question: mixed vc separate clips

[farid abdelnour]

bullseye alcinos!

thanks :D

ps
i will make a post on the website as well with the same text.

2017-08-29 20:34 GMT-03:00 alcinos <french.ebook.lover at gmail.com>:

> 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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