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How to Install Shotcut video editor On Ubuntu-18.04

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To Install Shotcut video editor On Ubuntu-18.04

Shotcut is a free and opensource, multi-platform video editing software, that supports all forms of audio and video files and many images formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG and many more.

Installation

Add the repository of shotcut video editor using PPA

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:haraldhv/shotcut

 Unofficial package for shotcut
This package will simply install the official release from shotcut.org into /usr/lib/shotcut (including all dependencies), and have it listed together with the other applications.

I am fully aware that this is not the preferred way of packaging, but due to time constraints the shotcut developer does not wish to support the number of configurations required from a proper debian/ubuntu package. Importing the official tarball like this is a compromise that gives the convenience of apt for installing/upgrading while staying in line with the official releases, at the expense of a large package size.

Any concerns related to this PPA should be directed towards me and not the shotcut author.
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Reading package lists... Done

Install the shotcut video editor

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install shotcut -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done



The following additional packages will be installed:

  libgsm1 libsdl1.2debian swh-plugins

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  libgsm1 libsdl1.2debian shotcut swh-plugins
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 469 not upgraded.
Need to get 47.2 MB of archives.

After this operation, 222 MB of additional disk space will be used.

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Lauch application from the terminal as follows

root@linuxhelp:~# shotcut
No appenders registered with logger
[Debug  ] < ShotcutSettings::singleton>  language " en_IN"  
[Debug  ] < ShotcutSettings::singleton>  deinterlacer " onefield"  
[Debug  ] < ShotcutSettings::singleton>  external monitor " "  
[Debug  ] < ShotcutSettings::singleton>  GPU processing false 
[Debug  ] < ShotcutSettings::singleton>  interpolation " nearest" 

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With this, the method to install Shotcut video editor On Ubuntu-18.04

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Why is seeking so slow?

A

Some formats and compression methods simply make it take longer. In the Settings menu set Interpolation to Nearest Neighbor. This setting not only affects the quality of image scaling but als

Q

If its possible to install Shotcut on Ubuntu?

A

Please refer the link as follow "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-shotcut-video-editor-on-ubuntu-18-04/"

Q

The keyboard shortcuts do not seem to be working.

A

Sometimes the keyboard “focus” might be captured by something in the GUI causing the shortcuts to not function. In that case, click the video preview region to return focus to the player.

Q

How do I cut or trim a clip without encoding or transcoding it?

A

This is not supported, and there are currently no plans to support it. We recommend that you use VirtualDub or Avidemux for that.

Q

Is Shotcut free for commercial use?

A

Yes, because the software is made available under the GPLv3 license, it supports The Free Software Definition, which includes: " The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (f

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