Kdenlive Free Video Editor (Windows & Linux)

[@johnknight9150]

As someone who writes these kinds of tutorials for a living, may I say that was a beautiful example of establishing a workflow. Nicely done, sir.

[@adityasangore5323]

Your videos are totally professional butter smooth top class. I started watching youtube because of your sir.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Many thanks.

[@captainpinky8307]

@@ExplainingComputers can I make video's with overlays with this software?? Thanks!!

[@ExplainingComputers]

@@captainpinky8307 You can. :)

[@DLiberator78]

Thanks for posting this video. I have been testing the Windows version of Kdenlive and I must admit it is very impressive and reasonably stable. I can't wait for the full release of the Windows version. We are off to a good start. Great review as always.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this. I have to admit that I did experience some crashes during my testing -- but only in the Linux version. So far I have been really impressed with the Windows offering.

[@JayXdbX]

The linux version you're using is over a year old. This might be why. This is normal for the software manager as software gets tested with supported version of linux, along with other applications in the software manager or at least that is my understand. There are terminal commands for Mint installtion of the most recent version on the KDEnlive site.

[@daadood100]

what version of window are you talking about because the beta only version that is available tod ownload is useless

[@liudas5377]

You do a fantastic job getting to all the necessary points without bloat . Thank you for your time, effort and videos...

[@Poire33]

I really enjoyed this video. I got to learn how to do some effects in Kdenlive that I didn't know how to do previously, and I got to know some that I didn't know before. This is particularly important since I'm a Kdenlive user, and I pretty much only use Kdenlive for my video editing. Thank you Chris!

[@olivertabone6788]

You're one of the best single-board computer reviewers i've ever seen. And this video has helped me install it in windows.

[@klixxalot]

Awesome, I love kdenlive on linux. So nice to see it getting ported to windows!

[@jonathangibson2336]

Great quick overview and I thank you for doing so many videos expanding the singleboard and Linux communities

[@Saltboi231]

For those wondering if Kdenlive is stable on Linux Mint, it is. Those in the comments are most likely new to Linux and don't know how to properly install programs with all the required dependencies. Since it is a KDE based program, you'll have to run "sudo apt install kde-runtime" and "sudo apt install frei0r-plugins" in the terminal. I've used Kdenlive without any problems. Openshot should be the last thing you chose. I am running it on an i3-8350k with 12 Gbs of DDR4 RAM with out a GPU. You'll be fine.

[@DeadlyAlive...]

I'd prefer your videos to be focused more on the review part rather than on the installation of a software, which I consider it as generic knowledge. Just an opinion, not a complain. Great videos nonetheless, I always learn something new from you! Keep up the good work.

[@EmilianoFerraricolorett]

Agree, he dont need to waste his time in such things, but as perfectionist i think he is, he'd rather like to present a full informatic video for anyone

[@THAT.RANDOM.GUY_]

Opinions _can_ be complaints though... you shouldn't feel bad for feeling that way. I agree with you.

[@mechamania]

Top 0 things you NEED to know, and watch what my pet rock has to say on this subject! Top 0 things you NEED to know, and watch what my pet rock has to say on this subject! Here's something you don't know: there is no single format/specs that "the pros use," and you don't even mention what "pros" about whom you're talking. Not to mention that, if one NEEDS an "ADOBE" product to finally create a file in the format that "the pros use," then it wouldn't make any damned difference what editor you use, does it?

[@alfredoramos1978]

Because the installation process of KDEnlive was soooooooo obvious for Windows users...

[@georgedebleu]

Was undecided about kdenlive. Thankd for posting this video.

[@DouglasWalrath]

kdenlive should support any video or audio file that ffmpeg supports, which means it should support any video or audio file vlc can play since vlc is based on ffmpeg (ffmpeg is a set of tools for converting and modifying media files from the command line)

[@Candyapplebone]

Great video, stands out as one of the better kdenlive tutorials. I hope you post this to their community forums and spread it around a little.

[@michalszczesniak4801]

Thank you, it's the first video, that I have watched on your channel. I'm impressed how far open source editing has gone on linux. I subbed and will come for more :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for the sub -- welcome aboard! :)

[@nahuelcutrera]

This video it's brilliant! love the kdenlive, congratulations for your truly educational youtube channel. Something incredibly rare to find on youtube these days!.

[@coobird]

I found that Kdenlive was the most stable non-linear video editor for Linux on my Ubuntu 14.04 system, and the bonus was that its interface was straightforward and I've been able to quite productive with it. :) The only catch is, the newest version of Kdenlive doesn't run on Ubuntu 14.04 (at least, without quite a bit of work, as I understand), so I'm continuing to use an older version...

