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Here's a bit of feedback, in the event anyone who manages the site reads this comment section: 1) I checked the FAQ and the 2nd and 3rd question in the FAQ wer
by registeredcorn 4y ago
Here's a bit of feedback, in the event anyone who manages the site reads this comment section:
1) I checked the FAQ and the 2nd and 3rd question in the FAQ were about crashing on Windows. I get the impression that this software is extremely unstable across OSes. This is a really bad foot to start off on.
Can anyone speak to the stability of Shotcut? I see a few comments below mentioning crashes, I just can't tell if we're talking every month or so, or every 5 minutes. If I were to switch video editors, having the program crash on me constantly is obviously a very big problem.
2) I didn't see any obvious language defining why I should switch to Shotcut. I use kdenlive to cut up screen shares and render them to webm; I do occasional light editing work to make tutorials for people. Kdenlive is a little clunky in some ways, but it gets the job done and I was able to figure out the basics after watching a quick tutorial on YouTube.
So...what does Shotcut offer that kdenlive doesn't? How could this task be made easier? Both software options can be used for commercial use, so what's the benefit of Shotcut over kdenlive? If Shotcut renders quicker, or supports more file formats, or makes it somehow easier to edit videos, I can see the appeal but there doesn't appear to be any introductory literature on their landing page or FAQ hammering these points home. Granted, I could probably devote the time to figuring this out myself, but it just seems like a lot of effort to learn something that should have been covered on the site.
One of those comparison breakdowns of side-by-side +/- images would have been a good starting point. Maybe it's buried somewhere else on the site, but if it is, it should be moved up to the front of the site, preferably on the main page.
- ndsipa_pomu 4y agoI had it crash consistently on linux on startup, which as IIRC was something to do with the initial splash screen and was fixed by manually setting an option. Other than that, I've had it crash a couple of times when exporting, but I think that was the OS desperately reclaiming memory on an under-powered machine. Can't help with comparing it to kdenlive.
- mike_hock 4y agoSo apparently in Shotcut you can make a transition between clips on the same track by just sliding them into each other. in Kdenlive you have to have them on different tracks and add transitions between them. Not something that makes or breaks the editor, just something that caught my eye watching the tutorial videos. It's great for really simple home video editing.
- registeredcorn 4y agoThanks for the info. I'm not sure how compelling that would be for my specific use case, but I'm sure some people would find that useful. Thanks! :)
- kevingadd 4y agoWhen I last tried it, it frequently crashed and was very laggy on a high-spec machine with a good GPU and CPU. I also had trouble getting it to correctly do things like adjust playback speed of a clip. After an hour I gave up and used Davinci Resolve.