I would concur with Alan's assessments. I have used OpenShot rather more than the others because I like it a lot, it has seemed more stable to me, and while I was using it it evolved fairly rapidly. Ubuntu adopted PiTivi at the same time OpenShot was being considered. Personally, I thought OpenShot was clearly better and more stable. All that said, I have not used any of them in about 6 months. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > I can provide some of my own experience here. > > First off, some of those on the list Synaptic creates are not what I > would call video editors, though they may have excellent other uses. > Here are the ones I have used or played with: > > avidemux > Great "quick and dirty" editor for simply cuts, appending videos > together, resolution transformations, format translations and audio > extraction. Not very good at titles and the like though it has some > of that ability. When I want to do a quick cut or translate from one > encoding to another, this is what I use. > > cinelerra > Very complex, high end, high control. If you use this make sure you > have lots of RAM, CPU and monitor space. I've not used it much > because it's overwhelming in capability. Probably great for > professionals or someone who likes lots of control. > > kdenlive > Very promising application. Looks and feels similar to Apple's > iMovie. Should be a good amateur editor if it would be stable. About > 9 months ago when I tried it crashes were common. Could have been my > video driver or something so your mileage may vary. > > kino > Great for extracting raw digital video from your camera if that is > what your camera creates. OK with basic cuts and title screens but > the interface is pretty technical instead of user friendly. Still use > it for capturing from our old camera but then edit the video > elsewhere. Has improved by leaps and bounds over the past couple of > years. > > openshot > I've only played with this one but looks really nice. Similar to > kdenlive and seems to target the same capability level. Did not crash > a lot but have not used it much yet. I think this one has a photo > slideshow maker where you just point it at a directory of photos and > it builds the video for you. > > For the uses requested, kdenlive and openshot are probably what you > are looking for, assuming they work well for you. > > Alan > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:55 PM, keith smith wrote: > > > > I'd like to piggyback on this one. I recently bought a camera with the > intention of creating YouTube videos. I was going to use the windows movie > maker, however now I'm wondering if Linux might have something better. I'm > thinking I will need to take an audio recording and apply some photos to > make a video, add a graphic to the start and end of an actual video and > apply a logo and website address to the entire video. I need something easy > to use. I don't intend on becoming a film maker however if there are > advanced tools I'd be interested in hearing about them. > > > > Thanks! > > > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > > > --- On Mon, 11/8/10, joe@actionline.com wrote: > > > > From: joe@actionline.com > > Subject: What's the easiest-to-use video editor? > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 2:25 PM > > > > . > > What is the easiest-to-use video editor? > > > > On my system, Synaptic lists more than a dozen different video editors > > that are available, only one of which shows as being installed, called > > mjpegtools ... but I can'y find it or how to start it. > > > > Among the others that appear as available to install are these: > > > > avidemux (plus a command line 'cli' option) > > bombono-dvd > > cinelerra > > dvd-backup > > fotowall > > gjacktransport > > gnonlin > > jahshaka > > kdenlive > > kino > > lives > > mlt > > mythtv > > openmovieeditor > > openshot > > pitivi > > wmwebcam > > > > I've read the Synaptic short descriptions for each of these, but can't > > figure out which one or two might be the best to try. > > > > All I want to do is to be able to import mp3 videos, cut out unwanted > > portions from the beginning, middle, and end to make them each one > > shorter, and then combine two or more into a single video. > > > > Also, I'd like to be able to add a title and perhaps captions to some > > segments; perhaps add or replace an existing audio track; and convert to > > whatever would be the most disk-space efficient format(s) for viewing > > either on youtube or as an embedded video on my website. > > > > What would y'all recommend? > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. 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