OpenShot Video Editor

Bug #476760
Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 476760

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clay (gavin-clayshot) wrote on 2010-10-20:

#16

I think all is becoming clear. A run-down of my experience with 'The Blender Edition' of OpenShot.

My problems started whilst using Ubuntu Studio 10.04 and then 10.10rc. After moving to Arch the problem still continued.

Previous to Blender I had no problems at all. OpenShot was 99.9% stable. With the coming of OS 1.2.2 and Blender titles things started to go wrong.

My problem is that I like testing and playing with different settings and frequently open and close OS to see which setting is more suitable for the task in hand etc. When Blender was added there is more for me to play with, and more to go wrong.

Initially on my own and also my sons computer things went OK but slowly. Blender started to leave several processes running in the background, probably due to both of us trying out the different title effects. I have just duplicated this error on my Xubuntu laptop after adding blender to OS. Hitting the cancel button during a render appeared to stop the render – but left it running in the background and leaving the laptop running slowly. Strangely, it has not happened again after a laptop reboot. Our desktops would not have been rebooted after upgrading OS to 1.2.2.

To recap on my experience;

1)OpenShot has proved itself 99.9% to me as an excellent VE.
2)Problems started with Blender;
a)Computer slowed due to background processes not stopping as requested (now solved/known about)
b)OpenShot failed to start -xwindow errors/multiple sessions running (now solved) that I will also blame onto Blender as after testing Blender again - the same thing happened again.

I note that OpenShot 1.2.2 Never had any issues running on my Arch root account. This I expect is solely due to the fact that I never fully tested (read as used Blender) anything as root.

My concerns are that if my experiences are like other average OpenShot users it could damage the reputation of this up and coming wonderful video editor. Using Blender titles within OpenShot stops the
effective working within OpenShot anyway due to processor power being diverted, so perhaps a separate OpenShot title program that wont interfere with video editor itself is called for?

Whatever happens please don't let a heavyweight application damage the future editions of OpenShot.
Best wishes to all.

I think all is becoming clear. A run-down of my experience with 'The Blender Edition' of OpenShot.

My problems started whilst using Ubuntu Studio 10.04 and then 10.10rc. After moving to Arch the problem still continued.

Previous to Blender I had no problems at all. OpenShot was 99.9% stable. With the coming of OS 1.2.2 and Blender titles things started to go wrong.

To recap on my experience;

1)OpenShot has proved itself 99.9% to me as an excellent VE.
2)Problems started with Blender;
	a)Computer slowed due to background processes not stopping as requested (now solved/known about)
	b)OpenShot failed to start -xwindow errors/multiple sessions running (now solved) that I will also blame onto Blender as after testing Blender again - the same thing happened again.

I note that OpenShot 1.2.2 Never had any issues running on my Arch root account. This I expect is solely due to the fact that I never fully tested (read as used Blender) anything as root.

My concerns are that if my experiences are like other average OpenShot users it could damage the reputation of this up and coming wonderful video editor. Using Blender titles within OpenShot stops the 
effective working within OpenShot anyway due to processor power being diverted, so perhaps a separate OpenShot title program that wont interfere with video editor itself is called for?

Whatever happens please don't let a heavyweight application damage the future editions of OpenShot.
Best wishes to all.