shotcut - Man Page

• Start Shotcut: shotcut
• Open audio/video files: shotcut path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
• Start with a specific audio driver: shotcut --SDL_AUDIODRIVER "pulseaudio"
• Start in fullscreen: shotcut --fullscreen
• Start with GPU processing: shotcut --gpu

tldr.sh

shotcut [options] [FILE]...

-h,  --help

Displays this help.

-v,  --version

Displays version information.

--fullscreen

Fill the screen with the Shotcut window.

--noupgrade

Hide upgrade prompt and menu item.

--glaxnimate

Run Glaxnimate instead of Shotcut.

--gpu

Use GPU processing.

--clear-recent

Clear Recent on Exit

--appdata <directory>

The directory for app configuration and data.

--QT_SCALE_FACTOR <number>

The scale factor for a high-DPI screen

--QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS <list>

A semicolon-separated list of scale factors for each screen

--QT_SCALE_FACTOR_ROUNDING_POLICY <string>

How to handle a fractional display scale: Round, Ceil, Floor, RoundPreferFloor, PassThrough

--SDL_AUDIODRIVER <string>

Which operating system audio API to use: alsa, arts, dsp, esd, jack, pipewire, pulseaudio

Best to start at https://shotcut.org/tutorials/