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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone, I'm going to use Debian with lxde on my machine and I'll need to use Filmora for video editing. Has anyone already tried it? Any problem during installation/use? Any help is appreciated

Thanks to all!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Windows apps (particularly ones that require that kind of acceleration) are unlikely to work with Wine. And if they do, either they'll be crashy, or they can break at any consequent Wine update. Forget Windows apps. Windows games that are invoking only fullscreen 3D are much more likely to work on Linux because the part that gets re-interpreted is simpler. But apps, that use obscure optimization Windows APIs are a pain to get good support of.

So, I suggest you install kdenlive or Shotcut to do video editing. Even Davinci resolve is a hit or miss on Linux and it doesn't support AAC at all. So get it done with the two OSS apps I suggested instead. In another life I was a music video director for local bands, and so I was doing a lot of color grading, invoking tricks and things that FOSS apps can't do. I switched full time to Linux and FOSS apps, and I just do the basic color grading now. It was sad to see that part of the fun go, but that's what I had to do.

Additionally Filmora is a primarily Chinese company, probably mining data, so it's best to not use it. Same for CapCut.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks for all the informations and the experience. Now what app are you using for video editing? kdenlive?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I prefer the UI of Shotcut, but kdenlive is admittedly more powerful. You can try both to see which one you prefer. I suggest you download the .appimage files of both of them from the website (this way you'll get the latest versions). I'd suggest against the flatpak versions as sometimes they come with limitations of various kinds. Just download their respective .appimage files, make them executable (right click on the downloaded files with your file manager and then go to their Properties to set them as executable), and then double click them to load. If you go that route, make sure you manually update them every 3 months or so, as that's when they usually release updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you very much for all the help!