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OpenShot criticism not relflected[edit]

OpenShot is widely criticized by the users as unstable and unreliable. This article, imho, should reflect that.

Texts: http://cweiske.de/tagebuch/avoid-openshot.htm http://txt.arboreus.com/2013/06/05/the-state-of-video-editing-on-linux.html http://openshotusers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1611#p7244

Last link includes the forum where developers say that the program is so unstable, because it uses many libraries that the authors did not write, therefore it is these libraries problems. Yet, they continue to state on their website that this is a "powerful easy-to-use video editor", when reality is very different.

Video review of OpenShot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kgAXY0mfcA

OpenShot 2.1 (latest "stable" version) is still very unstable. Before writing here I decided to check it out. Imported a normal 1080x1920 2 minute video. The software froze on video preview. Tried that several times with different video files, same results. Conclusion: the current version of the software is simply unusable even for basic video editing. Just so that it is clear - I am doing video editing on my machine with Blender and even with Kdenlive, it works well. So it is not my hardware.

Poor quality of the software should be reflected in the article. Otherwise, this should be marked as (false) advertising. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.189.45.234 (talk) 09:24, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ken Burns Effect[edit]

Openshot does not have a Ken Burns effect. What is has is pan and zoom, which permit the user to achieve the same result. Claiming to have Ken Burns implies that the software has a dedicated effect to permit the user to gain that effect, which is not the case. To address that I've changed the line to reflect the real capabilities of the software. 220.235.45.4 (talk) 06:26, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2011 January stability issue[edit]

I move here the following citation:

The stability of version 1.2.2 is underwhelming. It crashed without saving the project the first time one reviewer tried to save a new project with about 30 minutes of work in it. For now Avidemux remains the best option under linux, and one might need to use the AVS Video Editor on a Windows machine when greater functionality is needed. Perhaps 1.30 will provide a stable platform when it is released.

To the author of this sentences :

please provide the source of your statement (http link)
this being a specific case, you can't make a generalisation
same, the statement supporting Avidemux is a point of view, and will not be accepted as such. It need a source, and even with it, being the best will be a claim, not a fact.

Regard Yug (talk) 07:49, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Linux-only[edit]

OpenShot Video Editor, Pitivi or Cinelerra are Category:Linux-only software. What exactly makes them run only on Linux kernel-based operating systems? User:ScotXW^t@lk 16:35, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]