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This is very cool! I've been looking for some time for a project that has: - a stellar editing UI for "prototyping" a well-edited video - a well-documented ti
by btown 4y ago
This is very cool! I've been looking for some time for a project that has:
- a stellar editing UI for "prototyping" a well-edited video
- a well-documented timeline-level API for the file format that can replace, timeshift, and add clips and tracks, and
- be able to run on cloud hardware as a render service
Imagine creating a promotional video, then automatically swapping in each client's logo and re-rendering it for each one! The possibilities here are endless.
DaVinci Resolve can't be beat for #1 and seems to support #3 well, but its API seems designed more for plugins than for automated authoring. For instance, the documentation at https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=99270 https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9927... seems to give just read-only access to a lot of things at the TimelineClip level. And https://github.com/pedrolabonia/pydavinci https://github.com/pedrolabonia/pydavinci has exactly one contributor.
By contrast, Shotcut seems to be built on, and by, https://mltframework.org/ https://mltframework.org/ with a close correspondence between the runtime API surface and the file system representation of a file, and it's fully open-source. Very possibly the sweet spot we've been looking for!
- invalidator 4y agoAlso give https://kdenlive.org/ https://kdenlive.org/ a try. I settled on it as a high-power, steep learning curve solution when I found myself hitting the wall with alternatives. It's clunky but it does everything I need. Like Shotcut, it's all MLT underneath the hood. You can click "Generate script" on the render dialog, and get a .mlt file. Another lead for you: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenTimelineIO https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenTimelineIO
- stoicjumbotron 4y agoI haven't tried Shotcut yet, but I can definitely vouch for Kdenlive. Been using it on and off for a few years now and is still the best and stable option for video editing in the FOSS space
- indolering 4y agoEvery video editor based on the MLT framework that I have tried has been very unstable : (
- toivo 4y agoShotcut is unfortunately no different. Having used shotcut for hundreds of hours ctrl+s becomes your best friend.
- cercatrova 4y agoBannerbear can do something like what you want, programmatically [0]. [0] https://bannerbear.com https://bannerbear.com