Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor. Support for the latest audio and video formats thanks to FFMPEG, Video compositing across video tracks, Cross-platform support: available on Windows, Linux, and macOS, Blackmagic Design SDI, and HDMI for input and preview monitoring.
Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. Further using Shotcut, no import is required, which means native editing, plus multi-format timelines, resolutions, and frame rates within a project. Frame accurate seeking supported for many video formats.
Features of ShotCut
Supports oodles of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg (or libav as-built)
Supports many image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TGA, TIFF as well as image sequences
No import required native editing
Frame-accurate seeking for many formats
Multi-format timeline: mix and match resolutions and frame rates within a project
Network stream playback (HTTP, HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MMS, UDP)
Frei0r video generator plugins (e.g. color bars and plasma)
Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring
JACK transport sync
Flexible UI through dock-able panels
Encode/transcode to a variety of formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg (or libav as-built)
Capture (record) SDI, HDMI, webcam (V4L2), JACK, PulseAudio, IP streams, X11 screen
Stream (encode to IP) files and any capture source
Batch encoding with job control
Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms
Thumbnail and waveform caching between sessions
Audio mixing across all tracks
Video compositing across video tracks
System Requirements and Technical Details
Supported OS: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7
RAM (Memory): 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
Free Hard Disk Space: 500 MB or more
