Comment 5 for bug 1391008

i will do that, but before i do, i have a question: which operating system do you and the other openshot developers use?

openshot is my tool of choice. but xubuntu 14.04 seems to be incompatible with it, and going back to xubuntu 11.10 doesn't work either as the repository version of openshot requires a different mlt to the one in xubuntu 11.10. i remember, however, that a few years ago openshot and 11.10 worked fine together.

i would like to switch to the same o/s that you guys use to develop openshot, as it has to be working better for you than it is for me. can you tell me what you use please?

the problem seems to be all about libs. new editions of them are often incompatible with apps that used their prior versions, and only a developer would know how to do a selective update that keeps things consistent. apt -get update does all kinds of things i didnt ask it to do - and many i wish it hadn't! for example, i have read somewhere that some things require ffmpeg but 14.04 refuses to allow it in, because it has been superceded by a newer shinier toy, but unfortunately for me one that doesnt work with video download helper which i use to get raw materials for my own creations.

maybe it's time i got a mac....