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It's an old tool but it's fine for most things, when ffmpeg is to fastidious to use. ffmpeg is still what I use, but some more complex tasks are just more comfortable with avidemux.", "context": "", "use_case": "video editing and conversion", "switched_from": "", "story": "What You Need to Know Before Touching a Video File"}, {"id": 733841413, "item_id": 45865088, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865088", "by": "haunter", "date": "2025-11-09", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "FOSS options (KDEnlive, Openshot, Shotcut, Avidemux etc)", "excerpt": "An immutable distro, probably Fedora Kinoite https://www.fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/ >In windows when a child goes searching the web for a \u201cmovie maker for windows\u201d they are going to be in a world of hurt either finding expensive commercial options or super scammy sites promising the world. 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