LiVES, a free open source video editor and VJ tool, has released a new major version 3.2.0 with new features, performance and resource usage improvements, and many other changes.

change point LiVES 3.2.0 include:

• The initial boot has been rewritten.
• Updated GTK + support to 3.24.
• A complete rewrite of the buttons, a new font chooser.
• Specify the configuration directory from the command line.
• I implemented a thread pool using generic worker threads.
• Introduced the idea of ​​lives_proc_threads.
• Memory processing optimized for specific cases.
• You can set disk space allocation for your application.
• Implemented automatic gamma correction.
• Implemented swscale thread.
• Added predictive cache mechanism to players.
• Fixed some screen / window size issues.
• The renderer now uses a separate thread to save the frame to disk, which renders much faster.
• A new intelligent “auto layout” mode to improve the appearance of all parameter windows.
• Visual adjustments to the Preferences window.
• Fixed mkv_decoder to be able to decode webm clips.
• ctrl-alt-space now performs loop locks in the clip editor (trick play).
• Add keys a / A (lock / unlock audio track) to play the clip editor.
• Two more keyboard effect keys (ctrl-minus and ctrl-equals) have been added.
• You can now normalize the audio after rendering.
• Added “Audio Bleed Through” mode to multitrack.
• The volume level of individual clips can now be adjusted during playback (temporary) and non-playing (permanent).
• A new “Audio Normalization” feature has been added.
• Add settings to the settings window.
• When you open another window, the frame number defaults to the pointer position.
• The multitrack separate window now appears undecorated.
• The appearance of the’fireTV’effect has been improved.
• Adds a menu option to jump to the next mark / jump to the previous mark on the multitrack.

How to install LiVES 3.2.0 on Ubuntu:

PPA package in progress. I will update the post when the installation is possible. For the source code, please access the following URL.

github.com/salsaman/LiVES/releases