Archive:Kdenlive/Manual/Introduction

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• What is kdenlive good for? (Editing videos …)
• Where is it located? (Semi-Pro?) Alternatives? (Cinelerra, OpenShot, Lightworks, ...)
• What components does kdenlive use? See this image.

• What components does kdenlive use?

In effect Kdenlive is front end to melt - also known as MLT. The MLT video framework relies on the FFMPEG project. Kdenlive writes sh.mlt XML files that code the edit points and transitions and it then calls /usr/bin/kdenlive_render and /usr/bin/melt to render the video.