VLC Team Working on a Cross-Platform Video Editor

A decent video editing tool that's not exclusive to Macs—it's something a lot of us have been asking and hoping for. The team behind Lifehacker favorite VLC Media Player is working on one, and it's a promising prospect.

At the moment, the software exists only as a working github repository, but the official announcement page describes VideoLAN Movie Creator (VLMC) as "a free video editing software, offering features to realize semi-professional quality movies, but with the aim to [stay] simple and user-friendly." The page also notes that VLMC is being developed "with the support of the VideoLAN organization," so whether it's a direct product of the VLC team remains to be seen.

A helpful Reddit user compiled the Linux version and provided the early screenshot seen above, while the site promises a pre-release alpha for Windows, Mac, and Linux "very soon." We are, to put it mildly, intrigued and excited to see what comes out of this open source project. Thanks chappell101!

VideoLAN Movie Creator - Overview