---
name: "pitivi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pitivi"
version: "0.93-4.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pitivi"
---

# pitivi(1)

Non-linear video editor

## NAME

pitivi - Non-linear video editor

## SYNOPSIS

**pitivi** \[PROJECT\_FILE\]

**pitivi** -i \[-a\] \[MEDIA\_FILE\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**pitivi** is a free, intuitive and featureful movie editor for the Linux desktop.

**pitivi** starts the video editor, optionally loading PROJECT\_FILE. If no project is given, pitivi creates a new project. Alternatively, when -i is specified, arguments are treated as clips to be imported into the project. If -a is specified, these clips will also be added to the end of the project timeline.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show help message and exit

- **-i, --import**

  Import each MEDIA\_FILE into the project

- **-a, --add-to-timeline**

  Add each MEDIA\_FILE to timeline after importing

- **-d, --debug**

  Run pitivi in the Python Debugger

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Hicham HAOUARI \<hicham@fedoraproject.org\>, for the Fedora project (but may be used by others).

## BUGS

Please report bugs to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter\_bug.cgi?product=pitivi