Simple video editing software for linux

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue, and powerful scripting capabilities.

It’s overkill to use a full-featured video editing program if you just want to cut a few clips from a video file. Even programs that are designed to be small can have confusing interfaces when dealing with video. We’ve found that a great free program, Avidemux, makes the job of cutting clips extremely simple.


Features

• support for non-linear video editing, visual effects, and transcoding
• comes with a GUI (graphical user interface) and command line interface
• built-in video encoders for: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, FFHuffYUV, FFV1, H.263, H.263+, HuffYUV, MJPEG, MPEG-4, Snow, x264, x264, Xvid, Y800
• built-in audio encoders for MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3), Vorbis, AAC, MPEG-1 layer 2 (MP2), AC-3, MPEG-1 layer 2 (MP2), Microsoft RIFF WAV PCM, LPCM
• various output formats supported: MKV, Flash, AVI, MPEG-1/2, OGM, MP4, etc.
• support for popular subtitle formats: SUB, SSA, ASS, SRT
• support for muxing (multiplexing) and demuxing
• has powerful scripting capabilities (tutorial available here)
• multiple filtering options: auto-resize, gauss smoothing, deinterlacing, chroma shifts, add black borders, etc.

Linux distributions have their own way of managing packages. Most distributions provide a graphical frontend for this system. Just search for your program, select your desired program and the program manager will automatically download the package.