Questions tagged [openshot]

A powerful video editor written in Python with Blender3D integration.

Openshot is a powerful video editor, for professionals, enthusiasts and new users alike. It has a simple but effective interface and support for many effects and features. It also has integration with Blender 3D.

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Best Professional Video editor for Linux equivalent to Sony Vegas Pro?

I have recently moved onto Linux especially Ubuntu, and I'm a video freak, I love editing videos for my youtube channel, Vimeo, Plex, etc and since I'm new to this Open Source World, I cannot decide which one should I choose? I had done a search on…
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Openshot Video/Audio Preview has no Sound

Im trying to edit some videos in Openshot but there's no sound in the preview window. Sound works when I play the videos on VLC however. The videos play with melt but they also have no sound. Im running Ubuntu 12.10. Spent a good two hours on Google…
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How do I export a .mov with OpenShot?

I recorded my desktop with quicktime (for a tutorial I am making) on an iMac and the output was a .mov file. I edited and deleted scenes with OpenShot and now I don't know how to export it to a .mov file again. I know the video format is supposed to…
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Openshot doesn't launch with "failed to import" message

Openshot stopped working on my friend's laptop. Running it in a terminal produces this. I suspect a python library it needs was removed. ------------------------- ERROR 1 ------------------------------ Failed to import 'from openshot import…
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How to remove the black bars with Openshot

I downloaded a video from YouTube with Openshot, then I cut little portions of it with the same program. The aspect ratio of the video originally a 16:9) was changed and 4 big black bars were added (2 on the top, 2 at the bottom). I can see the…
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OpenShot creates 0 byte DVD files

I've created an OSP file with OpenShot, and I wanted to export it as a DVD file. As this is my very first project, I've checked some how-to-websites and blogs where it was clearly explained how I could export my project. I exactly followed the…
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How to merge two videos with GUI in Ubuntu?

I installed the latest version of OpenShot with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa sudo apt update && sudo apt install openshot-qt python3-openshot I want to merge two videos. I dragged them into the left pane in OpenShot. If I…
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OpenShot not working Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

1st of all I'm very noob in linux..I could run Openshot on ubuntu 20.04 but recently I did new clean install of 22.04 and now I can't run Openshot. I installed it through github repo,,as mention worked on 20 but not on 22.04 . When I click openshot…
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How can I resolve the error "be sure the Blender executable is correct" when trying to open animations in blender installed with snap?

I installed OpenShot and Blender from snap in 18.04 to keep the versions current. When trying to open an animated title I get the following error message: Blender, the free open source 3D content creation suite is required for this action…
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If Lubuntu uses the same repositories as Ubuntu, can it have OpenShot & GIMP?

I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 and I'm considering switching to Lubuntu since my machine is pretty old for this heavy OS. I read it uses the same repositories as Ubuntu, but when trying Lubuntu from a disk on key the "shop" (app market) did not show GIMP or…
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How do I set the dimensions of OpenShot images?

For reasons I can't seem to divine, when I export images from OpenShot they are consistently 320x240, even if the originating video is 2 or 3 times that size. I've tried using the "Convert to Image Sequence" dialog and the Export to Image Sequence…
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Concatenating AVI videos

I have some AVI videos from a vacation. The videos might have different frame rate and resolution, as they came from different cameras. What's the easiest way to concatenate these videos? Is there an straightforward way to make simple edits…
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Openshot Video Editor 1.4.3-1.2 - How to stop it auto updating to v 2.43 etc in 18.04 LTS

Basically, the latest version openshot-qt increases file size, which does not have any advantages. I have a lot of 2-hours length mp4 video, which were cut from 2-3 hours plus F1 downloads. The original files are in mkv or mp4 container with…
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Openshot Video Editor + Blender--ERROR!

I'm using a Video Editor called Openshot, and it uses Blender. However, I keep getting this error: Blender, the free open source 3D content creation suite is required for this action (http://www.blender.org). Please check the preferences in…
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How do I export a video from Openshot?

I made a video with Openshot on Ubuntu 14.10. I want to export this video, along with the audio, for use on my computer and for uploading to YouTube. What format and codecs should I use? Every time I try, the video is exported with no audio. The…
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