MX 19 Request: Flowblade 2.6 video editor

[chrispop99]

There's another offering, Olive, which I haven't tried.

This from the Olive website put me off:

currently in alpha meaning it is incomplete and not fully stable

Chris

[SwampRabbit]

flowblade 2.6 is packaged now, tested install and opening only. It will need to go into the Test Repo for now because there is a dependency it needs in there and I haven't checked if we can move it yet.
This should stay in the Test Repo anyway until we get a few folks saying it doesn't have issues.

If you want to test it before it shows up in the repo you can get it here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sJIGxY ... sp=sharing

You need to first install python3-mlt from the Test Repo tab in MX Package Installer before trying to install the above .deb file

[paul1149]

Thanks SwampRabbit. I'm still getting "Dependency resolution failed" in Discover. QApt-deb-installer says similar. I'm on MX19 with a KDE front end (not the beta).

[SwampRabbit]

When you say “still” means you did install python3-mlt per my post just now?

I found I don’t like QApt-deb-installer because it doesn’t tell me what depends I need! Lol

You can try to install from terminal. You could be missing something. I installed and opened it in my test VMs stock snapshot.

[paul1149]

SR: A funny thing happened after I did what you said to do - flowblade installed! Sorry about that.

I used QApt again, and its Detail button said two dependencies were still missing: python3-numpy, python3-opencv. Why it could install those but not python3-mlt I don't know, but that's how it was.

So I've got FB 2.6 up and running, and now will give it some tests.

I also gave Olive a try. Impressive prog, aiming at Kdenlive levels I think. But it's alpha and I couldn't get many basic things to work right or at all. Will leave it for now.

Thanks again. I appreciate having the latest edition of FB to try out!

[TTwrs]

Another option to consider:

https://www.shotcut.org/download/

I use the AppImage version (a single file) and run it from an external drive.

[SwampRabbit]

I used QApt again, and its Detail button said two dependencies were still missing: python3-numpy, python3-opencv. Why it could install those but not python3-mlt I don't know, but that's how it was.

for some reason, at least on our KDE Betas, the Detail button hasn't shown missing dependencies in general.... at least I thought it wasn't because that is the first thing I checked.

I'll double check if it does soon, but I might also have to update my KDE Beta2 VM... I don't know its getting harder to test all these packages now lol.

[SwampRabbit]

@paul1149 I've just packaged flowblade 2.6.3 with git commits up to 20210208.
I tested it in a VM and it at least opens.

I'll be sending it and the updated depends up for inclusion in the MX Test Repo in the next day.

[paul1149]

Thanks #swamprabbit. I did settle on kdenlive after surveying the field back then, but I'll look into this.

Be well.

[Stevo]

BTW, Flowblade 2.8 is out now....https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/20 ... middlebar/