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Shotcut

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Velocity5.0

Free cross platform video editor

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Shotcut's 26.11 beta repairs the regressions that the 26.9 release introduced.

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◆Current state
Shotcut, the open-source video editor, regained external monitor support in 26.6.25 and moved its audio pipeline to 32-bit float in 26.9. 26.9.27 on October 5 fixed insecure upgrade and Whisper model downloads that fell back from HTTPS to HTTP. The 26.11 beta on October 31 is mostly repairs to 26.9 regressions, including timeline crashes and slowness and scratchy audio playback.
◆Where it's heading
Large plumbing changes in mid-2026 are being followed by a cleanup cycle. The project alternates betas with point releases, so 26.11 should settle the 26.9 regressions before new work.
◆Prediction
Expect a 26.11 stable release in November with the regression fixes; no new feature area is signalled.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4d ago

    Shotcut 26.11 beta fixes a run of v26.9 regressions

    The v26.11 beta is mostly repairs to regressions introduced in v26.9: timeline crashes and slowness, scratchy audio playback, clip and filter paste, and VST2 plugin hangs. Users who held back on v26.9 have a reason to test it.

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  2. 29d ago

    Shotcut fixes insecure upgrade and Whisper model downloads

    Fixes security flaws in Shotcut's upgrade and Whisper model downloads: failed HTTPS fell back to HTTP, certificate errors could be ignored, and files were used without a trusted digest. Mask filter fixes ride along.

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  3. 1mo ago

    v26.9 BETA

    v26.9 BETA improves audio quality by removing a conversion to 16-bit integer and keeping the processing pipeline in 32-bit float throughout — a real fidelity improvement for editors working with high-quality audio. Also fixes Mask: Draw (Glaxnimate) and Mask: Apply filter regressions that broke in v25.12.

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  4. 3mo ago

    v26.7.16

    v26.7.16 restores VST2 and LV2 audio plugin support across all builds (these were missing), fixes corrupt color in dissolve transitions in Linear 10-bit CPU mode, and corrects off-by-one subtitle timing in the timeline. Multiple meaningful fixes across audio and video correctness.

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  5. 4mo ago

    v26.6.25

    External monitor support via a secondary system display returns after three years — lost when Shotcut upgraded its UI library, now restored after a major rebuild of the video plumbing. This was a widely requested restoration; it changes the capable-enough threshold for Shotcut in professional editing environments.

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  6. 5mo ago

    v26.6 BETA

    v26.6 BETA fixes external monitor DeckLink deadlocks and introduces initial basic support for OpenFX plugins (filters) with a UI for NTSC-rc and a set of standard parameters. OpenFX is a widely used standard for professional video effects and color plugins — landing support, even experimentally, opens Shotcut to a broader professional plugin ecosystem.

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