[@df3yt]

coobird's lab Sadly true and is very unstable with me which makes the others scary

[@pawanaggarwal7474]

You are a life saver! Kudos to you! You rock!!

[@tomormiston6592]

just a heads up; DaVinci Resolve 12.5.5 is now available for Linux as of a few days ago , forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=56878

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, I saw this about two hours after uploading this video! :)

[@tomormiston6592]

the law of sod ;)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Indeed! :)

[@tomormiston6592]

bear in mind Davinci Linux version is only officially available for CentOS or RHEL at the moment so Mint (aka Ubuntu/Debian) might not quite work yet _"At release we support CentOS and RHEL 7.3 and have little testing of other distributions. This thread is for issues you have when instilling on your Linux system so the community can help you with install issues."_ Peter Chamberlain, Blackmagic Design forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=56878

[@aerinandalianasmoments999]

Tom Ormiston I had a hard time downloading dabinci resolve on Windows 10 so never tried it out

[@KCadbyRacing]

THANK YOU for another great Video Chris!!! My computer is WAY too SLOW for the 12.5 Resolve "that I've been trying to use"... Resolve uses 8Gb (of my available 12Gb) Memory as soon as it opened and it keeps using it even when idle, until I closed the program... I LIKE this Kdenlive and this computer likes it much better as well... It only uses 4.8Gb... 2.7K video does play choppy in the timeline (computer has built in Graphics that obviously isn't great) but it only skips a few frames and it does it "consistently" = it works much MUCH better than Resolve did for me... I like how the timeline scrolls side to side with the mouse wheel and in general it's been MUCH easier to learn/use compared to Resolve :) Thank You again Chris...

[@ExplainingComputers]

It seems that Kdenlive is a great hit with you then. Excellent! :)

[@KCadbyRacing]

So far so good accept that it can't render as MOV if wanted??? There's a guy Josh (JTO2GO) that's been posting Drone Videos called FanFlightFridays... He makes them with 1-minute clips that people submit from all over the world, but he prefers MOV so he doesn't have to convert Files before editing, so I'm wondering/hoping the next version of Kdenlive will have that??? I also didn't find Text Editing yet, but I've been super busy here = haven't had time to look deeper into Kdenlive yet...

[@Candyapplebone]

I think you should make a time link in your video description that skips past the installation. For example: 05:46 - "Test Edit"

[@Mordaxe]

I've been looking for a simple free video editor for a while now, I'll try this one out, thanks !

[@DeLaCruzer11]

I've been looking for a free video editor like this and I found it. It also looks easy to use. Thanks for the video.

[@jmemusic]

Thanks for this information. I use kdenlive in MACOS and I didn't know that it was also available for Windows. Time for me to try it.

[@neilforbes416]

I'm half-thinking of installing this. Gave up completely on DaVinci Resolve. After half-a-dozen attempts to download DaVinci it would not let me go the final step of the way to actual download after filling in my details and answering the question why I wanted it. If DaVinci Resolve is going to make things difficult for a potential user, I just don't want to know about them.

[@EngMazen]

One of the best channels, keep it up #

[@josephpsathas9607]

Please make an update video on your main pc. For example , you can do wire management and update device cooling etc.

[@MajidFouladpour]

Another great video, thanks! For those who might prefer terminal for Linux install, here is Ubuntu 16.04 (for older versions use apt-get instead of apt): $ sudo apt install kdenlive

[@PhotoPunk79]

This looks great! Thanks for the recommendation:)

[@AL_O0]

I recently changed my PC, and I now have the specs to run resolve, however on my old one, I managed to run resolve, even if really slowly, on a MASSIVELY under specced machine (like half of everything) it was very slow and used 100% of the machine's horse power to just run the thing without rendering, but it worked... If this were available back then I could have use it, for what I have to do it's much more suited and optimized! Thanks!

[@ol1veriscool]

Great video, I've been wanting to get more information for Kdenlive this really helps. Thank you. Would you consider doing more tutorials/guides for kdenlive?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this. I'll do more videos on Kdenlive if there is the interest in it. So it depends on the succcess of this video! :)

[@Pygar2]

At least test the release version whenever it comes! Any idea when that'll be?

[@tirakarn]

More tutorial on kdenlive please @@ExplainingComputers

[@alvaromp1106]

I'm sure you know by now that the version you installed from the mint repositories is not the same one that you installed on windows. The Mint Respos are never up to date and there are some mayor differences between the two versions like the "preview" render which is by itself a "game changer". Any way great video!

