Can Max edit and save videos?
I want to make a standalone app in which you can load a video, trim it down in length and then save the edited video file.
I've tried doing research into this but I came up with absolutely nothing useful. Can anybody point me in the right direction if this is is even possible?
i would probably approach this using jit.movie @engine viddll @cache_size 16 (or as much ram as you can spare for this). then store all the edits in a coll or dict or whatever datastorage. then to export, use the shell external to create some messages to an installed version of ffmpeg. you could maybe even create a script to install ffmpeg on your users's machines, or distribute it yourself.
at the end of this article, I cover some basics of calling in to ffmpeg using shell - https://cycling74.com/tutorials/best-practices-in-jitter-part-2-recording-1
This is basically exactly what I was looking for, thanks Rob. Unfortunately I think you are just waaay smarter than me but this is the answer I was looking for and will try to figure out everything I need to. Thanks again.