Windows Movie Maker alternative in Ubuntu?
Hi
I'm kinda new in Ubuntu. I use it through Wubi (inside Windows7). I run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
I was looking for an alternative to Windows Movie Maker for Ubuntu. I looked online & found that Cinelerra, kdenLive, Kino performs similarly. I wasn't sure which one would be light, fast. If it's portable then it's even better.
Thanks.
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Cinelerra is advanced and feature-rich; not to mention horrendously ugly. Kdenlive is a KDE-based application, and I have heard it is a little crashy. I know nothing of Kino.
I think your best bets at this point are Openshot and PiTiVi. Both seem to be actively developed and maintained, both seem quite capable in terms of features and stability and both are readily available inthe Software Centre
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uc50_ic4more
Cinelerra is advanced and feature-rich; not to mention horrendously ugly. Kdenlive is a KDE-based application, and I have heard it is a little crashy. I know nothing of Kino. I think your best bets at this point are Openshot and PiTiVi. Both seem to be actively developed and maintained, both seem quite capable in terms of features and stability and both are readily available inthe Software Centre
+1 for Openshot
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I would stay clear of cinelerra, it is not very intuitive. I've had mixed results with all others but they all grew up quite a bit last years. Openshot, pitivi, kd kdenlive just install and try them. They are mostly straight forward.
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Besides OpenShot, I would also mention Kino and LiVES.
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I had really good luck with pitivi until 12.04. Something to do with them switching to gstreamer.
I haven't gotten it to work well since as it started to either crash often or render time into infinity.
I have had good luck using Lives. Works well, looks decent.
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Thanks everyone.
Does Openshot come in portable format? If so, can you give me the link for the portable version?
Thanks.
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ppdjoy
Thanks everyone.
Does Openshot come in portable format? If so, can you give me the link for the portable version?
Thanks.
What do you mean by portable?
There are two alternatives for Ubuntu:
- Install a versionfrom the repositories that is tested by Canonical to work with Ubuntu. It works, but is not the newest version.
Code:
sudo apt-get install openshot
- Download an iso-file for a live DVD with the newest stable version from Openshot's web site. It is very likely to work and it has all the new features.
- Download a deb-file with the newest stable version from Openshot's web site (or linked from it). It is very likely to work and it has all the new features, but it may not be updated to the newest Ubuntu versions (above 9.10).
http://www.openshot.org/download/
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I meant portable Openshot similar to apps in portableapps.
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ppdjoy
I have never seen any Linux portable apps at all. There are two immediate issues I see with even trying that:
1) Applications like Openshot use so very many system libraries that bundling them all together may be a tumultuous affair. We're talking about packing a boatload of GTK libraries (I know, I know, this is common for GTK windows portable apps like Pidgin, GIMP, etc.) plus the codecs. I suppose anyone could check all of the dependencies and give it a shot. Me? I'd rather just install it. :^)
2) Anything on a USB drive will likely need to be made executable manually, wouldn't it?
When using a portable app, I suppose the main advantage is that you can use it on varying systems. This usually means that your portable apps ought to be Windows applications. If you are using it on known systems that have Linux installed, you may just have to install it.
Of course, you could install Openshot and then make a bootable USB drive out of your whole OS, and have a portable Ubuntu with Openshot installed already.
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ppdjoy
I think the closest you can get is to download an iso-file for a live DVD with the newest stable version from Openshot's web site. It is very likely to work and it has all the new features. If you make a live USB 3 pendrive from that iso file, it will be pretty portable.
Unetbootin is a good tool to make a live USB drive from an iso file.
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Thanks sudodus for the suggestion. I'll definitely try that.
Thanks everyone for the help!