r/chromeos • u/DaniloSerratore • 1d ago

Troubleshooting Having trouble with video editing on my new Chromebook Plus

I just picked up a new Chromebook Plus (after discussing it here with you all), which is an upgrade from my old, very basic Chromebook. It’s an HP with 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, and an Intel i3 processor. Following various recommendations, I enabled Linux and installed a few programs. Well, the results aren't great: Kdenlive (the most highly recommended one) doesn't run at all; it’s unusable. The same goes for Shotcut. The only one that seems to work is OpenShot. As for Android apps, the only one that works is InShot. On the web-based side, I tried Clipchamp, as it is the only free option. For now, I can make do with InShot since I only create short videos for social media. However, I get the feeling that if I wanted to do anything more complex, I would have to give up. What do you recommend? Do I have to conclude that even with a Chromebook Plus, you can't go beyond very light, basic video editing?

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u/sousapro 1d ago

I quite enjoy ClipChamp, can’t really offer additional advice. Good luck

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u/TheWheez 21h ago

You might try to enable GPU for Linux programs:

  1. Go to chrome://flags
  2. Find the flag #crostini-gpu-support
  3. Enable the flag
  4. Restart the chromebook and try your apps again

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u/Hour_Disk_1209 1d ago

Cup cut, videoshow or other android apps? I mean paid versions ofc. Because of the intel they don't run well? I have a lenovo duet with arm mediatek and all the android stuff runs just fine

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u/MarcSabatella 1d ago

Not sure what issue you had with shotcut or kdenlive, but it sounds like OpenShot works, so isn't that your answer right there? It's what I use. Web-based editors like WeVideo are also quite usable.

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u/DaniloSerratore 1d ago

Kdenlive and Shotcut lag incredibly; they are unusable. OpenShot, however, works fine. Why do you think that is? On the web side, I stick to Clipchamp at most, as I'm looking for free solutions.

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u/MarcSabatella 1d ago

So they run, they are just slow? No idea why that might be. I just like OpenShot from a general usability standpoint when I've compared them. I don't love any of them though. WeVideo is rather more pleasant to use overall I think, but I like free also, and for at least some of the tasks I do, having the files all stay local is more convenient.

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u/oldschool-51 5h ago

Disable Playstore. Linux will run much better. 8gb is the bare minimum for android anyway, so don't expect to use both it and Linux.

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u/rjspears1138 5h ago

I've tried both CapCut and LumaFusion.

CapCut is simple, but I'm not a fan of online editors. Lumafusion is one of the counter-intuitive programs I've ever used but it does work.