[LAU] Writing jingles

[Raffaele Morelli]

2014-07-01 23:08 GMT+02:00 Louigi Verona <louigi.verona at gmail.com>:

> This is really a pity, because otherwise OpenShot is a great editor.
>
> In light of my increasing video editing, I am sorry to say that I am
> beginning to contemplate switching to Windows for video. I spent the whole
> day today exploring video editing tools for Linux and it was a total
> disappointment.
>
> 1. Tried promising *Lightworks*. However, it doesn't have an ability to
> synchronize audio to video on sub-frame level which makes lack of this one
> little feature a show stopper for me - I record audio separately from video
> and I need very precise sync later on. OpenShot does it easily and I always
> am able to sync precisely (video camera does record audio as well and I am
> able to perfectly sync audio and then mute camera audio track).
>
> 2. Tried promising *Blender Video Editor*. Unfortunately, it does not
> support many video formats, at least on my machine and - most importantly -
> it could not read or render the files that my camera shoots (normal mp4
> files). Internet search revealed alleged problems working with mp4. Video
> software that has problems with mp4... I just cannot rely on it and besides
> I could find no solution whatsoever.
>
> 3. Tried *kdenlive*, hoping maybe it fixed its problems. What do you know
> - it crashes on my Xubuntu 12.04 when I click "Add clip". So much for
> kdenlive - even the stock Ubuntu version does not work, simply incredible.
>
> 4. *OpenShot* works and I probably will have to use it for quick edits,
> hoping it does not start randomly crashing. I did contact the developers,
> but there have been numerous reports and I just don't think this is fixable
> by one solution. I also am not sure I will receive a reply.
>
> 5. Tried *Avidemux* and some other video editor from the repos - both
> could not even open an mp4 file properly.
>
> And then when I saw on some site a blogger write that "Linux is the best
> platform for high end video editing", I was just astonished at the insolence
> of the claim. I mean, such nerve...
>
> Anyway, I am quite disappointed, as I am not looking forward to having a
> dual boot or using an old laptop just for video editing and equally not
> looking forward to fighting random OpenShot crashes. Linux definitely lacks
> in terms of simple basic video editing, meaning that you are lucky if some
> video software happens to work on your machine. Don't loose that luck -
> don't upgrade, just stick to it if it works - you never know what bug an
> upgrade will bring, a bug that might stay in there for years.
>
> Happy hacking!
>
>
​for the sake of completeness you could have tried cinelerra, in spite of
everything is the best I've worked with

​my ​0.02€​
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