MainActor

It has been suggested that this article be merged into MainConcept. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2026.

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MainActor was video editing software from MainConcept for Windows also for Linux.^[1][2][3] The last version was 5.5, being available for SuSE 10.1 and Ubuntu 6 distributions. In the beginning the software was written on the Amiga.

The software cost EUR€167.23 (US$199.00). A free demo version, that shows a watermark, was available.

MainActor was created and developed by Markus Moenig, the CEO of MainConcept at that time.

In May 2007, MainConcept decided to discontinue the supply and development of MainActor. In November 2007, MainConcept was taken over by DivX, Inc. The software is no longer officially available or supported.

1. ^ "MainConcept: Release MainActor v5 Linux". Retrieved 2007-11-03. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. ^ Mielewczik, Michael (2001). "Die Bildschere – Teil II – Main Actor". Linux Computing. 2001 (5). MEK3 Verlag, München.: 76–81.
3. ^ Mielewczik, Michael (2001). "Die Bildschere II. Und Schnitt! Main Actor ist ein kommerzielles Programm für den Videoschnitt, das unter Linux läuft. Ideal zum Bearbeiten, privater Videos. Wie arbeitet man damit? Wo sind die Fallen?". Linux Computing. 2/2001: 76–81.

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