[@GrumpyMansREVIEWS]

Thanks your videos are very helpful what would you recommend instead of Movie Marker my laptop is only 4gb ram most softwares don't work thanks

[@ArturKala]

WIth the majority of users having a 1080p screen and 4k screens slowly creeping into the mainstream market, I'd recommend upgrading your video production workflow to at least 1080p.

[@missabbott749]

thank you soo much very direct link n works for me love the way you expressed the installation .

[@jwsolarusa]

Nice video editing software and thanks for sharing mate.

[@enockcheruiyot827]

Thank you, i have been looking for a relatively good video editor for my project and although DaVinci Resolve would be nice to have, my current pc can't handle it. So i think Kdenlive would be a pretty decent alternative.

[@VincentVyverman_web_designer]

this looks like a good replacement for videopad slightly cleaner and hopefully a little faster... will try thanks for bringing awareness to it!!

[@michaelgunn4701]

I am looking for step by step simple instructions for all downloads. I am a silversurfer, so what seems to be easy and 'intuitive' leaves me guessing. When you skipped a part of the windows install it spoiled things for me and I still have not managed to do this install. Maybe a set of videos for us old uns will create another group of fans. I like hearing something other than an American accent and you explain a lot of good things.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this feedback, I will try and remember it. :)

[@joebluesvs]

Thanks for the quick lesson, I didn't know it was that easy.

[@BalaTutor]

This is a wonderful piece of software which I used.

[@activemotionpictures]

Thank you very much. This is fantastic!

[@funkchunk2701]

Always well explained - Thank you!

[@gristlevonraben]

thank you, i needed a free editor. and this looks great, thanks so much.

[@theschmidtski1629]

Kdenlive seems to be a fairly robust video editor. I usually use Openshot in Linux Mint but I think I'm going to give this a try. Thanks for another great video Mr. Barnatt.

[@theschmidtski1629]

I meant to also say that Openshot seems a little simpler and geared towards the beginner, but has some really good features that I use like Chroma Key, etc.

[@ellipseelectronique1651]

It's an great editing software, I use it since 2013 and I have had no problem with it

[@graemecollin]

Is it safe to assume that this is a KDE application (for Linux)?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Indeed. Kdenlive stands for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor

[@graemecollin]

Thanks.

[@GaryKildall]

Graeme Collin I will try this in a snapshot of Ubuntu Gnome and will look what KDE packages are installed. Gnome window manager should be kept intact.

[@stalinvlad]

Korrect

[@TheLinuxWarrior]

Yes it will unless you avoid installing the KDE Windows Manager :-)

[@iampaulzy]

5 years later... I didn't catch what you said at :56. The CC says "people always notably when I do things by using the terminal", but that's not what I'm hearing. What did you actually say about people doing what when you use the terminal? Thanks and very insightful video, by the way. I always wondered what NLE Unix (Linux) video editors used?

[@popd8830]

Nice video I may one day get into video editing, but I'll first need to make space. I also need to learn about audio editing (sort of a one man band etc.)

[@chr1sda1sey]

Thanks I've learnt a bit more on how to use kdenlive

[@nathanslife2297]

I have another question when i render out videos the shutdown computer after renderings isn’t highlighted for me to click it how do I fix that?

[@ThommosTech]

Another great video. Thank you. Just out of interest, does it take advantage of intel quick sync when rendering?

[@nathanslife2297]

When I render videos in Kdenlive I can only render one video at a time how do I add more then one video to the render queue as I don't have that option?

[@ExplainingComputers]

You need to create render scripts, rather than directly rendering, and then you can have lots of these in the render queue. Sorry, the program is not infront of my, so I cannot remember the exact button to press. But creating a script is there in the main render screen.

[@Dev_skoll]

This is funny, I was doing some a ton of research into this software and next thing I know you make a video about it!

[@RustyTube]

Is there a Linux video editor (other than Natron) that supports the Open Effects (OFX) standard?

[@AudioStories]

While trying to render I am facing a issue in windows 10 64 bit "Cannot find the melt program required for rendering (part of Mlt)". Could you please help me on this?

[@raybright5805]

Excellent find - looking at using it on a 11.6 inch ASUS laptop with 4GB RAM and limited by 32GB of memory plus a 64GB microSD where I try installing apps, all running on Windows 10. QUESTION... How much memory does it use when loaded into Win10 ?

[@dharmendrameena9028]

Hey Could you please suggest me which screen recorder is good for the Linux mint 19

[@koolkatkishimotomoneymaker251]

6:57 How do you move that line, i cant seem to move it. someone please reply, i need help

[@positivehealthy]

Thanks sir for this lovely video but we also wanted to add text to some clips hence can we do with this editor or can u gives some options for the same....m thanks regards good luck.

