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--- video-editing [2016/12/27 21:59]
tdem [Video Editing]
+++ video-editing [2016/12/28 05:29]
tdem [Moving tracks in Shotcut]
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 Good news: Virtualdub and deshaker, as well as MP4Cam2AVI all work pretty much perfectly in wine!
-Also - Shotcut is another video editor which works similarly to lightworks. Cross platform as well.
+===== Shotcut =====
+I've had a few annoyances with lightworks, including audio stuttering and crashes. As well as the annoyance of having to log in on a regular basis. Also mixing media types is a pain.
+After some experimentation I'm currently using [[https://www.shotcutapp.com|Shotcut]]. It works similarly to Lightworks. Cross platform as well. It's a much simpler program, but has its idiosyncrasies as well.
+The main thing I miss from Lightworks is naming clips and subclips and organising into bins. This is especially helpful when editing several hours of gopro footage where all the thumbnails look exactly the same. Also Lightworks is a bit more consistent in its "weird" way of editing, which is very helpful once you get the hang of it.
+==== Moving tracks in Shotcut ====
+One feature Shotcut appears to be missing is reordering tracks. That is, if you insert a new track it is always before the current track, which can be very annoying.
+However, it **is possible** to move tracks in Shotcut! But you need to do it from outside the program.
+Basically open up your projects save file (projectname.mlt) file in a text editor, or even better an editor with syntax highlighting like Geany.
+Find the blocks of xml that define your tracks. They will look something like this:
+<code xml>  <playlist id="playlist0">
+    <property name="shotcut:video">1</property>
+    <property name="shotcut:name">V2</property>
+    <blank length="00:01:10.040"/>
+    <entry producer="producer39" in="00:00:00.000" out="00:00:24.400"/>
+  </playlist>
+</code>
+Note the shotcut:name property which helps you identify which "playlist" is which track. Now all you need to do to reorder your tracks is swap the id of your two tracks!
+In my case I changed playlist0 to playlist1 and vice versa.
+Next time you load this file the changes are applied. Needless to say you should create a backup of the file first! This procedure has not really been tested extensively, but seems to work so far.

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