FLOSS video editor for Android?
Recently I had a class (at the school of art-therapy I'm currently attending) in the basics of video editing, and of course they had us use Capcut... (for those of you who don't know, it's TikTok's official app, full of AI stuff, social media optimizations, premium features etc...)
I've been doing video editing on Linux since 2020 (using Cinelerra-GG), but after this class I've been looking for some "real" (i.e., as close as possible) FLOSS alternative (but w/o all the AI and the bloat) to introduce my colleagues to.
I know about desktop alternatives, but here I want to focus on mobile apps (at least on Android).
Initially, I really thought there was none (Open Video Editor is of no use here), and the best option would be something like CuteCut, which isn't open source but at least has 0 trackers according to Exodus.
Then I stumbled upon LibreCuts.
It really seems to be what I'm looking for... except, then I read that it depends on Android Studio and Android SDK. I'm not totally sure what this actually means - is it still in an early phase of development and it will eventually be available as a "normal" app in the store? And in the meantime, what should I do to try it on my phone?
I'm tagging @TOV as I reckon they would have some useful insight for me, but anyone who knows better than me please help.
I wonder if this may also interest @Daniel Supernault for a collab/integration for the Loops platform?
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in reply to Tiziano • • •Re: LibreCuts – it does not seem to be available from Google Play (the official app store) nor F-Droid (an alternative app store).
The references in the repo to the SDK etc. mean you would have to build the app on your computer/laptop and then load onto your phone.
This is all doable, but not a very user-friendly process, I'm afraid. Maybe you want to message the developer and ask for a release.
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in reply to TOV • •Thank you for the reply! Well, this is my opinion, too, but what I'm saying here is that the average users wanting to make a simple, quick edit for whatever reason (from reels to post on social networks, to therapeutical activity, like in my case), really don't care about power or screen size, they just need some app on their phone to edit on the go.
This is why I was looking for an alternative, because many people really appreciate CapCut for this reason, so I think it would be nice to have something else to offer them.
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in reply to TOV • •Well, I really wonder whether @Daniel Supernault has any ideas or plans about this (I know he's very busy with all of his projects at the moment, but maybe for the future...). I think this would be much appreciated by #pixelfed and #loops users (CapCut was created for TikTok users after all) 😉
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Create a basic video editing app using Media3 Transformer
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