It's related to the quality of the libraries they are using, and their associated APIs. In my opinion, the reason so many video editors fail has nothing to do with corporate backing. I feel somewhat qualified to answer this question, having built my own video editor over the past year. and thus more demand? Why don't we have a good Linux video editor yet!?!?!?! Is that what we need? More companies funding video editors? Do we need smarter developers? Better libraries? More creative users. MLT, Kino, and Jahshaka have also had corporate backing. Is that the answer? Does it take a corporate backer to make a good Linux video editor? PiTiVi was started as a volunteer effort, but is now being funded by a corporation. You've heard all of the excuses, 'It's too complicated for volunteers', 'The libraries just aren't ready yet', 'There is no demand for this type of application', etc.Ĭinelerra was started by a commercial company, and later open-sourced.

There are many video editors, but they are either buggy, ugly, incompatible, abandoned collecting dust, or in perpetual development.

If you are reading this blog, then you probably understand the state of video editors on Linux.

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