.pitivi.org/download/ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi/-/milestones/9 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi/-/milestones/9
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sriku 5y ago
Muvee is much simpler and quick to produce usable videos - https://www.muvee.com https://www.muvee.com (disclosure: I used to work for muvee over a decade ago)
- jraph 5y ago
  It's not open source, for anyone wondering.
  - sriku 5y ago
    Only the (scheme based) scripting language on top of which the automatic editing system is built is open source - https://github.com/srikumarks/muse https://github.com/srikumarks/muse . However, it's editing and effects engine is programmatically accessible within the application though, so you can make your own styles and even write programs to make specific compositions in case you don't want to use the automatic features. Documentation here - https://srikumarks.github.io/muvee-style-authoring/index.html https://srikumarks.github.io/muvee-style-authoring/index.htm... .
- a2128 5y ago
  Their CDN certificate seems to have expired 3-4 months ago, which is a quite scary warning for a user to see when downloading an exe from the internet. No Linux download either it seems (Pitivi is a Linux program)
  - sriku 5y ago
    Thanks for that. I've been a mac user, so haven't downloaded it in ages now. I'll let them know about this. And you're right - it is indeed a scary warning to see when downloading an executable. They've been a Windows only shop since 2001 when it was started. The product to look for is "muvee Reveal Encore". I pinged this 'cos the approach is very different from most editors especially from the perspective of what a user needs to know about video editing (much less with muvee). There are editing "styles" that you get to choose which will adapt whatever video/photos content you throw in and adapt it to the music track you supply. The styles have many parameters you can tweak too. Otherwise, it's a button to produce a video. The first time you use some media item, it'll analyze the audio & video .. which will take some compute time.
keeganpoppen 5y ago
this looks like a really cool project! gstreamer is awesome.
Gigachad 5y ago
Project seems abandoned. No news on the site for over a year and no git tag releases for 11 months. Likely better off with a more active project like kdenlive.
- otherme123 5y ago
  Also Openshot and specially Shotcut.
fguerraz 5y ago
Pitivi is so unstable that Windows ME is jealous.
ihateolives 5y ago
grumpy old man noises If developers can't be arsed to mention on front page what platforms their product supports then I don't think they really know what "intuitive" means. They might be cool guys and nice people and all but interacting with users is not their strength.
- okamiueru 5y ago
  I agree. However, it was refreshing to find that it meant it was for Linux, which is the defacto OS to ignore in the "PC and Mac" world. It's also not a bad exercise for Windows and Mac users to learn that the best way to determine this is to go to the downloads section and/or look for system requirements.
- luguenth 5y ago
  That's the beautiful thing of open source. It's a community effort: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/pitivi-web/-/blob/master/layouts/index.html https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/pitivi-web/-/blob/ma...
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  - RedComet 5y ago
    The beautiful thing about open source is that a website doesn't mention the platforms it supports? Strange view.
    - chii 5y ago
      the OP was asking for contributions rather than just criticism.
    - modo_mario 5y ago
      He was hinting that the original commenter could push for the change he wants to see himself and linked the page that would have to be edited.
noedig2 5y ago
Olive (https://www.olivevideoeditor.org/index.php https://www.olivevideoeditor.org/index.php) also looks promising, it has gotten quite a bit of praise from Youtubers who use Kdenlive.
- woojoo666 5y ago
  Wow the new version will have node-based video editing like Blender or Unity. After using Shotcut a while back I started wondering if node-based video editing was feasible, glad to see some projects trying it out
harvie 5y ago
I prefer blender. It is brutaly packed with features, but still free and can get the simple job done. But you will not outgrow it... It is 3D modeler, renderer, 2D painter. But it can even do nonlinear video editing/cutting. You can combine 2D video with motion tracked 3D scenes... Certainly worth learning the basics. https://www.blender.org/ https://www.blender.org/
- schaefer 5y ago
  Does anyone have any favorite resources/tutorials for learning and using Blender solely as a video editor?
  - harvie 5y ago
    I've learned basics from youtube. First you have to switch blender to video editing "workspace". This opens the internal non-linear video editting GUI, which makes things little bit more obvious.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - MrUnderhill 5y ago
    The youtuber "Mikeycal Meyers" has a series of videos that I found very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDOGFxMJoxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDOGFxMJoxw It's for Blender 2.8, but I found it mostly applicable for Blender 3 as well.
    - schaefer 5y ago
      ^^ This series is pretty great, and I've never seen it before. Thank you, Mr. Underhill
- dpwm 5y ago
  I came to say the same thing. The video editing features were very usable in Blender in 2015. Given the open short movies they do are used to drive development, I would be surprised if the video editing hasn't been improved since.
timonoko 5y ago
You just cannot beat Cinelerra. Occasionally I try to use some heavily advertised one (like Kdenlive or Pitivi) but immediately realize you cannot "Generate Keyframes While Tweaking". This is essential. Cinelerra has been splitted to two^H^Hthree but only Cinelerra CG seem to work. Those who remember old-time Cinelerra can be amazed with the render-list of 20, which all seem to work. In the olden golden times you just made big MJPEG and used FFMPEG for coding.
- Paianni 5y ago
  Maybe you mastered it better than me but I always found Cinelerra-CV a bit clunky, especially if I was dealing with oddball formats (HDV) that I didn't understand. Maybe I would get the hang of it now but I've kinda moved on.
