I was wondering,
although kdenlive doesn’t support API for external control, I’m curious what power users think about dedicated video editing controls be it hardware or software (say on a tablet). Are consoles useful or gimmicks? Personally, I’ve never felt they are REALLY all that useful for offline video editing but then again, I’m not a professional or even a power user.
If you think editing consoles are useful, which controls would be most beneficial? What would your ideal console look like?
I have experience with the Davinci Resolve SpeedEditor and would love to see something like that for Kdenlive. The DRSE is proprietary HW, unfortunately, and cannot be interfaced to just any application, AFAIK.
If you want to know what controls are most beneficial than look at the layout and description of that piece of HW.
i think that a common usb jog shuttle can speed up works and do not require any special sdk… essentials controls are frame forward/backward, play, stop, cut, next clip, previous clip, save. (any super cheaper jog shuttle can do that and works with kdenlive)
Some sort of a simple control API to do some the things mentioned in this thread - particularly jog forward and back - would be so useful.
I have an old Panasonic editing controller that I used with MII VTRs years ago that I think uses a simple RS232 type connection. If there was a simple API, I would certainly consider having a good at writing a serial interface.