Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware

[Wols Lists]

On 21/12/2021 19:16, Dale wrote:
> Spackman, Chris wrote:
>> On 2021/12/21 at 05:13pm, Wols Lists wrote:
>>> On 21/12/2021 16:07, Spackman, Chris wrote:
>>>> On 2021/12/20 at 11:17am, William Kenworthy wrote:
>>>>> Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick edit of
>>>>> a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice a bit in/out of the middle?)
>>>> I've not seen anyone mention OpenShot. It is in portage, but masked for
>>>> some reason.
>>>> As someone else mentioned, you do have to create a project and then
>>>> export. Really, though, the "create project, make export choices" is
>>>> only like an extra minute or two of your time. I usually don't even save
>>>> the project for just some simple trimming.
>>
>>> It may be a minute or two of YOUR time.
>>>
>>> For someone who doesn't "DO" video editing, it can easily turn into
>>> hours of debugging trying to work out what does (or doesn't) work.
>>>
>>> Sorry, but you can't assume we're all video whizzes like you ... :-)
>>> That's why we want something dummy-proof!
>> Wow, sorry, didn't realize this was such a sore issue. Especially
>> considering we've already discussed several command line programs in
>> this thread.
>>
>> To export:
>>
>> 1. press the red circular "export video" button (or go to File =>
>>     Export Project => Export Video);
>>
>> 2a. [optional] change the name of the video in the export window that
>>      pops up;
>>
>> 2b. press the "export video" button at the bottom of the window. Here,
>>      for me, the defaults work fine.
>>
>> I did it three times in less than a minute, double checking the accuracy
>> for this post. So, not a huge inconvenience.
>>
>> Of course, if the defaults do NOT work for you, then you do not want
>> something "dead easy", you want something that will read your mind and
>> do what you want, somehow, automagically.
>>
>
>
> As someone who has experimented with video editing software, I can
> understand Wols on this.  What some of us needs is something similar to
> 'video editing for dummys' except we need the software not the book.  At
> one time, I wanted to remove like 20 or 30 seconds on the beginning and
> about the same on the end of a few videos.  Hours later, still couldn't
> figure it out.  Heaven forbid I wanted to remove something in the middle
> as well or add a second or so of black screen.  O_O
>
> This coming from someone who was able to figure out Kicad and get
> circuit boards made.  Just saying.  LOL
>
Yup. This coming from someone who is quite happy with the command line 
because when he started THAT'S ALL THERE WAS. My work experience 
pre-dates the IBM PC - you know the one - the one with an 8088 inside...

Oh - and as for using the command line, it's all very well until you try 
and figure out where to tell the command line to cut the video file - I 
really don't want to have to run the command line hundreds of times, 
checking the output every time, and throwing away the ones that cut in 
the wrong place. Oh, and if I use some video editing software to find 
the exact millisecond I want to cut, it STILL cuts it in completely the 
wrong place ...

Cheers,
Wol