Comments on: VLMC, Open Source Video Editing from VLC Creators – QuickTime Pro Replacement?

By: sbn..

sbn.. — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:29:47 +0000

Great thing, as always, with more options. The open-source NLEs have been thin on the ground and IMO we need the basic as well as the advanced. This is a good start.

Blender's sequence editor has long been really quirky – I've been using iMovie and QT Pro for the little editing I've needed since Blender's is so weird. Especially sound is a pain.

I look forward to the time when the current open movie moves to the editing stage, since the talented devs + UI designers will then hopefully give Blender's NLE part some love. (Hopefully they can decide on a sound library that works for everyone as well). The really exciting part of that is that it'll be 100% Python scriptable.

In the mean time this + PiTiVi look nice additions to things like VirtualDub and AVISynth.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:21:29 +0000

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a proprietary editor, even, if it worked properly. I tried Pinnacle's new thing but couldn't get it operating reliably. Vegas is still my main proprietary pick, and in its cheaper versions, it's still basically the same app (especially if you BYO codecs).

Anyway, on the open source side, Blender can certainly do layers (well beyond "basic"). And I believe it's on the PiTiVi roadmap. Plus, if they really do what they're intending, it should be easier than before for someone saying ("I wish my editor did this; I'll build my own…) — it's the video plumbing that's the insanely tough part of that equation. We'll see…

By: Jaime Munarriz

Jaime Munarriz — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:36:18 +0000

We really need a basic open source video editor, with layers!

I' ve been waiting for Jahshaka to grow up, but…

@ Darren: Pinnacle Studio could work. I've used a lot Ulead Mediastudio, fast and poweful. But maybe their last versions have grown too much. I want small and fast applications, like Reaper.

By: Morph

Morph — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:33:25 +0000

Looks good, will definately be following this project

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:49:22 +0000

@Edwin: Yeah, I tend to agree. You tried 1.0, yeah?

I think they may have actually overthought it in 1.0; they made it dead-simple to use a preset and nearly impossible to customize.

By: Casimir's Blake

Casimir's Blake — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:31:11 +0000

There is a need for a free non-linear editor with some DECENT layer compositing options! At the moment, DebugMode Wax is the only one with such things, and it's somewhat rough around the edges having not been updated in ages.

Bookmarked PiTiVi and VLMC. But until they get multiply/add/screen/etc compositing, I'll have to stick with Wax. (Forget paying Sony £300+ for Vegas for this one feature…)

By: Edwin

Edwin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:24:34 +0000

Hope they put the money to good use and hire someone to look at usability. I like VLC because it plays almost anything, i tried the video conversion in VLC and it's a real mess in usability terms. There is need for need some open-source designers.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:12:41 +0000

@vdmo: heheh, read carefully.

Time for a new PiTiVi review, actually, with these new builds…

By: vdmo Kstati

vdmo Kstati — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:10:49 +0000

http://www.pitivi.org/ is also really great editor for editing... check that one!

By: Jerome LeBel

Jerome LeBel — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:59:04 +0000

There's a donation button on http://vlmc.org/

I just gave 10$