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Re:Olive: Professional open-source non-linear video editor by blattimwind on Sunday July 14, 2019 @05:07PM (#20436035)
The free version supports 4K (Ultra HD) but not 4K (DCI), which seems a reasonable cutoff point to me - amateur 4K yes, professional 4K please pay.
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Re:Olive: Professional open-source non-linear video editor by packetslave on Sunday July 14, 2019 @05:11PM (#20436059)
ah, I missed that. That is a good cutoff, I think. The free version doesn't appear to support GPU-accelerated h.264 encoding, though, which is a pretty big loss.
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Re:Olive: Professional open-source non-linear video editor by blattimwind on Sunday July 14, 2019 @07:17PM (#20436904)
The free version uses the h.264 codec of the OS, which limits decoding speed and encoding quality on Windows. OTOH exporting to an intermediate codec and then using x264 or a similar best-of-the-breed encoder is probably preferable anyway, from a quality PoV.
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