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Re: Ask HN: I'm building an easy-to-use video editor, tell me your pain points

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Post by Jugurtha » Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 8:58 PM UTC

I use ffmpeg, and for certain operations, the steps involve getting an ogre's tongue hair, a few drops of a frog's blood, and chanting medieval songs.

- Cutting some segments of the video: say you are recording the screen, and during the session, you tab and there are some information you don't want to appear in the video at three different places. Cutting the three segments isn't trivial in ffmpeg.

- The above but keeping the audio and removing video in those segments, because someone is talking.

- The inverse of the above: keeping the video but removing the audio because there was a private call for example and you kept rolling.

- Concatenating videos with different codecs is not trivial. If you have 200+ videos you want to make into one, and there are some that have a different encoding, you get warnings and the output throws the player off.

Re: Ask HN: I'm building an easy-to-use video editor, tell me your pain points

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Post by photawe » Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 5:25 AM UTC

Jugurtha wrote: post #21

I use ffmpeg, and for certain operations, the steps involve getting an ogre's tongue hair, a few drops of a frog's blood, and chanting medieval songs. - Cutting some segments of the video: say you are recording the screen, and during the session, you tab and there are some information you don't want to appear in the video at three different places. Cutting the three segments isn't trivial in ffmpeg. - The above but k…

Thanks!

1. I already have that- and it's easy as hell to use ;) 2. "The above but keeping the audio and removing video in those segments, because someone is talking." What do you want to replace that with? (perhaps a still of the last shot?) 3. That is possible already in my app 4. For now, I've only focused mainly on .mov and .mp4, but I can add definitely support more.

Re: Ask HN: I'm building an easy-to-use video editor, tell me your pain points

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Post by kleer001 » Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 10:34 PM UTC

I need something that can be as simple and stupid to use as Quicktime Pro 7 used to be. Basically editing the video as easy as editing a text file with fast, consistent, frame accurate selection, instant copy and pasting.

Also, sensible hotkeys.

Re: Ask HN: I'm building an easy-to-use video editor, tell me your pain points

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Post by photawe » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 9:11 AM UTC

kleer001 wrote: post #23

I need something that can be as simple and stupid to use as Quicktime Pro 7 used to be. Basically editing the video as easy as editing a text file with fast, consistent, frame accurate selection, instant copy and pasting. Also, sensible hotkeys.

Thanks!

Agreed! Haven't used Quicktime Pro, but I will ask around.

> Basically editing the video as easy as editing a text file with fast,

Yes, basically that's my focus from the get go.

> consistent, frame accurate selection, instant copy and pasting.

Agreed. Right now, you can even move with the arrows between frames :P

About copy-pasting - I will need to improve on this one. I do allow you to cut a segment very easily. I don't allow pasting yet (you can achieve it easily by splitting the video into segments, then moving the segments around)

> Also, sensible hotkeys.

Agreed. I have hotkeys as well, I just need to fully document them.

Re: Ask HN: I'm building an easy-to-use video editor, tell me your pain points

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Post by kleer001 » Tue, Sep 01, 2020, 11:26 PM UTC

photawe wrote: post #24

kleer001 wrote: post #23

I need something that can be as simple and stupid to use as Quicktime Pro 7 used to be. Basically editing the video as easy as editing a text file with fast, consistent, frame accurate selection, instant copy and pasting. Also, sensible hotkeys.

Thanks! Agreed! Haven't used Quicktime Pro, but I will ask around. > Basically editing the video as easy as editing a text file with fast, Yes, basically that's my focus from the get go. > consistent, frame accurate selection, instant copy and pasting. Agreed. Right now, you can even move with the arrows between frames :P About copy-pasting - I will need to improve on this one. I do allow you to cut a segment very ea…

Quicktime Pro is ancient abandonware. The downloads exist as do "cracks" for the serial numbers to unlock pro mode. Apple will not provide the download and will not sell serial numbers.

Re: Ask HN: I'm building an easy-to-use video editor, tell me your pain points

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Post by photawe » Thu, Sep 03, 2020, 4:26 PM UTC

kleer001 wrote: post #25

photawe wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! Agreed! Haven't used Quicktime Pro, but I will ask around. > Basically editing the video as easy as editing a text file with fast, Yes, basically that's my focus from the get go. > consistent, frame accurate selection, instant copy and pasting. Agreed. Right now, you can even move with the arrows between frames :P About copy-pasting - I will need to improve on this one. I do allow you to cut a segment very ea…

Quicktime Pro is ancient abandonware. The downloads exist as do "cracks" for the serial numbers to unlock pro mode. Apple will not provide the download and will not sell serial numbers.

I see, thanks! :)