From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA69E158086 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:14:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8B132BC095; Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta016.useast.a.cloudfilter.net (omta016.useast.a.cloudfilter.net [34.195.253.207]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DAFDE0826 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:14:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cxr.smtp.a.cloudfilter.net ([10.0.16.146]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id zDY8mvssZOWoIzDogm8Lqh; Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:14:42 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.99] ([70.188.195.246]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPSA id zDoemRdrCZ4nNzDofm5KwK; Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:14:42 +0000 Authentication-Results: cox.net; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=eriic1@cox.net X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=JcivEGGV c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=61c03b72 a=aOx3lW/VOiKRrzRlla7YRg==:117 a=aOx3lW/VOiKRrzRlla7YRg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=NEAV23lmAAAA:8 a=7QLJJTCM9agq_efhrMgA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <54f84d8c-eb71-72cc-2b18-7bcb2ed8d70a@iinet.net.au> <7dad2108-d62d-2165-66df-86e984d34ad5@youngman.org.uk> From: eric Message-ID: Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 01:13:57 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7dad2108-d62d-2165-66df-86e984d34ad5@youngman.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfKKN+K0x3OBG2Re78Y2pODZTbfrg3JfdfiuiLz83GknFSlAcmHv0gJ4w1z6BbgbdpnI9ULLOP7JENlX35YERWvTtuDTwvwQYmCF0d2nLFp4eARsfyP+Y 3PSoXqByNe2dAcddlRVAKl6ulX2s13BreFUk9LIq7xygXUcBAwd7HPu2dauj9dtwRJukBYQwDZkAYOX5FOpjrD/BTdZvQJ8L8s4= X-Archives-Salt: 676984ee-dc8c-44e7-8b25-d929027a2af5 X-Archives-Hash: 4d15f5653c0cb3b2f6913c00529ee238 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 Regards, Eric