With Linux I’ve tried my share of video editors. And while what’s available isn’t as good as pro software titles for Windows or Mac, there’s still some decent offerings out there that will do the job. What’s most important now compared to just a few years ago are two things:
- A lot of concentration is now placed on the GUI (which is mandatory with video editing).
- There’s more than just 3 titles available that actually work.
TechCityInc has put together a list of 10 video editors, including the really good ones that support a variety of codecs (cool) and export options (very cool). In addition, all editors listed are free.
In my past experiences with editing video under Linux I didn’t get very far. I usually ran in to a codec problem and/or export problem and/or the app crashed, etc. But these days you can handle MPEG, MP4 and AVIs without a problem and that’s good. Video data largely uses proprietary formats, and with the software titles from the above link you can actually work with most of them to create your finalized videos.
The most important software listed on that link is Avidemux for the reason it’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux. This means you if have Windows or Mac PCs and Linux PCs you can trade video files and projects between OSes much more easily – and that’s important. Having cross-platform video editing software is definitely a huge perk.
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