easy. open up terminal. launch vim. start writing a MLT-compatible XML file with your edit choices. exit vim (you know how). run the melt export timeline command. video done.
Yeah, Kdenlive. You can do a job with it, but like most software, you need to put some time in to learn the ropes. YouTube is great for tutorials. I've used it to cut up screen recordings (recorded with OBS) and turn them in explainers, dropping in stills as title backdrops, even doing shrunken down videos that looked like they were playing on a laptop.
I was pretty happy with that anyway.
You can record voice overs directly into Kdenlive, but the audio editing is next to non-existent, so you're probably better off editing it in Audacity or Ardour and cleaning it up there, and then dropping it into Kdenlive.
For context, I'm a developer, not a graphic designer or anything, so me achieving any video editing results is a thumbs up :)
I've used shotcut quite a bit. It's pretty decent, my only gripe with it is that it's ability to handle captions is fairly terrible but if you have an alternate method for captioning then it's everything most people would need.
DaVinci Resolve has a native Linux version, with the caveat that it can’t import mp4 files (have to convert them to another format beforehand with a tool like ffmpeg.) You also may have to do some tinkering based on your hardware - Arch Wiki has a good compatibility table, though the Debian packages will probably not match what Arch Wiki has listed, and you’ll need to use the installer from the Resolve website since I don’t think Debian has it in their repos.
If you’re looking for something free & open source, Kdenlive is also a great option, though it doesn’t have nearly as much functionality as its more professional-grade counterparts.
My 2¢: kdenlive works (worked; been a few years) shockingly well for being free without a commerical version. It’s not polished or fancy like commercial solutions, and it has had stability issues, but it really does work. Someone better than me could get professional results out of it.
@art I think that might be a good idea, I was originally going to test running Windows in a VM on Windows and then think about Running Linux with a Windows VM on that. But I feel as if I might just need to VM my Linux as it would be easier due to my dependencies with my apps at the moment, I will be looking into changing or even removing the function of the apps I don't need as much as possible.
I might catch flak for this, but WSL would also be a good option. At least it was for me. It’s basically a Linux container that runs in Windows and is developed/supported by Microsoft. Some limitations so YMMV.
Quick way to install Ubuntu WSL in PowerShell:
wsl --install
I also recommend the Windows Terminal app to compliment a WSL install. Download it in the Microsoft Store.
@i_cant_sports I've tried using WSL before but I seem to not be able to boot up into the Distro from clicking on the Linux WSL application after it appeared, I still might give it another go and see if it will run this time, thank you.
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