Installation
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VidPy requires melt, which can be tricky to properly install on Mac and
Windows. The easiest option is to install Shotcut (an open source video
editor) which comes with a prebuilt melt binary.

Mac/Windows
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1. `Install Shotcut <https://www.shotcut.org/download/>`_ (on a mac with brew you can also run ``brew cask install shotcut``
2. Install VidPy with: ``pip install vidpy``

Ubuntu/Debian
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1. Install melt: ``sudo apt-get install melt``
2. Install VidPy: ``pip install vidpy``

Setup
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VidPy will attempt to locate the melt binary, searching first for a
Shotcut installation on Mac/Windows. You can also point VidPy to a
specific binary like so:

.. code:: python

    from vidpy import config
    config.MELT_BINARY = '/path/to/melt'