Avidemux is a simple cross-platform video editor for Linux, Windows and MacOsX.

Latest release

Nightly builds

Get the main repository:

git clone https://github.com/mean00/avidemux2.git
cd avidemux2
git submodule update --init --recursive

Install build dependecies:

Debian / Ubuntu and variants:

bash createDebFromSourceUbuntu.bash --deps-only

Fedora:

bash createRpmFromSourceFedora.bash --deps-only

Build Avidemux:

bash bootStrap.bash --with-system-libass

The compiled output will be in the install subdirectory of avidemux2.
Avidemux can run without installation, only a start script has to be made from the template script run_avidemux_template.sh.
After copying the template script, it needs some editing:
TOPSRCDIR="${HOME}/avidemux2"
the path needs to point to the actual location of the cloned repository.

Install Homebrew

Install required build dependencies:

brew install cmake nasm yasm qt xvid x264 x265 libvpx aom opus fdk-aac lame libass mp4v2 a52dec

Build Avidemux:

export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$(xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-version)
bash bootStrapOsx_Catalina.bash --enable-qt6

The generated disk image should be in the installer subdirectory of avidemux2.

Cross-compiling Avidemux on Linux for Windows