When comparing ivsEdits LE vs Pitivi, the Slant community recommends Pitivi for most people. In the question“What is the best free video editing software?” Pitivi is ranked 11th while ivsEdits LE is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Pitivi is:
Being GTK based, it does not require extra dependencies on gnome and other desktop environments using the GTK Toolkit.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free features that competitors lock behind paywalls
ivsEdits is frame accurate and has audio feedback on Timeline scrub. These are basic features that several free competitors miss.
Pro Functionally competitive with other video editors
The layout is impressive, and that impression sticks throughout, especially when it comes to multiple live camera inputs.
Pro The UI is very easy and intuitive
It is very easy to add effects and transitions.
Pro A great free option
One of the better free options for editing video.
Pro GTK based
Being GTK based, it does not require extra dependencies on gnome and other desktop environments using the GTK Toolkit.
Pro Free and open source
Pitivi uses CreativeCommons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license with source code available on Gnome's source code page.
Pro Uses Gstreamer instead of ffmpeg
Cons
Con Windows only
Although it supports all versions of Windows, Mac and Linux users will have find another video editor, since ivsEdits is not cross platform.
Con Limited free version
The free version is limited (compared to the full version) in what formats it can export, as well as supported capture formats and bundled apps. This is to be expected though as the pro version is a professional geared app that costs €800.
Con Encoding and decoding is not hardware-accelerated
The feature is planned, but not yet implemented.
Con No way to modify the speed of a clip
The feature is planned, but not yet implemented.
Con Lacks proxy editing
The feature is planned, but not yet implemented.