How long can be a final video?

[ConteudoAnimal]

Hello,

Does Shotcut have a technical limitation to final video lenght from software side ?

I do use to have 2 hrs videos without issues … Can I have 1000hrs video or longer / shorter ? how longer /shorter ? or my computer hardware or memory is the limitation ?

I got this question into my youtube channel and could find this information

thanks in advance !

[Elusien]

There was a similar question about a month ago. See:

Maximum File Size Shotcut Can Handle

I had a movie I wanted to edit that was 3.2GB in size but Shotcut would not let me make any modifications to it. I knew that exporting it through Shotcut would reduce the size a bit so I did that (using default settings). Shotcut cut 1.4GB off of the movie without reducing the quality at all. I am very pleased. But even at the reduced size (1.8GB) Shotcut won’t let me make any modifications. That makes me wonder what the maximum size is that I can edit with Shotcut. Where can I find this in…

[ConteudoAnimal]

great … so no limitation from software side … this is only hardware limits like free space on HD , free RAM memory and CPU usage … ok thanks

[shotcut]

There are some software limits, but I do not know what it is. It depends on whether you need the timeline or not, whether you need waveforms and thumbnails, and the number of tracks. Also, it depends on free memory, not just physical RAM. There are many variables. There is a numerical limit to a frame count that is used throughout: 2147483646. The maximum duration depends on the frame rate. At 60 fps that is 9942 hours. However, the timeline will have a problem well before you reach that.

[kagsundaram]

@shotcut

However, the timeline will have a problem well before you reach that.

The part of this video editor that is in contact with the chair will have a problem long before I reach that.