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We all know windows movie maker, most of us have come to hate it. You dont know how much you miss something till you lose it. I never edit videos, ever. However I had some inspiration and so I wanted to make a small video clip. After the initial searching on the web for various articles one name was mentioned multiple times. It is this name which I have become disgusted with. Kino, it is a whore of an application. It will do nothing you want and whine the whole time. That and the random crashes with limited options make this video editor unsuitable for even the simplest of video editing tasks.

The article which I used for most of the options out there is from  techcitynic.com. However that douche could have been more accurate. Let me work down the list for you, so you don’t have to waste your precious time. I am sure you find more video editing applications using various search engines. If you know anything note worthy comment below!

• KDEnlive – Thank god, an application that is awesome! You can install this application with the following command: sudo apt-get install kdenlive
• Ffmpeg – I don’t know, i though ffmpeg was a bunch of small tools. I have a feeling you need this in all cases: sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
• AvideMUX – I used this, and it sucked, it has about as many features as my dick. You can install this application with the following command: sudo apt-get install avidemux
• CinePaint – Used for retouching vidoes so i didnt use it
• Cinelerra – If it is not in the repositories it sucks
• Jahshaka – Looked cool, not in repositories
• Slideshow Creator – Thats not even a video editing program and not in repos
• LiVES – Not in the repos but looked decent
• Vivia – Looks like Windows Media Player, not in repos
• Kino – Not even going there.. worst application i used in 2009. Purge it with the following command: sydo apt-get purge kino

In the end i used KDEnlive, by the look and feel, and the name its obviously from the KDE software suite. But man this application packs a punch. It is a little but tricky to start so take a moment to see where the buttons are. Basically you start by importanting the stuff you want. For me that was video clip in mp4 format, a mp3 file, and a still image. The still image is a little bit tricky because i only wanted one single image. I ended up creating a slideshow with just one image and that worked fine. Make sure to select the FILE types you want when messing around with the import-image-slide thing.

The imported items are in the upper left corner in one the tabs (project tree). Then you can just drag stuff in the various video/audio bars and viola thats sorted. The stuff on the top has priority over stuff below it. This is important when mixing various video streams. I also ended up muting the video-clip audio and later on splitting and deleting the audiostream completly.

There are a few effects and transitions but i only used the fade to black, and fade from black effects. I am quite sure you can do a lot more with it but this was my first time so i was satisfied with how far i had gotten anyway. The export module was more then excellent aswell, a bit overwhelming with all the options but just pick the videocodec you want (divx) and tick the export audio and then you are done!

To sum all this up, kino sucks and kdenlive rocks hard. Make sure to grab it in case you ever want to edit a video!

Final result of my video: