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A video editor, such as openshot, allows you to edit and manipulate videos using graphical tools.

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How to create video visualizations / sound responses for songs

Simply I'm wanting to create music visualization videos for songs I make for youtube (like a stereoscope). I know it can be done using templates for Adobe After Effects on Windows machines. Is there ...
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Is there a way to mark and annotate special moments in a video?

I have a long tutorial video, and it's easy for me to get lost. I really want to break the video down to parts by marking the beginning and end of each section. I also want to add a short summary to ...
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Is there a program which allow easily to add speech bubbles to a video/screen cast?

I am currently creating a screencast tutorial for a lecture. Therefore, I use recordmydesktop to get a video of my actions. Now I want to annotate some actions in the video with speech bubbles (or ...
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Is it possible to combine two movie files into one, interleaved like a zipper using ffmpeg?

imagine you have two movie clips, each one has the same fps and geometry and total number of pics,now take the first pic of the first clip and place the first pic of the second clip after it, than ...
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How do I set the dimensions of OpenShot images?

For reasons I can't seem to divine, when I export images from OpenShot they are consistently 320x240, even if the originating video is 2 or 3 times that size. I've tried using the "Convert to Image ...
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Reset Audio Waveform in Pitivi

I have some clips that I am editing and every time I split the clips to remove certain sections from them, the audio waveform is screwed and it gets really difficult to know the audio start locations. ...
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kazam control window disappears when capture starts

I need to record a window on ubuntu 20.04. I installed kazam and selected window and started capture. But as soon as the recording starts, the kazam control window disappears. The manual says I should ...
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OpenShot video editor doesn't open

I installed OpenShot video editor by using sudo apt install openshot from the official repository, then I tried to open it by using openshot-qt command and it camed errrors, here's the output: ...
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Ubuntu Video Editing is TERRIBLY Slow. Any fix?

I recently made the leap from Windows to Linux, and I'm enjoying my freedom thus far with Ubuntu 18.04. I've played quite a few games so far CS:GO, Minecraft with heavy shaders, Kenshi, ARK, etc. and ...
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Kdenlive gone from system, and won't re install?

I have posted this on the Kdenlive forum but been advised to try elsewhere as this seems to be an OS related issue, so here goes... I have been using Kdenlive happily for a while on Ubuntu 14.04LTS(...
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Openshot 1.4.3 no longer recognising blender when making animated titles

I was using openshot and blender to create some animated titles and it was working fine until openshot just started to cry out for blender for no apparent reason. The previews work fine, and some ...
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Kdenlive 22.08.3 Stabilize menu item missing

I am running Kdenlive 22.08.3 on my Ubuntu 22.04.1 desktop. I have a video clip which I want to stabilize. When selecting this clip I should get a "Stabilize" menu item in the menu Clip ->...
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How/Can I use Nvidia GPU in Handbrake?

system configuration intel i5 9300H nvidia 1650(m) ubuntu 20.04 gnome 3.3 nvidia driver 450 Recently I tried to crop and re-encode a video to x265 using Handbrake . I switched to Nvidia on demand in ...
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Trim a 360-degree GoPro Video in Linux?

Is there a command line (or GUI) utility to trim a 360-degree *.mov file? The file was made using a GoPro Fusion Camera. I've tried ffmpeg: ffmpeg -i File_A.mov -ss 00:00:00 -to 00:03:23 -c copy ...
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Openshot crashes when exporting video on 20.04

OpenShot (version 2.4.3) crashes when it is exporting a video (YouTube HD 720p 30fps). I installed it using apt and official repos. This is the last part of the log file: export:INFO YouTube-HD ...
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Kubuntu 19.10 and Lightworks 14.6

I would like to install Lightworks 14.6 (latest release) in Kubuntu 19.10. Can you please advise how I should go about it? I am new to Linux world, hence this basic question. Many thanks.
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Rebind peek recorder's C-n key not to create new instance

I installed peek screen recorder and employ it to record gif of Emacs operations. In Emacs C-n invoke next-line, it thus create anther new instance of peek window. How could rebind peek's C-n but ...
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How do I save a video which I've panned with mpv?

I have mpv 0.27.2 (C) 2000-2017 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects running on Kubuntu 18.04. I can view a selected area of a video, out.mp4, by using mpv --speed=0.8 --video-pan-x=-0.1 --video-pan-y=0.07 ...
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USB video grabber works with camera, not with VHS recorder

I'm trying to get rid of all my old videotapes using a USB grabber (Fushicai USBTV007 Video Grabber [EasyCAP]). When I use VLC or Open Broadcaster Software I can get the video stream from /dev/video2. ...
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DVD Creating / Burning Tools for Ubuntu 18.04

I am a serious collector of professional boxing videos and prefer watching them on old-fashioned tv/dvd player set instead of any computer set-up. Previously as a Windows user I have done 100's of ...
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Shotcut does not show in App Grid

I have Shotcut video editor installed from the snap, all was well until I noticed a day or so ago that it no longer shows up in the app grid of my Gnome desktop (17.10). Nor does it show up if I ...
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Fade video and audio in and out using avconv

How do you fade video and audio in from and out to back avconv? I have found many posts on how to do this with ffmpeg but non with avconv. The length of the video will change between videos. Is it ...
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Ubuntu Video Streaming

my sisters theatre group needs a live stream for their new play. Someone will film the scene and we send it to a beamer via my laptop computer (running on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04). At some point the video ...
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Create only blackscreen with subtitles from avi / flv file

I've got an interview in avi or flv format and I created subtitles (srt-file) for that. Which tool(s) can I use, to create a video file of minimal size, which only shows a picture/blackscreen and my ...
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How to remove video fisheye effect with low overhead