  - timonoko 5y ago
    Clunkiest part was [ and ] - keys, which are not readily available on Nordic keyboard. It has been finally fixed (after 20 years) and you can used < and > - keys instead.
kamranjon 5y ago
For those looking to actually edit video professionally on Linux you can’t really beat the free version of Davinci Resolve. Over the past 5 years it has become an incredibly competent non-linear editor alongside being the industry standard for color grading. I’ve honestly tried everything under the sun on Linux for video editing and nothing beats it. If you’re looking to stay open source I think blender is starting to become more competent but still a bit of a task getting it setup for doing serious NLE video work.
- easytiger 5y ago
  I have pretty modest video editing needs and have been using shotcut on linux. I'm aware of Davinci Resolve but had always assumed (for no reason other than few commercial developers do) they wouldn't have a linux version let a lone a free one. Thanks for the tip off!
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- emptysongglass 5y ago
  Or you can use Lightworks used to edit Wolf of Wall Street among other Academy features. Also be aware that Resolve does not support integrated graphics (but only on Linux, bizarrely).
  - linsomniac 5y ago
    I really liked Lightworks several years ago when I was evaluating all the video editing packages, except for the pricing structure at the time. It was really easy to pick up, and worked great under Linux. My memory was at the time the only pricing option was a subscription model, and I don't do videos very frequently. I knew I'd be annoyed at paying $20/mo for the many months when I wasn't using it. More recently I've seen that they have a "buy outright" option for around $300, which I would have lept at back when I was first looking at it. But I've since moved on to Resolve.
andybak 5y ago
My problem is that I don't need this right now but I will want it at some point in the not too distant future. Finding it at that point is fairly tricky. I have too many bookmarks. Google results for"free video editor" are polluted with junk. And the name - "Pitivi" is not something I will ever remember. I still can't remember the name of the "online drawing app" that I use quite a lot!
- password4321 5y ago
  You're starting your search in the wrong place! https://hn.algolia.com/?query=video%20editor https://hn.algolia.com/?query=video%20editor
- viraptor 5y ago
  https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/?q=Video%20editing https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/?q=Video%20editing is my go to most of the time. It's not perfect in classification and it has some trash. But overall I find good suggestions.
- linsomniac 5y ago
  Maybe this will help: It's pronounced "pee tee vee"? :-)
  - andybak 5y ago
    It's definitely slightly easier to remember that way. But without being told I never would have guessed that was the intended pronounciation.
- codethief 5y ago
  Having you considered using a personal knowledge base (e.g. Obsidian) to organize your bookmarks?
Crazyontap 5y ago
A little OT but why do flatpaks take so much size? I have a small partition for linux and last time I ran out of disk space it was because these flatpaks were taking nearly 1GB for simple programs that I reckon should not be more than 10MB executables. Is this like iTunes on windows where it downloads the whole apple operating system to run the software? I know disk space is cheap but it's not always the case especially with these new laptops with fixed and small nvme drives. edit: just found out this too requires 2.4GB disk space :/
- therein 5y ago
  Yes, that's exactly how they work. They bring a whole userspace/rootfs with themselves so to speak.
- mixmastamyk 5y ago
  You generally don’t have to put Linux apps on a Linux partition.
edumucelli 5y ago
That is great, I edit videos from time to time and I have been using Openshot for that. However it is so buggy that I ended up fixing one myself. When I entered into the code I admired one of the most spaghetti software I have ever encountered. No tests, all is verification is made on opening it and "checking" if it was working. Several major bugs that nobody have an idea why, I ended up certain times commenting parts of the code to make it work. I will take a look on Pitivi.
isthisnametaken 5y ago
"No need to reinvent the wheel" Says yet another Linux video editor
- pbhjpbhj 5y ago
  Pitivi has been around a long time, but I do find it curious that there seems to be a lot of pretty complex NLE compared to other types of app.
- phendrenad2 5y ago
  I get where you're coming from. There are many Linux video editors already, and many of them could use slight improvements. If people contributes to those instead of going off and making their own project from scratch, it would benefit everyone. That's true. But I think that it's impractical in reality. For various reasons, such as politics, differences in vision, BDFLs, death by committee, etc., many open-source projects find themselves reaching a plateau and stagnating. At that point, it becomes easier to just make your own competing project with the features you want, than try to fight to get your features added upstream. I think that this, counter-intuitively, leads to the stagnant project improving, as the "competition" with new features helps un-deadlock whatever bureaucracy was preventing improvements.
bschwindHN 5y ago
Not sure how much this matters, but it took me quite awhile to find a link to the source code. I missed the gitlab logo at the bottom, clicked around on the Contribute page for awhile, until the "Development Environment" page brought me one step further, where I eventually found a link to the code. Obviously, finding it is a one time cost, but given the landing page praises the cleanliness of the code, I'd expect a link to it. Make the "clean codebase" link to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi and that would be perfect!
MitchelMarsh 5y ago
incomingpain 5y ago
I used kdenlive for basically forever. Look up nixipixel's videos on kdenlive lol. One day though I had I had a weird library problem #linuxproblems So i checked out pitivi and ya really liked it, converted me.

208 points by memorable 5y ago

See also Kdenlive (https://kdenlive.org/en/ https://kdenlive.org/en/). I generally stick with the GTK/GNOME ecosystem but for my (admittedly quite limited) video editing needs I've found Kdenlive to be easier to figure out.

coderdd 5y ago
Not sure I used Piviti, but used Shortcut, Openshot and Kdenlive. Kdenlive wins hands-down in stability and least amount of UI glitches. (I recall that these interestingly share the same video editing backend, just the integration is different?)
- l-p 5y ago
  > Kdenlive wins hands-down in stability It's the only one that does not have a 50% chance of segfaulting on every click. Not an exaggeration. Pretty much the only viable solution for FOSS video editing though I have yet to try Blender.
  - liotier 5y ago
    I have found Shotcut to be entirely stable over the last year on both Windows and Linux, whereas the last version of Kdenlive I just tested this morning experiences freezes on Windows. I'm quite happy with Shotcut.
- shakna 5y ago
  > (I recall that these interestingly share the same video editing backend, just the integration is different?) Last time I looked, they were all using MLT [0] for the backend. [0] https://www.mltframework.org/ https://www.mltframework.org/
  - TingPing 5y ago
    Pitivi uses gstreamer for everything.
- viraptor 5y ago
  For me Shotcut won in usability. Openshot often had no tools for what I wanted, and Kdenlive was just so clunky with the interface I wanted to throw my laptop away and pay someone else finish the project. Shotcut is by no means perfect and for example simple masking ends requiring sliders in the plug-in to adjust the rectangle size on the display... but it still won.
- NoGravitas 5y ago
  Weirdly, in my use, Openshot was the stable one among those. Not discounting your experience, but wondering if it could be, e.g., distribution-specific.
ggeorgovassilis 5y ago
During the first lockdown wave I settled with kdenlive for did some light video podcast productions. For a free program I think the UX and features are awesome, plus there is a large enough community and video tutorials to answer most questions a beginner might have.

