Can i edit a video while another one is exporting?

adog312 2017-08-08 04:57:14 UTC #1

I'm editing let's plays, and i prefer to do my editing in large groups of let's plays. a problem that i've found is that it takes ten minutes to export a video, and i'm scared to start editing the next one before it finishes because i don't know if it will mess up the exporting one. does anybody know?

Steve_Ledger 2017-08-08 05:20:20 UTC #2

Try it and come back with a report....

MrCorleone 2017-08-08 16:26:41 UTC #3

Yes, I do it quite frequently however... Without SSD drives and plenty of CPU power, playback and responsiveness is slower. A suitable workaround with enough RAM is to create a TMPFS drive, mount it and copy your video to it before opening. This bypasses bottlenecks for HDDs.

adog312 2017-08-10 18:16:33 UTC #4

thanks to both of you. i will try. i do not have an ssd, but i am upgrading to 12gb ram very soon (possibly today).

kenj69 2017-08-14 23:40:35 UTC #5

This is one of the joys of Shotcut - while I am exporting from one project I can simply open another instance of Shotcut and start work on another project. Love it!

-=Ken=-

theNotSoLoneWanderer 2017-08-15 11:15:28 UTC #6

i've had success when exporting by going to file and starting a new project while the project i am exporting renders safely...i do a goodly amount of let's plays myself and am constantly editing. shotcut also allows for multiple instances to be open...i've had success going that route also.