question: mixed vc separate clips

[alcinos]

Hi Farid,

Here is an developed text:
"Kdenlive <http://kdenlive.org/> is a Free and Open Source video editor
developed and maintained by a community of hackers and video makers. We are
currently doing a code refactoring which will be taking a step forward in
making our software more suitable for professional use. In the process, we
are facing some critical design choices, and want to hear the opinion of
the editors of the community.

Currently, a clip inserted in the timeline in Kdenlive can be one of three
things: video only, audio only or both audio and video. While this approach
gives flexibility to the user, it is quite non-standard amongst video
editing software, and may cause troubles if we try to implement some more
advanced features like an audio mixer. The alternative, implemented in
other softwares, is to avoid hybrid clips altogether, and only allow video
only and audio only clips. Of course, in such a situation, inserting a clip
from the bin to the timeline would actually create two clips on the
timeline : one for the audio and one for the video.

If you want to voice an opinion for one of the approaches, or outline
advantages/drawbacks that we may not have thought of, we are looking
forward to hearing from you!"

I tried to explain more carefully what are the possibilities.

Cheers
Nicolas


2017-08-30 1:17 GMT+02:00 farid abdelnour <snd.noise at gmail.com>:

> I will submit this to some reddit communities to test the waters, anyone
> has a suggestion on the text before sending it?
>
>
> 2017-08-29 16:06 GMT-03:00 farid abdelnour <snd.noise at gmail.com>:
>
>> So to move forward with our decision we can ask some editing communities
>> what they feel about each approach. The text could be something like this:
>>
>>
>> "Kdenlive <http://kdenlive.org/> is a Free and Open Source video editor
>> developed and maintained by a community of hackers and video makers. We are
>> currently doing a code refactoring which will be taking a step forward in
>> making our software more suitable for professional use. We'd like to hear
>> what the editors of this community think about:
>>
>>
>> Mixed audio/video clips vs Separate audio/video clips
>>
>>
>> Currently we have it both ways, the editor chooses which paradigm to use
>> but we are thinking of switching exclusively to the separate clips
>> approach."
>>
>>
>> The thing is I don't think it is very clear the explanation of mixed vs
>> separate tracks. We need to develop the text further. Could anyone help me
>> doing this?
>>
>>
>> If we don't get quorum from other editors, another approach could be to
>> evaluate how other video editing programs work but for that we need people
>> with access to those tools.
>>
>>
>> Massimo has a strong opinion which makes a lot of sense specially when
>> you think about other features like the audio mixer. On the other hand
>> having this flexibility makes Kdenlive standout. I am still undecided as
>> I see pluses and cons from both ways. So hearing more people will help us
>> make an informed decision, right?
>>
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