nigrioid 5y ago

Nothing made with GTK is beautiful or intuitive.

macco 5y ago
Incredible useless comment.
- zer0-c00l 5y ago
  true though
  - Gualdrapo 5y ago
    No, it's not true. On the top of my head there is Inkscape which truly is intuitive (despite GTK) and, arguably with their latest betas, beautiful. I wish we could have something like it with Qt/KDE. Calligra's Karbon once was a nice promise but it is now only a shadow of what it was meant to be and even living a slow death.
    - memorable 5y ago
      The OP is saying that the comment that says GTK is unintuitive is useless is true, and you are saying that GTK is beautiful and intuitive, which is just confirming the OP's comment. I think you miss the point here.
- n3storm 5y ago
  "nothing" may be too much. But if very basic components like file choose and file save dialog are incredibly painful to be used with buttons scattered through all window corners (fitts law anyone?) then "nothing" starts resounding in your mind. https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/filechooserdialog_example.png https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_imag... You can find another control at bottom left to choose file codification or whatever. Font select dialog: https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/fontchooser.png https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/fontchooser.png Will gtk4 be any better? https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/fontchooser.png https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/fontchooser.png No, there is an extra settings button before select which looks to me totally secondary not to be present by the primary button. Primary actions should be together: - Choose letter - Choose size - Click select ...In a row or L movement We will get this extra UI darkening: now is not evident you can type font size numbers cause all controls are flat. In gtk3 at least inputs look like inputs and buttons look like buttons.

morsch 5y ago

I used Pitivi, it's okay! Not 100% stable, but that was many years ago, so it's probably better now. The news on the frontpage make it look like the last release was almost two years ago; but actually there was a release in 2021 and development is ongoing. https://www.pitivi.org/download/ https://www.pitivi.org/download/ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi/-/milestones/9 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi/-/milestones/9

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sriku 5y ago

Muvee is much simpler and quick to produce usable videos - https://www.muvee.com https://www.muvee.com (disclosure: I used to work for muvee over a decade ago)

jraph 5y ago
It's not open source, for anyone wondering.
- sriku 5y ago
  Only the (scheme based) scripting language on top of which the automatic editing system is built is open source - https://github.com/srikumarks/muse https://github.com/srikumarks/muse . However, it's editing and effects engine is programmatically accessible within the application though, so you can make your own styles and even write programs to make specific compositions in case you don't want to use the automatic features. Documentation here - https://srikumarks.github.io/muvee-style-authoring/index.html https://srikumarks.github.io/muvee-style-authoring/index.htm... .
a2128 5y ago
Their CDN certificate seems to have expired 3-4 months ago, which is a quite scary warning for a user to see when downloading an exe from the internet. No Linux download either it seems (Pitivi is a Linux program)
- sriku 5y ago
  Thanks for that. I've been a mac user, so haven't downloaded it in ages now. I'll let them know about this. And you're right - it is indeed a scary warning to see when downloading an executable. They've been a Windows only shop since 2001 when it was started. The product to look for is "muvee Reveal Encore". I pinged this 'cos the approach is very different from most editors especially from the perspective of what a user needs to know about video editing (much less with muvee). There are editing "styles" that you get to choose which will adapt whatever video/photos content you throw in and adapt it to the music track you supply. The styles have many parameters you can tweak too. Otherwise, it's a button to produce a video. The first time you use some media item, it'll analyze the audio & video .. which will take some compute time.

keeganpoppen 5y ago

this looks like a really cool project! gstreamer is awesome.