I am a "newbie" and currently using an RTSP stream on a PI4 with a POE security camera that has a wide-angle lens on it. It is my understanding that this effect can be removed via a MATLAB ...
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Upgraded to ubuntu studio 20.04 and lost all the extra video effects in Kdenlive and Openshot

When i upgraded to Ubuntu Studio 20.04, I lost all the weird video effects (like screen glitching, old Film effect, etc) that used to appear in Kdenlive and Openshot. What package(s) am I missing?
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kdenlive video editor not working drag and drop

when I try to edit a video in kdenlive , in my folder where video clips are stored I open the file and simply try to drag and drop it to kdenlive , but it's not work or I do not know how to do it , ...
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ffmpeg lock's up pc

I have an i7-10700kx16. With 64g ram and 2 2tb SSD, The board is a z590-p. The video card is UHD 630 CML GT2. I install Ubuntu 23.04 and the ver of Ubuntu. Every time I to use Kdenlive or FFmpeg from ...
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Create end credits for video editing

I am using Pitivi for some video editing and now I want to add end credits to the end of video. I don't know if it's possible to do it directly in Pitivi (if so how?). Here it gives some hint but no ...
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how to add watermark ffmpeg custom duration

I'd like to ask, how to add a watermark in ffmpeg at a certain duration? for example I have a 2 minute video, I want the watermark to appear at 1:15 - 1:25 how to do it?
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After Starting Openshot Video editor

tapabrata@lappy : openshot-qt Loaded modules from: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt (python3:2102986): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:34:30.010: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:2515:35: '-2px' is not a ...
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Is there a way to send usb camera stream through a color filter before it gets to Zoom or similar?

Pretty much I wanted to see if there was a way to adjust color settings before it gets to a streaming app. Thanks!!
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Blender (and others) video editing: slow and/or bumpy playback - 100% CPU load

I use Blender for Video editing on Ubuntu 18.04, and whenever I playback the video I’m working on, the CPU load hits 100% and the playback is slow or bumpy or both. This happens even if there is only ...
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ubuntu 18.04 and firewire device

There is only old documentation /threads regarding ubuntu and firewire device. Actually I want tp capture videos form my old Sony camera using minDV format. Using Kdenlive or dvgrab, my device never ...
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Video Editing Software that Allows Me To Edit Multiple Audio Tracks Seperately from 1 Video File?

So OBS (my recording software) has a feature that allows me to record multiple audio tracks into one video. For example, I can have my microphone and desktop audio recorded in separate audio tracks ...
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How can I install windows movie maker 2 using wine?

So I looked on winehq today to see if windows movie maker works on ubuntu, since I feel Kdenlive eats up too much memory and space on my hard drive and it seems to run properly. The only problem is I ...
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How can I hold a frame for a few seconds in a video?

It's hard to describe it, but what I want to do is I have a video and at some point in the video I want to take the current frame, play it for some time like 5 seconds (i.e. displaying the last frame, ...
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What is the --set-tuner option of fswebcam?

From man fswebcam -t, --tuner <tuner number> Set the tuner to use. I cannot figure out what a tuner is. Can you provide a brief example of command that uses a tuner?
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360 video editor for linux

I am using ubuntu 16, but am curious if there exists a 360 video editor (meaning can edit 360 degree videos) that can be used on linux of any distro. Obviously, it would be amazing if there was ...
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Switch out faces in videos

I was wondering if there is any open source software that I can use to easily add images to a video, track the faces, and replace them like in this video?
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How do I rotate a video without audio alteration?

I have a video recorded with an iPad, and I want to rotate it. I tried the solution provided in this answer, but first I get this warning : If the file is using B-frames as reference, this can lead ...
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Openshot trouble, help

I installed openshot today and so far I was doing kinda fine but when I went back to create a title(animated) it wont let me progress. I checked blender also it's there but I am helpless and unable to ...
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Getting a Focusrite 18i20 how do I install with good studio program

I'm pretty stoked my new Focusrite 18i20 is at the PO ready to pick up. What is a great professional audio recording software for ubuntu 14.04? What do I need to do to make it work? looking for a ...
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How to install VideoLAN Movie Creator?

I'd like to get VideoLAN Movie Creator for my Ubuntu 14.04. Is there any possibility? Or any other similar to Windows Movie Maker? Openshot is very weak and all the others from software center even ...
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Problem to install kdenlive 0.9.10 : ubuntu 14.04

I am trying to install kdenlive 0.9.10 on ubuntu 14.04 (with gnome desktop). I followed the instructions from the official website (https://kdenlive.org/download-ubuntu). But no success. sudo add-...
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How to install adobe after effects with wine on ubuntu 14.10?

I'm a video editor and a film maker. I want to use Adobe After effects to make graphical contents for my work. I would like to install it in my Ubuntu even while I have Windows. Can I install it on ...
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How to cut mp4 file and link to make webm

Whats the fastest way to cut small sections of a mp4 file and link them back together as a WEBm help is greatly appreciated!
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How to make a video from separate frames

I used blender to create an animation, and i set the output to PNG. So i it is easier to analyse the animation. Now i want to turn those 180 png frames into a video. This is something that can be done ...
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How to make lyrical music video?

I'm trying to make a lyric video for my friends band. I wanted to make a video with the album art and have the lyrics appear and leave the screen with some effects. I've downloaded programs like ...
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Devices are not working affecting my performance on Ubuntu especially my graphic card , Guys what to do?

I am having this problem from the first time I installed Ubuntu, I tried to search for any solutions, but I couldn't find anyone mentioning how to solve the missing graphic card and other drivers. I ...
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