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I've only used it for splicing together bike cam videos and then cutting them to 2 minutes before and after the incident for submitting to police (that's quite

I've only used it for splicing together bike cam videos and then cutting them to 2 minutes before and after the incident for submitting to police (that's quite common for police forces in the UK when dealing with close-pass etc footage). It was easy enough to figure out how to use it and I've got about zero knowledge of video editing. To be honest, I should really change to using ffmpeg instead as OpenShot can be a bit of a resource hog when exporting the video. I have found the cross-platform support to be useful as I mainly use linux, but the more powerful PC that I've got is running windows (for running games).

ghostly_s 4y ago
Wow, the police actually care about stuff like that over there? what a world.
- inwit 4y ago
  A good one, right?
- ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
  It varies a lot between different areas as to how well they deal with it and they have inconsistent standards as to what consists of actionable evidence. I'm covered by Avon & Somerset which is one of the better ones.
  - ghostly_s 4y ago
    Meanwhile here in the states the most significant police action in regard to cyclists rights I can identify is the time I took the lane in front of a police cruiser due to a car illegally parked n the bike lane, pointing at this infraction as I did so, and the pig riding shotgun rolled down his window to mock me as they cruised past.
Gordonjcp 4y ago
You want "ffmpeg -ss <start time as hh:mm:ss> -t <length in seconds or as hh:mm:ss> -i <your video here>.mp4 -c copy output.mp4" or something along those lines.
pmontra 4y ago
I used to use OpenShot. I totally forgot how to use it after a few years hiatus and I could not find a way do what I remember I was doing, so I switched to plain ffmpeg. I use it to cut pieces of videos and extract the audio track. I use Audacity to denoise the audio, adjust the volume and silence some sequences. Then ffmpeg again to assemble everything into the final video. That never crashes and it's easier to document than working in a GUI.

ghostly_s 4y ago

Wow, the police actually care about stuff like that over there? what a world.

inwit 4y ago
A good one, right?
ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
It varies a lot between different areas as to how well they deal with it and they have inconsistent standards as to what consists of actionable evidence. I'm covered by Avon & Somerset which is one of the better ones.
- ghostly_s 4y ago
  Meanwhile here in the states the most significant police action in regard to cyclists rights I can identify is the time I took the lane in front of a police cruiser due to a car illegally parked n the bike lane, pointing at this infraction as I did so, and the pig riding shotgun rolled down his window to mock me as they cruised past.

Gordonjcp 4y ago

You want "ffmpeg -ss <start time as hh:mm:ss> -t <length in seconds or as hh:mm:ss> -i <your video here>.mp4 -c copy output.mp4" or something along those lines.

pmontra 4y ago

I used to use OpenShot. I totally forgot how to use it after a few years hiatus and I could not find a way do what I remember I was doing, so I switched to plain ffmpeg. I use it to cut pieces of videos and extract the audio track. I use Audacity to denoise the audio, adjust the volume and silence some sequences. Then ffmpeg again to assemble everything into the final video. That never crashes and it's easier to document than working in a GUI.