Overview

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1 Why use PiTiVi ?

Why use PiTiVi ?

PiTiVi is an open source video editor, written in Python and based on GStreamer and GTK+.

Newbie ? Pro ? Special purpose ? PiTiVi fits all

Taking into account the fact that not everybody has the same knowledge of video editing, nor the same needs, PiTIVi provides several ways of creating and modifying a timeline. Ranging from a simple synopsis view (a-la iMovie) to the full-blown editing view (aka Complex View) which puts you in complete control of your editing.

Other interfaces can be added via the plugin system, aimed at more specific uses like a SlideShow creator or a subtitling editor. It is even possible to use pitivi without a user interface in order to do batch rendering.

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Features implemented at the right level and the right way

PiTiVi is written in Python for the high-level logic and user interfaces. This enables fast development time, as well as easy extension of any PiTiVi component through native python plugins.

The multimedia importing and processing is handled by the GStreamer multimedia framework, and the processing complexity of non-linear editing is handled by the GNonLin editing plugins.

The authors of PiTiVi/GNonLin have been part of the GStreamer core developer community for many years and make sure any issues are solved as quickly as possible in the lower levels in order to avoid any bloated feature at the application level.

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Let's not limit the creativity !

The tight relationship between gnonlin, PiTiVi and GStreamer, removes any kind of limitation which can be seen in other editing software.

No limit on audio/video format input/output sizes, resolutions and formats,
No limits on number of tracks used,
No limits on number of combined effects,
Create your own effect combination and re-use it in other projects
Create your script to quickly re-use a sequence of sources/effects in other projects
Use external programs to process some sequences using the gst-python/pitivi plugin system
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