Open Source video editing software

AmigaMan · Post by **AmigaMan** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:16 pm

The pro video editing software Lightworks is soon to become Open Source.
Those that register will, apparently, be first to be offered it free.
Go here...
http://www.editshare.com/index.php?opti ... Itemid=203
and click on 'Download' on the left and fill in the form if you are interested.

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:28 pm

Thanks for the heads up!

Uolter · Post by **Uolter** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:26 pm

Cool! Thanks Dale

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:39 pm

Thanks for the link as I am always interested in new software; even more when its free!

I already have Sony Vegas Pro 9.0 and was just wondering if anyone has used Lightworks and know if it offers anything that Vegas doesn't?

Rudiger · Post by **Rudiger** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:10 am

Haha, isn't that always the way. I looked high and low for an open-source editing solution for many years but had no luck. I eventually gave up and bought Adobe Production Suite Premium off of Amazon for $1700 a few months ago!

Anyway, this is great news for both the open-source community as well as movie makers everywhere!

Thanks for the tip, AmigaMan!

crsP · Post by **crsP** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:38 am

I can't see any system requirements on their site. The list of imported file types shows some bias towards the mac, so is this for osx?

JCook · Post by **JCook** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:09 pm

Windows only, according to their downloadable catalog.

Jack

Rudiger · Post by **Rudiger** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:49 pm

If it is single system, I don't think it'll stay that way for long once it goes open-source.

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:26 pm

I downloaded and installed the software, but when I start it up it begins to initialize and then closes. If any one has had success or problems please post. Looks like a great software. Thanks.

udd

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:59 pm

uddhava wrote:I downloaded and installed the software, but when I start it up it begins to initialize and then closes. If any one has had success or problems please post. Looks like a great software. Thanks.

Exactly same problem here.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:07 pm

Ok, I uninstalled Matrox codecs and now the software opens. The problem now is that seems to be no one video format is accepted.

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:47 pm

I left the codecs installed, but to start the application I went to the program files Lightworks folder and clicked on the ntcardvt file which is listed as an application and started it from there.(Lucky guess) Now it starts from the regular shortcut and will open different video files, but not all. However, it crashes a lot. I will look at it more later.

udd

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:05 pm

uddhava wrote:I left the codecs installed, but to start the application I went to the program files Lightworks folder and clicked on the ntcardvt file which is listed as an application and started it from there.(Lucky guess) Now it starts from the regular shortcut and will open different video files, but not all. However, it crashes a lot. I will look at it more later.

Wow, that worked, thank you!
Now all is about understanding it... I'm familiar with premiere and final cut, but this seems to be very different. Good, I like paradigm changing.

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:44 pm

Selgin,

I'm glad that worked for you. Are you having problems with it crashing a lot? Maybe you haven't tried to use it very much yet.
One thing is I only have an integrated graphics card, but I don't know if that would cause it to crash.

udd

Imago · Post by **Imago** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:12 pm

How I can download it?
I subscribed a couple of weeks ago, but I received only one mail about the registration...