Following the recent Shotcut stable release with [1]a stock asset library and other improvements , Shotcut 26.9 Beta is out today with yet more improvements for this open-source video editing application for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

The beta release of Shotcut 26.9 brings improved audio quality by avoiding conversion of 16-bit integer and keeping the pipeline fully in 32-bit float mode. Separately there is also improved performance of Shotcut's Timeline functionality.

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Shotcut 26.9 also enhanced its UI with an effort to be more modern with rounded corners and other refinements. The project also has a new logo.

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Further making Shotcut 26.9 beta stand-out is FFmpeg 9.0 powering it, fixing VA-API HEVC hardware encoding on Linux, and a variety of other fixes and smaller improvements.

Those wanting to try out the Shotcut 26.9 beta can download it from [4]GitHub . In addition to the GPLv3-licensed source code are a Linux AppImage x86_64 build, a generic Linux x86_64 build, and macOS, and Windows binaries too.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-26.7-Released

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=shotcut_269_1_lrg

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=shotcut_269_2_lrg

[4] https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut/releases/tag/v26.9.6