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owickstrom / komposition

The video editor built for screencasters
https://owickstrom.github.io/komposition/
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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feature parity with other video editors? #4

Closed ghost closed 6 years ago

ghost commented 6 years ago

Just curious to know if you're aiming for feature parity with OpenShot or kdenlive or any other video editor? It's been disappointing to use C/C++-based video editors that crash randomly or behave in weird ways!

owickstrom commented 6 years ago

@rudolfolah I haven't used OpenShot, but I have some experience with kdenlive.

I think Komposition should focus on doing only the basic screencast editing part, and do that really well, instead of going towards a more general video editor. Things like transitions and effects, multi-track video and audio, audio level automation, etc, all seems out of scope at this point. That said, I've thought about how it could integrate with other editors. For example, I'd personally like to edit the overall screencast in Komposition first, then export it to, say, a Kdenlive project where I can make the final touches.

Regarding the crashes, I agree, it's super frustrating. During the short period of using Komposition when developing it, I've found it very stable so far. The majority of problems have been around invoking external programs (ffmpeg, sox) correctly. I would love to have a more general video editor also written in Haskell. 😄

ghost commented 6 years ago

Things like transitions and effects, multi-track video and audio, audio level automation, etc, all seems out of scope at this point.

True, for my own screencasting the thing I've found helpful with multi-track video is that it's possible for me to edit out the date/time from the taskbar on the screen. I think no multi-track video is good if it's possible to layer rectangles to hide things like that.

I would love to have a more general video editor also written in Haskell. 😄

It's interesting to see whether the amount of time spent on bugs will be lessened through the use of Haskell.

owickstrom commented 6 years ago

Closing this due to it being non-actionable. Post-processing, or other kinds of editing not supported by Komposition, is better done in other editors for now. I'm more and more leaning towards an "export to Kdenlive" feature, enabling people to do effects and further editing there if desired.