Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware

[eric <eriic1@cox.net>]

On 12/20/21 1:13 AM, eric wrote:
> On 12/20/21 12:55 AM, Wols Lists wrote:
>> On 20/12/2021 06:11, William Kenworthy wrote:
>>>
>>> On 20/12/21 13:40, Andrew Lowe wrote:
>>>> On 20/12/21 11:17 am, William Kenworthy wrote:
>>>>> Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick 
>>>>> edit of a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice a bit in/out of 
>>>>> the middle?)
>>>>>
>>>>> BillK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How easy should it be? Won't ffmpeg allow you to do this type of 
>>>> thing but you need to do a bit of work to get what you need - no 
>>>> nice GUI?
>>>>
>>>>     Andrew
>>>>
>>> I am using ffmeg now to reduce the video size.  Its a Christmas 
>>> message taken on a lumix camera that needs to be sent a few thousand 
>>> km over what may be a flakey mobile link.  I just wanted something I 
>>> can play a video, click on a point and delete everything before that. 
>>> Same at the end.  Looking at kdelive its a stupidly complex program 
>>> that has a steep learning curve to do the above.
>>>
>> I'm looking for the same. On my PVR I just create two chapter marks, 
>> and delete the section between the chapter marks.
>>
>> With pretty much every bit of linux software I've found, I have to 
>> import my source into a project, make a meal of deleting the sections 
>> I don't want, and then I can't just "save a file", I have to tell the 
>> program loads of crap that I don't have a clue about, I just want my 
>> new file to be EXACTLY THE SAME as the original, just missing the bits 
>> I've deleted.
>>
>> Most software works like that, why doesn't video editing software?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Wol
>>
> 
> I have not tried this myself but has anyone tried "easycrop". It is a 
> script that uses mpv to do the hard work.
> 
> https://github.com/aidanholm/mpv-easycrop
> 

I spoke to soon. This script does not do what you are looking for. It 
just allows you to select a rectangular section of the screen and crops 
the rest. It does not allow you to remove sections of the video like the 
beginning few minutes.

Regards,

Eric