[@wjckc79]

Nice channel, just found it. OpenShot 2.4.0 was recently released and is a big step up from previous releases. It would make for a cool episode if you spent some time with it and make a video comparing it to KDEnlive latest. But if you do so, please skip the install : p

[@jamiemcelwain2442]

Hey Chris, Can you make a wireless transmitter and receiver with electronics. Thanks!!!

How this program compare in render times to premiere? i got an old mac pro 2008 and i want to install linux, the only thing stoping me is the video edition.

[@softlivre3694]

very good exactly what i was looking into!

[@ZimaletaMotors]

Thanks great explanation

[@patrickc.9472]

I used to use linux mint Sarah 1.8.1 I love linux but I prefer the offical ubuntu user interface style so thats why I use ubuntu. Now I do know that 99.9% of linux programs can run on ubuntu. I just find technology awesome and great. Anyways sorry this was a silly comment, But have a good day!!! :D

[@BenjaminLStewart]

I'm looking for a way to begin an audio/video track with a gain of 40%, then fade in (from this same 40% gain) to a 100% gain. is this possible? Or are fade ins only possible from 0%?

[@juniorlewis9173]

Hello Christopher. Very interesting video as usual from you. Anyhow, does this video editor free of watermark? You never stated.

[@ExplainingComputers]

No watermark. :)

[@gunterxvoices4101]

Thank you, No Idea Animation told me that I should use this for editing my videos. I hope this goes fine.

[@neilforbes416]

All very well but will it cope with PNG transparencies? I have Pinnacle Studio 18 on my computer, together with Cyberlink Power Director(versions 8 and 14) Ultra. Cyberlink handles PNG transparencies without any worries, Pinnacle doesn't want to know about PNG transparencies at all.

[@RobbieMK5]

ExplainingComputers what do you recommend to be better resolve or the editor you have reviewed in this video

[@southsidedojo2]

Nice, Chris how about a dual boot system with windows and mint on a M.2 SSD?

[@TheLinuxWarrior]

Great Video. Very interesting. I prefer to run the Linux Version rather run the Windows one.

[@antonioeblen6662]

Great video. Would you consider to do a Video about sound/signal recording on RBPi. Many thanks indeed for your high quality instructional materials.

[@givemebighugsplz]

The Terminal is LOVE

[@robertcatesby4800]

I don't know how he ran it on Mint 19.3, because I tried kden on Mint 19.3, and it wouldn't work - specifically, the source monitor was either black or stuttered intermittently. Nothing would fix it (project settings, templates etc.), so into the trash. Kden worked fine on Win 10, tho. Quite a nice prog, btw.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Linux Mint 19 (let along 19.3) was not launched when this video was made. :)

[@maicod]

Since kdenlive uses ffmpeg I thought why not use it on the Rpi3 with an ffmpeg build having the h264_omx GPU hardware encoding enabled (encoding with ffmpeg on the commandline is very fast now !) but where can I edit the ffmpeg commandline kdenlive uses to add -c:v h264_omx ?. I only see mlt (melt) options. Do mlt profiles use ffmpeg options internally or so? Anyone who can point me in the right direction ?

[@matk4731]

Hi will Kdenlive do time lapse from photo ? & willit do slow motion ?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Yes, you can produce a time lapse sequence from a sequence of photos, and clips can be sped up or slowed down.

[@kacper9207]

bardzo dziękuje za ten film Thank you very much for this video

[@Fernando-hp6hp]

Is it possible to creat videos with pictures I took from my camera, I can't get a way to put the pictures up in the program.

[@pebberbrown]

Hey man hows it going! Great video! Say - can you change the SIZE of the transport controll buttons in Kdenlive?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this great feedback. I am doing good this evening. :) But I don't think you can change the transport button control size. :(

[@LetTheWritersWrite]

Is there any license issues with the codecs if you wanted to use this software in a company?

[@swaylel3631]

I got a error saying it can't start because libKF5Archive.dll , libKF5bookmarks.dll , libstdc++-6.dll , and libKF5Completion.dll is missing. what do I do about that? I honestly don't understand this

[@paianis]

Install the missing libs.

[@Stoney_Eagle]

Haha I've been using ffmpeg to convert my TV shows to the same codec and settings. I'm definitely going to give this a try thanks

[@DastageerHC]

Please explain how to install this on a 32 bit machine. i've got a 64 bit laptop with i3 and my Desktop pc has a dedicated 2 gb graphics card but it is running on 32 bit version of windows.

