Video Glitcher

Video Glitcher v0.2.2

Video Glitcher is a desktop editor for combining video clips, an audio track, procedural retro visuals, and smooth seeded glitch events.

Included

• Import and reorder multiple video clips.
• Preserve each source's full aspect ratio by default, with optional crop-to-fill or stretch sizing.
• Match a new project's canvas and default export dimensions to its first imported video (for example, a 640×360 source exports at 640×360 by default).
• Confine glitches and CRT processing to the visible source rectangle, leaving letterbox and pillarbox areas untouched.
• Use MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, AAC, M4A, or a video's audio stream as the soundtrack.
• Hear the soundtrack during editor playback, including after pausing or seeking.
• Set both the soundtrack's source in-point and its start position on the video timeline.
• Add infinite procedural Neon Grid, Synth Sun, Plasma Field, and Analog Static clips.
• Apply twenty animated retro effects with smooth attack and recovery envelopes: the six original Glitcher effects plus fourteen additional processors.
• Choose from 63 curated presets; every event stores its preset parameters so saved projects remain visually stable as defaults evolve.
• Use six TV Reception modes, including full-frame Heavy Snow without an unintended moving wipe boundary.
• Add individual effects at the playhead or generate an entire seeded sequence.
• Continuously fill either the selected clip or every clip with randomized effects that stay inside clip boundaries.
• Replace or reroll individual generated events without changing their position or duration.
• Use fixed duration or a randomized duration range, density, intensity, and meld controls.
• Preview the actual rendering pipeline used by export.
• Save and reopen .glitcher.json projects.
• Detect working NVIDIA NVENC, Intel Quick Sync, and AMD AMF H.264 encoders at startup.
• Choose automatic, GPU, or CPU encoding in the export dialog, with automatic CPU fallback if hardware encoding fails.
• Stream rendered frames directly into FFmpeg instead of writing and re-encoding an intermediate video.
• Show the active CPU/GPU encoder, frame progress, elapsed time, and a smoothed time-remaining estimate while exporting.
• Export H.264 MP4 with AAC audio through FFmpeg.

What's new in v0.2.2

• Faster, single-pass streaming exports with automatic hardware-encoder selection.
• Clear CPU/GPU export status and estimated time remaining.
• Source-sized project canvases and export defaults.
• Corrected full-frame TV static behavior.
• Expanded the processing catalog from the six original effects to twenty effects and 63 presets, with Rain and Snow weather overlays intentionally omitted.
• Added preset selection, parameter summaries, deterministic preset randomization, and per-event preset persistence.

Effects and presets

• VHS Tracking Failure: Original, Loose Tracking, Tracking Storm
• RGB Ghost: Original, Soft Echo, Wide Separation
• Neon Signal Collapse: Original, Candy Breakdown, Total Collapse
• Static Reconstruction: Original, Color Snow, Coarse Rebuild
• Vertical Sync Roll: Original, Slow Roll, Hard Flip
• Video Feedback: Original, Soft Tunnel, Deep Spiral
• Glow: Soft Bloom, Neon Halo, Dream Bloom
• Chromatic Aberration: Subtle Fringe, Signal Split, Prism Tear
• Color Adjustment: Faded Tape, Cold CRT, Acid Neon
• Gaussian Blur: Soft Focus, Analog Smear, Defocus
• Pixelate: Fine Pixels, 8-Bit Blocks, Chunky Signal
• Scanlines: Fine Display, Classic CRT, Heavy Raster
• TV Reception: Weak Reception, Heavy Snow, Horizontal Sync, Rolling Bands, Color Interference, Signal Dropouts
• Row Glitch: Light Tearing, Tracking Failure, Digital Break
• JPEG Glitch: Compression Haze, Corrupted Tape, Data Collapse
• Posterize: Retro Color, Limited Palette, Monochrome Terminal
• Sine Modulation: Gentle Ripple, Tape Wave, Signal Melt
• Halftone: Fine Print, Newspaper, Pop Art
• CMYK Halftone: Fine Registration, Classic Print, Bold Misprint
• Declarative Shader: CRT, VHS, Arcade Monitor