Shotcut 26.9 Video Editor Improves the VA-API HEVC Hardware Encoder on Linux

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Marcus Nestor
Oct 7, 2026

Shotcut 26.9 is here almost two months after Shotcut 26.7 with new features like Automatic Ducking for audio, volume control, and an audio level meter/indicator for timeline track headers, and a new Adjustment Clip option in Timeline > Generate to create a dummy video clip to apply its filters to the composite of all video tracks below it.

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Marcus Nestor

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