[@AmyraCarter]

Now I know what Kden Live is. Heard about it many times, but asking about things like this these days nets the 'just Google it' response. I'm sick of that nonsense. Anyway, good to know, but why does everything have to be 64-bit?

[@ExplainingComputers]

I know. 64 bit is everywhere -- largely in video editing since the move to HD, as programs want 4GB accessible RAM or more.

[@hocineabdellatifhouari3263]

usually heavy programs such as video editing ones demand a high processing job from the processor, having 32bit processor would double the work for it plus it's slower than 64bit usually in term of release date and technology used on it, so it's easy for companies that release this kind of programs to just stick with 64bit CPUs only, and finally 32bit CPUs can use only 4GB ram or less of computer resources, but most editing programs demand 8GB ram, sorry for much talk, hope you know why now :).

[@hainanbob6144]

Is there a way to move multiple files from the project bin to the timeline?

[@LordHumungus65]

G'day Chris, off topic, should I be worried about viruses invading my Raspberry Pi. Cheers mate and keep them coming on both channels👍

[@ExplainingComputers]

No, I would not worry about viruses on a Raspberry Pi. :)

[@LordHumungus65]

ExplainingComputers thanks Chris!

[@yaj1v]

There is one, that hacks your Raspberry Pi to mine bitcoin.

[@dwcobb43]

what do you use for your screen capture software?

[@marianbadea369]

it's not working properly on Windows 10. first time I got a virus, got that sorted. second time it wasn't starting properly. third time onward it doesn't wanna render. it says it's missing some file, mdl or something. :( too bad, cause it seems like a nice little editor.

[@adarshsingh764]

Kadenlive isn't present on Ubuntu's official repos it has to be added.

[@GlassLegend40]

you make it looked so, simple mate!

[@TurocKValentin]

dont know what happening but kdenlive on my machine render at ”low speed”, use max 25% of my CPU (i7 4770k). Even if is a simple mp4 file at 1080p with a simple text overlay (not complicated project). I try last version of kdenlive on linux and windows and the story is the same. For comparisson, kdenlive render in aprox. 30 min and Adobe render in max 7 min using only CPU

[@Zandman26]

Valentin TurocK There is a option in KDEnlive where you can set how many cores you want to dedicate to rendering.

[@Nava4Gamingz]

This is stable enough for Linux??

[@BoyAditya]

yes. more stable than openShot

[@dimitartodorov7479]

Nope, I tried editing 5 minutes video and it crashed like 20 times. And I have a good enough Laptop-i7 l, 8gb of ram, gt 840m and a ssd and it is running Mint 18.2, so I don't think is my PC fault

[@BoyAditya]

that's weird ... I use celeron-base cpu without fancy nvidia but never have crash on kdenlive ... I edited my family video with a little color corection and adding audio... what did you do that make the program crashed?

[@tiqo8549]

I run it on my laptop, doesn't crash here. You're using the lastest version ?

[@dimitartodorov7479]

I actually found where the problem is. Is just running poorly on the Cinnamon environment. When I switched to Unity everything seems to run great

[@niallwood]

can you do a review on a piece of software called portableapps.com, it lets you put apps such as libre office onto a memory stick.

[@teejay622]

Excellent review. Thank you for doing this as I am looking for an editor for Linux Mint. Does the chromakey work better now, after installing the GT1030 video card?

[@ExplainingComputers]

Chromakey no different. :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Note you have options including Lightworks and DaVinci Resolve (on a powerful machine).

[@teejay622]

@@ExplainingComputers Thank you for the reply. My problem is that I'm working with an aging computer running Mint and I was considering a cheap graphics card upgrade to help with future video rendering. My hope is to upgrade to DaVinci Resolve but I think my current setup would struggle with some jobs such as chromakey and final rendering. After watching your other video, I was hoping the GT1030 might be a viable option. Thank you for your time.

[@ExplainingComputers]

A graphics card may well help with rendering, with a GT1030 being a good option. It considerably improved video editing on my test rig. However, the quality of chromakey will not improve as this is entirely dependent on the software.

[@teejay622]

@@ExplainingComputers Thank you again for your time.

[@rwprime1]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@bawaarry7924]

Not working sir. At the end kdnel.exe does not appears. only kdnel appears. also ggmpeg , ffplay, ffprobe are without .exe in a step behind. plz give a solution.

[@OlettaLiano]

A very helpful video, thanks.

[@jumpjetterz5818]

Can u do a 32 bit

[@Sgtrooper1001]

Thanks for the Video. The interface remind me of the Magix Video deluxe editor wich i prefer for my KZbin projects. Is kdenlive also avaiable on the Ubuntu Platform?

[@df3yt]

Sci-Fi Fanproductions Yes