Gigachad 5y ago

Project seems abandoned. No news on the site for over a year and no git tag releases for 11 months. Likely better off with a more active project like kdenlive.

otherme123 5y ago
Also Openshot and specially Shotcut.

fguerraz 5y ago

Pitivi is so unstable that Windows ME is jealous.

ihateolives 5y ago

grumpy old man noises If developers can't be arsed to mention on front page what platforms their product supports then I don't think they really know what "intuitive" means. They might be cool guys and nice people and all but interacting with users is not their strength.

okamiueru 5y ago
I agree. However, it was refreshing to find that it meant it was for Linux, which is the defacto OS to ignore in the "PC and Mac" world. It's also not a bad exercise for Windows and Mac users to learn that the best way to determine this is to go to the downloads section and/or look for system requirements.
luguenth 5y ago
That's the beautiful thing of open source. It's a community effort: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/pitivi-web/-/blob/master/layouts/index.html https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/pitivi-web/-/blob/ma...
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- RedComet 5y ago
  The beautiful thing about open source is that a website doesn't mention the platforms it supports? Strange view.
  - chii 5y ago
    the OP was asking for contributions rather than just criticism.
  - modo_mario 5y ago
    He was hinting that the original commenter could push for the change he wants to see himself and linked the page that would have to be edited.

noedig2 5y ago

Olive (https://www.olivevideoeditor.org/index.php https://www.olivevideoeditor.org/index.php) also looks promising, it has gotten quite a bit of praise from Youtubers who use Kdenlive.

woojoo666 5y ago
Wow the new version will have node-based video editing like Blender or Unity. After using Shotcut a while back I started wondering if node-based video editing was feasible, glad to see some projects trying it out

harvie 5y ago

I prefer blender. It is brutaly packed with features, but still free and can get the simple job done. But you will not outgrow it... It is 3D modeler, renderer, 2D painter. But it can even do nonlinear video editing/cutting. You can combine 2D video with motion tracked 3D scenes... Certainly worth learning the basics. https://www.blender.org/ https://www.blender.org/

schaefer 5y ago
Does anyone have any favorite resources/tutorials for learning and using Blender solely as a video editor?
- harvie 5y ago
  I've learned basics from youtube. First you have to switch blender to video editing "workspace". This opens the internal non-linear video editting GUI, which makes things little bit more obvious.
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- MrUnderhill 5y ago
  The youtuber "Mikeycal Meyers" has a series of videos that I found very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDOGFxMJoxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDOGFxMJoxw It's for Blender 2.8, but I found it mostly applicable for Blender 3 as well.
  - schaefer 5y ago
    ^^ This series is pretty great, and I've never seen it before. Thank you, Mr. Underhill
dpwm 5y ago
I came to say the same thing. The video editing features were very usable in Blender in 2015. Given the open short movies they do are used to drive development, I would be surprised if the video editing hasn't been improved since.

timonoko 5y ago

You just cannot beat Cinelerra. Occasionally I try to use some heavily advertised one (like Kdenlive or Pitivi) but immediately realize you cannot "Generate Keyframes While Tweaking". This is essential. Cinelerra has been splitted to two^H^Hthree but only Cinelerra CG seem to work. Those who remember old-time Cinelerra can be amazed with the render-list of 20, which all seem to work. In the olden golden times you just made big MJPEG and used FFMPEG for coding.

Paianni 5y ago
Maybe you mastered it better than me but I always found Cinelerra-CV a bit clunky, especially if I was dealing with oddball formats (HDV) that I didn't understand. Maybe I would get the hang of it now but I've kinda moved on.
- timonoko 5y ago
  Clunkiest part was [ and ] - keys, which are not readily available on Nordic keyboard. It has been finally fixed (after 20 years) and you can used < and > - keys instead.

kamranjon 5y ago

For those looking to actually edit video professionally on Linux you can’t really beat the free version of Davinci Resolve. Over the past 5 years it has become an incredibly competent non-linear editor alongside being the industry standard for color grading. I’ve honestly tried everything under the sun on Linux for video editing and nothing beats it. If you’re looking to stay open source I think blender is starting to become more competent but still a bit of a task getting it setup for doing serious NLE video work.

