Shotcut 26.1 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Hardware Video Decoding

Posted by hanuca on Jan 31, 2026 11:04 PM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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Shotcut 26.1 has been released today as a major update to this open-source, free, and cross-platform video editing software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

The biggest change in the Shotcut 26.1 release is support for hardware video decoding, a highly anticipated feature that is enabled by default on all supported platforms, except on Linux systems with NVIDIA GPUs. Hardware video decoding can be enabled or disabled from Settings > Preview Scaling > Use Hardware Decoder.

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