14 DAY TRIAL // The development team behind the Pitivi open-source video editor have announced the availability of Pitivi 0.98, another bugfix and stability release towards the major Pitivi 1.0 version.
Besides the usual bug fixes, Pitivi 0.98 brings various improvements that might interest some of you who are waiting for Pitivi 1.0 to hit the streets (which should happen in early 2017 now that the team hired Romanian developer Alexandru Băluț to fix remaining blockers), such as customizable keyboard shortcuts and improved timeline.
"Taking advantage of an opportunity, with the last money from our coffers, we hired Alexandru Băluț, a long-time Pitivi contributor, so he can focus better on fixing issues blocking the 1.0 release. Alex worked on Pitivi in Oct, Nov, and will allocate more time in Dec 2016. Thanks again to everybody who donated," reads the announcement.
GTK+ 3.22 now used by default, build system was ported to Meson
Among other interesting changes that landed as part of the Pitivi 0.98 release, we can mention that the latest GTK+ 3.22 GUI toolkit is now used by default for the development of the video editor, and the build system was ported to Meson. A bunch of additional unit tests have been added as well in this update.
Now that Pitivi 0.98 is out, and you can download the source archive right now from our website, there's only one development version that separates us from the final release, Pitivi 0.99, which should be out in January or February. After that, it will be just a matter of time before Pitivi 1.0 is unleashed and lands in the repos of your favorite OS.
Please keep in mind that Pitivi 0.98 is not ready for production use and it might contain bugs that will be fixed in the next and probably last development release. Until then, you are invited to go out and test this new build and report any issues you might encounter. Check out the video below for more details about Pitivi 0.98's changes.
The 0.98 release is here! Right in time for the holidays season. Give it a spin and report any issues you encounter https://t.co/hGC3heAWfy — Pitivi video editor (@Pitivi) December 7, 2016