Got it just like I wanted, watched it start to finish and it was just right. I just spent three hours editing a video with 9 clips. It was working fine.I did a test clip and simple edits worked, and it exported in mp4 just as I wanted. I installed Shotcut after awitching from Win7 to Linux last week. If your objective is the ability to play the exported video on a wide range of devices use H264(x264) Video Encoders / AAC Audio Encoder (similiar to the YouTube export preset) with a MP4 file type (container).I hope there are some expirienced ShotCut users here who can answer newbie question(s).(newbie to linux, VERY newbie.NOT new to Shotcut). Each of them have advantages and disadvantages, and that is why they both still exist. Here is an example of suggested settings.Įxport Container… MKV and MP4 are containers that hold video and audio ( AVI as well ). Reading about CRF and ABR will give you the knowledge of what settings to use. Try the YouTube preset to start with and tweak it from there until you find a balance of size and quality that is alright to you. Since quality is subjective you will have to play with the exported video and determine for yourself what is acceptable.
#HOW TO EXPORT A SHOTCUT VIDEO INTO A MP4 FILE ARCHIVE#
Could I simply use “lossless/FFV1” to export after trimming? If I converted the files first would the process be easier? (I am a bit afraid of trying to convert them using FFmpeg in case it all goes horribly wrong, even with your helpful command line.) If I do convert them before I start cutting in Shotcut I still have the same problem of what are the appropriate export settings in Shotcut once I have trimmed bits out… Hoping you have time to have another lookĬlarify… Yes, I was suggesting that you store the large AVI files in a lossless archive format and retain the ability to edit without quality loss.Įxport… You could do that as well, however playback on most devices wont work using FFV1/FLACįurther Export… Editing and exporting to a lossy format is what the objective of Shotcut will do for you. Is the ffmpeg line you include above a command line for changing the format within FFmpeg software? And can you please clarify - are you suggesting I would be better converting my avi files to FFV1 and FLAC before I start to cut bits out in Shotcut? I had hoped to use Shotcut to snip out some bits and then effectively “save as” using the export settings in shotcut.
I have looked up all the terms you mention, including FFmpeg. Thank you very much for your helpful reply. I hope this is clear and not too “stupid” From a lot of googling and looking at forums it looks like h.264 main would be an ok choice? Can I then leave the other settings under video and codec tabs as they are? That is, do they set themselves to something sensible, based on the initial choice of h.264? For example I see that under “codec” it gives “quality 60%” - does that mean the quality will be worse and I should increase this value? My files are between 40 and 100GB each at the moment and it would be better if they ended up smaller after I have cut some bits out, certainly not larger. When I hit “properties” it says my input file is 720 x 576, codec raw video, frame rate 25 and format yuyv422. I am having trouble sorting out export settings. I don’t want to lose quality if I can help it as the quality is already not that great, and I still need to do a final edit of selected bits.
I ran into problems with videodub, VCL and Avidemux (including the edited file repeatedly disappearing part way through final saving) and am now trying Shotcut which looks like it will work. I just want to have these videos on my computer and be able to occasionally show to family - no youtube upload or whatever. I need to cut some small messy bits out of these (and later create a new video of an hour or so with some “best parts”). I have copied old videos onto my computer and now have about 15 quite large.
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