Application for slicing video

Question

I'm using PiTiVi to edit a long lecture, and I'd like to split it into manageable chunks, then rearrange the pieces. However, I don't see a good way to do that in PiTiVi; apparently, I would have to cut a clip out, discard everything else, and save the clip for each clip I want to extract. Is there an Ubuntu application that's designed to slice videos into clips, or an application that can do it well?

Answer 1

kdenlive is (in my experience) the easiest software which will allow you to perform that task in a few steps and without problems. Even so, the OpenShot Video Editor project is also useful but it yet needs lots of hard work to get closer to the kdenlive.

Here are a screenshot of the kdenlive and openshot respectively:

I would suggest you to take a look at this post: Editing High Definition Video in the Israel Remix Team Distro Forum, where I documented my experiences using several of these tools during the research process for a pro-multimedia system.

Good luck!

Answer 2

OpenShot Video Editor looks promising. Have you checked it?. Checkout the features: http://www.openshot.org/features/

To install it just open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openshot openshot-doc

Just give a try.

Answer 3

I like kdenlive for finishing up as well or clipping out small chunks...but if he wants to split a LARGE lecture into smaller pieces he could try:

ffmpeg -i input.mpg -ss 00:00:10 -t 00:00:30 out1.mpg -ss 00:00:35 -t 00:00:30 out2.mpg

discussion of the command is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=480343

Answer 4

I use Kdenlive, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could even slice video this way in PiTiVi:

1. Create a new project with your full lecture.
2. Set your start and end points for the first "manageable chunk" in the clip monitor.
3. Drag from the video in the clip monitor down to your timeline. It will be just the chunk you chose.
4. Set new start and end points in the clip monitor and repeat as needed.

Answer 5

My preference for easy video clipping has always been avidemux

Just set the video and audio encoding to Copy and choose the container format you want, within reason.

Answer 6

Try Avidemux

sudo apt-get install avidemux

or LiVES

sudo apt-get install lives

more here.

Answer 7

In PiTiVi 0.13.5 (Ubuntu 10.10) I was able to simply select a clip and go to Timeline > Split (or just press "S").

Answer 8

Pitivi too complex? Well... I suggest you learn how to use the mouse then lol

Anyway, I always use Kdenlive. Just import the video, drag it onto the timeline, click on the spot where you want to split it, right-click it, and choose cut. Then remove the part you don't need.

Answer 9

For cutting, merging, scaling etc one can use … Blender (yes, this 3D editor, but it has also video editing part). You need workout some 20-min tutorial to survive the interface, but then it appears to be unexpectedly pleasant to use.