Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux

Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by riprowan on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:15PM (#12857696)

This is my problem. Audio editing on Linux is a joke. For everything else I do, Linux can get me there. So I need a Mac or a PC as an audio editor? Might as well just get a Mac or a PC. I'll have to maintain it anyway, and it can do everything Linux can do, plus probably be better supported.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by hexscrews on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:28PM (#12857801)

Would like to point out, unless you are running on non-x86 hardware or a tablet, the term pc still applies to linux based hardware.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by mmanfrin on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:19PM (#12859394)

It technically also applies to Macs -- but in practice it means Windows-based desktops and laptops.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by babuskov on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:34PM (#12857861)

What about video editing? I mean, I can live with Audacity for my basic needs, but I can't find anything simple as iMovie. Or should I just bite the bullet and learn Blender? Does it have preset screen transitions and stuff like that?

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by Mister_Snuggles on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:46PM (#12857982)

I've had great success with Kdenlive. It's not as simple as iMovie, but it isn't too hard to get started.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by ollyfg on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:42PM (#12857931)

Have you tried openshot[1]? I haven't played much with it recently, but when it came out it was the most stable, simple video editor for linux.

[1] http://openshot.org/

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by babuskov on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @06:59PM (#12860162)

No. Wow, a lot of great suggestions here. I need to test stuff now :)

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by wazoox on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:42PM (#12859059)

I'm using OpenShot, it's perfectly serviceable, particularly the new 2.x version. There's also LightWorks and many other that works really well.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by buovjaga on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:01PM (#12858713)

There's also Flowblade from Finland: http://jliljebl.github.io/flowblade/

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by oridecon on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:50PM (#12858625)

Shotcut, Kdenlive, Blender (overdrop)

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by arebop on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:50PM (#12858632)

Blender's Video Sequence Editor just has a couple of quirks to get past. It is not deeply mysterious.

Like: the VSE viewer and the Image viewer are similar but distinct; that can be confusing. And OpenGL acceleration on a Scene strip shows a 3D model rendition that is not (in general) the same as the rendered output of the Scene.

If you want to get fancy with the compositor + VSE, again there are just a couple of quirks but the learning curve is merely steep, not long.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by JoelTheSuperior on Thursday November 03, 2016 @05:55AM (#12862642)

Have you tried DaVinci Resolve? Last I checked it had a native Linux version. Unfortunately I don't think the Linux version is available for free (unlike the Windows and Mac versions).

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by zanny on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:48PM (#12857997)

Blender is 3d modeling and animation, vastly divergent from video editing with kdenlive / openshot / etc.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by th0ma5 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:05PM (#12858200)

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Blender actually contains a non-linear video editor as well.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by s_kilk on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:53PM (#12858649)

Blender probably contains a full copy of Blender inside itself too. That program is nuts.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by Motomorgen on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:47PM (#12858605)

And it's probably one of the nicer options if/when you finally "get it". But the learning curve is tough.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by jdietrich on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:49PM (#12858618)

It's the least bad NLE for Linux. The UI is awful, but it's stable and has a reasonable feature set.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by morsch on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:30PM (#12858951)

I was completely lost when I tried to use it. I wasn't even sure I found the NLE section of the program.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by wazoox on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @04:37PM (#12859007)

What about Ardour?

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by memsom on Thursday November 03, 2016 @06:52AM (#12862824)

I've seen a friend use it for some basic multitrack stuff - basically recording his band live whilst practising. But, it is not a patch on something like Reaper.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by wazoox on Thursday November 03, 2016 @11:21AM (#12864692)

You're mistaken, Ardour is comparable to ProTools, Reaper and similar DAW. It's also compatible with VST plugins, etc.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by jlarocco on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:38PM (#12860676)

It's the same with RAW image conversion software used for photography. I'd dump OSX on my MBP and never look back if Capture One or DxO Optics ran on Linux.

The open source alternatives are no where near as fast, they lag far behind supporting new cameras, their interfaces are ugly and difficult to use, etc.

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