easytiger 5y ago
I have pretty modest video editing needs and have been using shotcut on linux. I'm aware of Davinci Resolve but had always assumed (for no reason other than few commercial developers do) they wouldn't have a linux version let a lone a free one. Thanks for the tip off!
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emptysongglass 5y ago
Or you can use Lightworks used to edit Wolf of Wall Street among other Academy features. Also be aware that Resolve does not support integrated graphics (but only on Linux, bizarrely).
- linsomniac 5y ago
  I really liked Lightworks several years ago when I was evaluating all the video editing packages, except for the pricing structure at the time. It was really easy to pick up, and worked great under Linux. My memory was at the time the only pricing option was a subscription model, and I don't do videos very frequently. I knew I'd be annoyed at paying $20/mo for the many months when I wasn't using it. More recently I've seen that they have a "buy outright" option for around $300, which I would have lept at back when I was first looking at it. But I've since moved on to Resolve.

andybak 5y ago

My problem is that I don't need this right now but I will want it at some point in the not too distant future. Finding it at that point is fairly tricky. I have too many bookmarks. Google results for"free video editor" are polluted with junk. And the name - "Pitivi" is not something I will ever remember. I still can't remember the name of the "online drawing app" that I use quite a lot!

password4321 5y ago
You're starting your search in the wrong place! https://hn.algolia.com/?query=video%20editor https://hn.algolia.com/?query=video%20editor
viraptor 5y ago
https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/?q=Video%20editing https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/?q=Video%20editing is my go to most of the time. It's not perfect in classification and it has some trash. But overall I find good suggestions.
linsomniac 5y ago
Maybe this will help: It's pronounced "pee tee vee"? :-)
- andybak 5y ago
  It's definitely slightly easier to remember that way. But without being told I never would have guessed that was the intended pronounciation.
codethief 5y ago
Having you considered using a personal knowledge base (e.g. Obsidian) to organize your bookmarks?

Crazyontap 5y ago

A little OT but why do flatpaks take so much size? I have a small partition for linux and last time I ran out of disk space it was because these flatpaks were taking nearly 1GB for simple programs that I reckon should not be more than 10MB executables. Is this like iTunes on windows where it downloads the whole apple operating system to run the software? I know disk space is cheap but it's not always the case especially with these new laptops with fixed and small nvme drives. edit: just found out this too requires 2.4GB disk space :/

therein 5y ago
Yes, that's exactly how they work. They bring a whole userspace/rootfs with themselves so to speak.
mixmastamyk 5y ago
You generally don’t have to put Linux apps on a Linux partition.

edumucelli 5y ago

That is great, I edit videos from time to time and I have been using Openshot for that. However it is so buggy that I ended up fixing one myself. When I entered into the code I admired one of the most spaghetti software I have ever encountered. No tests, all is verification is made on opening it and "checking" if it was working. Several major bugs that nobody have an idea why, I ended up certain times commenting parts of the code to make it work. I will take a look on Pitivi.

isthisnametaken 5y ago

"No need to reinvent the wheel" Says yet another Linux video editor

pbhjpbhj 5y ago
Pitivi has been around a long time, but I do find it curious that there seems to be a lot of pretty complex NLE compared to other types of app.
phendrenad2 5y ago
I get where you're coming from. There are many Linux video editors already, and many of them could use slight improvements. If people contributes to those instead of going off and making their own project from scratch, it would benefit everyone. That's true. But I think that it's impractical in reality. For various reasons, such as politics, differences in vision, BDFLs, death by committee, etc., many open-source projects find themselves reaching a plateau and stagnating. At that point, it becomes easier to just make your own competing project with the features you want, than try to fight to get your features added upstream. I think that this, counter-intuitively, leads to the stagnant project improving, as the "competition" with new features helps un-deadlock whatever bureaucracy was preventing improvements.

bschwindHN 5y ago

Not sure how much this matters, but it took me quite awhile to find a link to the source code. I missed the gitlab logo at the bottom, clicked around on the Contribute page for awhile, until the "Development Environment" page brought me one step further, where I eventually found a link to the code. Obviously, finding it is a one time cost, but given the landing page praises the cleanliness of the code, I'd expect a link to it. Make the "clean codebase" link to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pitivi and that would be perfect!

MitchelMarsh 5y ago

incomingpain 5y ago

I used kdenlive for basically forever. Look up nixipixel's videos on kdenlive lol. One day though I had I had a weird library problem #linuxproblems So i checked out pitivi and ya really liked it, converted me.