Is there a time counter in Shotcut, a tool to calculate the total time used to edit the project?
If not, that would be a useful suggestion!
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Well, please write in more detail why this is necessary, and Iâll laugh at such an anecdote.
There isnât but I would also think itâd be a fun little piece of information, although very difficult to properly calculate - I often just leave shotcut minimized or in background while doing completely other stuff on my pc.
You are lucky that you have never worked for anyone or managed anyone, otherwise you would not think so.
Wow! What a useless and pointless response. And it is supposed to be funny?
I donât do video editing for work so showing how much time Iâve spent doing a vacation edit in my own free time is an useful detail.
Whether I find it funny or not shouldnât bother you. For people to take your idiotic request seriously, you should at least write why it is needed and where it has already been implemented. Or do you think that a team of several people can handle what large companies canât do?
To do this, set a clock in front of you and itâs not a matter of video editing at all.
And write down with pen on paper when I watch a youtube video and stop editing?
If you watch some YouTube videos to learn something needed for your editing should it count as editing? Before you answer also consider: do you get paid at least some of the time you are learning to do your job? Not so clear 
But some will sell you AI that will watch over your activity, decide how you are using your time, and tell you.
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And this is just the tip of the iceberg, and we are all on the Titanic here.
Thatâs why I asked why itâs needed. If we standardize the work, then let large companies do it. If this is necessary to calculate how long Shortcut works in active mode, then the road map has already been drawn up for several years in advance. Well, if itâs needed for some unknown purposes, then we can always discuss it, but the creator of the topic is in no hurry to share his thoughts.
Dear nadoetc.
I think my inquiry was simple enough. My goal is the same as Daniel47. How much time did it take me to edit that family project over the course of several weeks?
Your posts were not very constructive: ââidiotic requestââ and ââIâll laugh at such an anecdoteââ. So I am a idiot? Thanks!
After such helpful comments, I did not think you really expected a explanation. So thatâs why I was ââin no hurry to share my thoughtsââ. Whatâs the point anyway.
And by the way, a clock is not really a solution.
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@RCoveney Je ne sais pas si cela rĂ©pond Ă votre demande, mais il existe un compteur qui estime le temps restant pour finir lâexportation. Ce nâest pas dâune prĂ©cision extrĂȘme, mais cela donne une idĂ©e.
Lancez lâexportation, et dans la fenĂȘtre âTĂąchesâ, la derniĂšre valeur entre parenthĂšses vous donne le temps restant estimĂ© pour finir la tĂąche.
@RCoveney I donât know if this answers your question, but thereâs a timer that estimates the time remaining to complete the export. Itâs not extremely accurate, but it gives you an idea.
Start the export, and in the âTasksâ window, the last value in parentheses gives you the estimated time remaining to complete the task.
I have some friends that do freelance work. They use free time tracker apps that let them keep track of time spent on a project. If you start working on a project, click a button to start the timer. When you stop/pause work, click the button again to pause the timer. Only you know if you are âworkingâ or if Shotcut is just open in your desktop while you do something else. That is why the start/stop button is needed.
Clockify is one free app I have heard them mention.
A child, a company agent, an alien - there are many options.
The point is that you have some kind of goal and I am writing to you for the second time that you can ignore me, I just came here to laugh. You wrote to the developers, if there are many of you and you write something intelligible, then why not. âWe spun and launched your roadmap into space, without a timer life is not lifeâ - something like that.
For every project file, you can have a Notes section.
This would be an excellent spot for documenting the time spent.
On my phone, I often use the timer function, which also has a stopwatch feature.
There is a free piece of software called LiveSplit, which video game speedrunners use. You can either download the program or use the web version.
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It looks like an interesting solution. Thank you!