{"id":9792,"date":"2020-02-10T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9792"},"modified":"2020-02-15T13:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T13:40:55","slug":"openshot-2-5-hardware-encoding-decoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/02\/openshot-2-5-hardware-encoding-decoding\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenShot 2.5 Released with Hardware Encoding\/Decoding Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot_logo245.png\" alt=\"OpenShot Video Editor\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OpenShot video editor 2.5.0 was released a few days ago with exciting new features hardware acceleration support.<\/p>\n<p>OpenShot 2.5.0 brings <b>experimental support for hardware acceleration<\/b>. You will see some new options available if you have a supported encoder\/decoder. This can result in a huge performance improvement on some systems.<\/p>\n<p>It has also completely rewritten the keyframe system to deliver real-time interpolated values, and no longer cache the entire value set.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openshot.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/08\/openshot-250-released-video-editing-hardware-acceleration\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">openshot 2.5.0<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Export and Import of EDL and XML.<\/li>\n<li>Improved Thumbnail generation via a local HTTP server<\/li>\n<li>Blender 2.8+ support<\/li>\n<li>Ability to recover previous saves<\/li>\n<li>many fixes and improvements to SVG support.<\/li>\n<li>Improved preview window resizing in OpenShot<\/li>\n<li>Disable metrics until opt-in<\/li>\n<li>Export, built, and Cross-platform improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/openshot-hardwareaccel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"498\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/openshot-hardwareaccel.png 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/openshot-hardwareaccel-450x431.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install OpenShot 2.5.0 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>OpenShot has an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~openshot.developers\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a> repository that contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10 <del>though it&#8217;s not updated at the moment for the new release<\/del>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> You can add the PPA repository by running command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), so to receive future software updates via <i>Software Updater<\/i> utility.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-600x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"99\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-600x99.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-450x74.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Then install the video editor via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install openshot-qt<\/pre>\n<p>Alternatively you may simply download the 64-bit <code>.appimage<\/code> file from OpenShot website:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.openshot.org\/download\/' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-large arconix-button-tan' target=\"_blank\" >OpenShot Downloads Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right-click on the <code>.appimage<\/code> and make it executable in the file &#8216;Properties > Permissions&#8217;. And finally run the .appimage to launch Openshot video editor 2.5.0.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenShot video editor 2.5.0 was released a few days ago with exciting new features hardware acceleration support. OpenShot 2.5.0 brings experimental support for hardware acceleration. You will see some new options available if you have a supported encoder\/decoder. This can result in a huge performance improvement on some systems. 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