Shotcut, the free open-source MLT based video editor, released the 26.6 Beta version today.
The new version of this Qt video editor introduced some new experimental features, Vulkan in FFmpeg, external monitor improvements, and various bug-fixes.
First, shotcut 26.6 added new --experimental command line option. When you starts it with that option, you’ll see a new “Manage Add-on Filters” setting gear icon in the add filter widget.
It will open a new dialog which lists ALL available filters in MLT. And, you can select and de-select MLT filters to show or hide them in/from the main filter selection. This is useful for exploring filters, especially the host of OpenFx filters.
In the new Manage Add-on Filters dialog, you may search and add OpenFX NTSC-rs video filter, a free, open-source video effect which accurately emulates analog TV and VHS artifacts. As well, it added initial basic support for VST2 audio plugins (filters) with a UI for Valhalla Supermassive.
As the features above are experimental. The video editor may crash due to bugs. If Shotcut crashes within 30 seconds upon startup, it will restart in a safe mode without external (OpenFX, VST2) plugins. While, user may go to Settings -> Leave Safe Mode to re-enable them.
Besides experimental OpenFX & VST2 filters support, Shotcut 26.2 also introduced Vulkan Display Method support for Linux. User can go to Settings -> Display Method menu to switch from OpenGL to Vulkan, though it needs an app restart to apply change.
For multi-monitor setup, the release introduced new Player -> External Monitor -> Preview Window (HDR), which opens preview in a new seprated window in external monitor. It however does not work along with the “Use Old Video Output” option, and, the HDR preview is not working on Linux and Windows/ARM so far.
It as well added support for PQ HDR and the metadata dialogs to External Monitor -> DeckLink.
Other changes include:
- New Reduce Noise: Audio (RNNoise) filter.
- Support for HDR to Export.
- Add Dynamic range to custom Video Mode and Timeline Properties.
- New “Create Transitions on Overlap” option.
- Use native file chooser dialog for Linux Snap package.
Get Shotcut 26.6 Beta
The official release note, installer packages for Linux, Windows, macOS, as well as the source tarball are available in Github via the link below:
For Linux, select download the AppImage (for modern Intel/AMD), add executable permission from the Properties dialog, finally click Run to launch the video editor.
Tips: Ubuntu since 22.04 does NOT support AppImage out-of-the-box, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the required library:
sudo apt install libfuse2
Ubuntu user may search & install the Snap package from App Center (or Ubuntu Software), while, an official Flatpak packageFlatpak package is also available for most Linux though runs in sandbox.
