If you want free, Resolve will run circles around whatever open source thing you can find. No need for WGPU, it just runs the GPU.

Sadly, things like this just put a bad taste in my mouth about the whole concept of running code in a browser like this. It's buggy as hell. It doesn't run in all browsers. And I really have to ask why we think the browser is the place to run this. We've moved from Java and now to WASM in a browser, but only some browsers.

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mashreghi 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Different use case. "Runs everywhere instantly" beats "installs + config" for a lot of workflows.

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tim-projects 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In my experience getting it to run on my Intel gpu on Linux was not trivial. And when I did I discovered it doesn't support standard video formats making it a complete non starter.

Kdenlive is much better imho for basic edits

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hrmtst93837 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Browser editing makes sense for review links, shared projects, and zero-install onboarding, but if the job is just cutting footage fast on one machine then a desktop app will smoke it and the compatibility mess buys you nothing. The browser sandbox is a decent distribution hack, yet once you stack WebGPU, WASM, codecs, file access, and browser-specific bugs on top of each other, you are rebuilding a worse native stack with extra failure modes and pretending that counts as progress. Resolve exists.

	▲	mashreghi 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If your baseline is Resolve, sure. But most people aren't cutting Hollywood timelines.

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vunderba 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

+1 for Davinci Resolve. I used the free version for years (Windows and Mac versions) before finally picking up a copy of Studio which is still very reasonably priced and is a flat fee.

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Fabricio20 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Resolve requiring an account to download is what turned me away when I needed to do a quick edit the other day. Oracle much?

	▲	windowsrookie 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Black Magic gives video editing software that actual professionals use away for free. They sell professional grade equipment that regular consumers can afford. They also offer a ton of training videos teaching you how to edit professionally....for free. A ton of independent filmmakers have started their career using Black Magic software/devices. They are absolutely not anything like oracle.
	▲	motoxpro 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Why not just have a throwaway email account for these types of things. Opens up a lot of great software if this is a barrier for you.
	▲	ErroneousBosh 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It doesn't require an account to download.
	▲	nullpoint420 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I always put asdf@asdf.com and it lets me download it

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RobotToaster 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I stopped trusting resolve after they decided to paywall reactor. Putting a paywall on plugins that users contribute for free is just shitty.

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csomar 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> And I really have to ask why we think the browser is the place to run this.

This is a big barrier if you want cross-compatibility and making Linux usable for everyday people. My whole interface is a terminal and a browser. I could use/pay for something like this in the same way I use figma. I don't need an app and when I open my iPad I can access whatever I was working on.

The browser should have been the place to run all of this from the very start; but Apple/Google decided to create walled gardens for their systems.