-

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 10:05:20 -0400 last edited: Sat, 02 Oct 2021 10:14:31 -0400

jason@hub.inktada.com

If anyone is using Fedora 34 linux, the OpenShot provided in the system is incorrectly built and runs like garbage.

I decided to try a build from source and had great results by following the build guides for the three required source packages provided on openshot.org.

From source, I made sure I downloaded the source for an official release branch, in my case 2.6.1.

Prior to attempting build, for full functionality, install the following packages:
dnf install pkg-config libX11-devel freetype-devel fdk-aac-free-devel jsoncpp-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtmultimedia-devel unittest-cpp-devel cppzmq-devel python3-devel swig ImageMagick-devel ffmpeg-devel python3-zmq python3-pyqt5-sip ruby-devel opencv opencv-devel protobuf protobuf-devel zeromq zeromq-devel codec2-devel cppcodec-devel doxygen doxygen-doxywizard

There may be a few more that I had already installed in my system prior to build attempt.

Fedora OpenShot

show all 4 comments

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:05:21 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

No, but if the current OpenShot proves unstable I'll definitely be trying it out - thanks!

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:55:42 -0400

Cyborg 2-A ✅

wago@libertious.com

I've used ShotCut on Fedora 34 to pull clips from a 27G mp4, didn't crash.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:56:40 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

I'll have to give that a try too, thanks. I'm very used to OpenShot and have produced quite a few videos with it. If it is now stable (I'll find out on my next video production), I'll likely stick with it and avoid a learning curve. It's good to know there are viable alternatives out there.