Shotcut 23.12 Released With Wayland Crash Fix, Upgraded AV1 Encode/Decode

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Shotcut 23.12 Released With Wayland Crash Fix, Upgraded AV1 Encode/Decode

Shotcut 23.12 debuted this weekend as the newest version of this open-source non-linear video editing solution for Linux, Windows, and macOS systems...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-23.12-Released

[sophisticles]

Shotcut is a nice editor, I use on a regular basis, the only thing i do not understand is why they have not added support for exporting with svt-av1.

Thus support libaom but AOM has adopted svt-av1 as the official av1 encoder, do why not support it?

[caligula]

Shotcut is a nice editor, I use on a regular basis, the only thing i do not understand is why they have not added support for exporting with svt-av1.

Thus support libaom but AOM has adopted svt-av1 as the official av1 encoder, do why not support it?

Are there any recent reviews and comparisons of shotcut, openshot, kdenlive, and the non-free alternatives for Linux?

[Quackdoc]

Shotcut is a nice editor, I use on a regular basis, the only thing i do not understand is why they have not added support for exporting with svt-av1.

Thus support libaom but AOM has adopted svt-av1 as the official av1 encoder, do why not support it?

since when has AOM adopted svt-av1 as the "official encoder" Aomenc is still very much the reference. for pete's sake svtav1 cant even fucking do 422 or 444 encoding. I highly doubt AOM made it "the official" encoder, they have adopted it and are developing it, but it's no more official then aomenc which is still the reference encoder

[usaga]

moving to dav1d 1.4

The latest dav1d release is actually 1.3.0 https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d/-/tags . I see this is also wrong in the original blog post.

[sophisticles]

Are there any recent reviews and comparisons of shotcut, openshot, kdenlive, and the non-free alternatives for Linux?

The ones I have seen are of the generic type, this is what A does, this is what B does.

I tend to be a firm believer in the proof is in the pudding,

For Linux the non-free alternatives are Resolve and Lightworks, and they both have an impressive list of movies and TV shows that were created with them.

Until Shotcut, Openshot, Olive, Kdenlive can point to even one commercial project that was created with them, then they can't be considered legit contenders.

[Quackdoc]

Until Shotcut, Openshot, Olive, Kdenlive can point to even one commercial project that was created with them, then they can't be considered legit contenders.

It feels weird to me to limit it to commercial projects rather then cinematic projects.

[makosol]

The World of Goo 2 trailer has been made with Kdenlive.

[sophisticles]

It feels weird to me to limit it to commercial projects rather then cinematic projects.

The rubber meets the road where cash is on the line.

The litmus test is when you are being paid to produce a project what editor do you reach for?

It's one thing when you are doing it for free, as a school project or as a hobby or as a learning experience but when there are 10's of millions of dollars on the line and the final product will be shown on iMAX theaters all over the world or it's going to be broadcast on prime time TV or HBO, do you reach for Olive, Shotcut, Openshot, or Kdenlive, or do you reach for Lightworks, Resolve, Premiere, or FCP.

Remember that line from Indiana Jones, "It's time to ask yourself what you believe", you have just signed a deal to produce a sitcom pilot and if goes well you sign a huge deal, what editor do you reach for?

Do you stick to your silly claims surrounding open source software or do you go with a proven commodity?

[sophisticles]

The World of Goo 2 trailer has been made with Kdenlive.

Oh, the The World of Goo 2 trailer was made with Kdenlive? Well that changes everything, I guess Black Magic Design, Adobe, Apple, Magix and Lightworks might as well just close their doors and take up knitting.