Hi,

I'm having a hard time to get kdenlive to work because only thing I always get are a dozen of crashes. I'm using Debian Etch and since the default packaged version 0.4.0 lacks a lot of functions and x264 support I was trying to kick on a backported svn version dated to 08/04/30. Installation went fine however I wasn't able to progress a single step in creating a movie since everything i tried to do in kdenlive led into a crash.

So I've got an installation script from this forum and installed everithing from current svn revs. Again everything went pretty fine except a bunch of warnings (well kdenlive isn't really an example of a clean code) but the result is nearly the same. I've never seen running kdenlive for more than a minute, I can add a clip but it still occassionally crashes on any action and a saved project file cannot be opened again because of another crash just upon loading.

Kdenlive looked promising to me but it does not anymore - functions without stability aren't more than just useless pack of code and "crashnlive" is likely to be a new codename soon. :|

This is my backtrace after an attempt opening a saved project with a single video file and a single mp3. Full strace output attached.

Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1233848640 (LWP 22453)]
[New Thread -1308111952 (LWP 22477)]
[New Thread -1299719248 (LWP 22476)]
[KCrash handler]
#6  0xb79b2464 in QPixmap::convertFromImage () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#7  0xb7a703a6 in bitBlt () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#8  0x0819a2ee in KRender::frameThumbnail ()
#9  0x0819ea35 in KRender::getFileProperties ()
#10 0x08215915 in KRender::qt_invoke ()
#11 0xb7a68d4f in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#12 0x082058b3 in ClipManager::getFileProperties ()
#13 0x080e8714 in ClipManager::insertClip ()
#14 0x081bc261 in LoadProjectNativeFilter::addToDocument ()
#15 0x081bf679 in LoadProjectNativeFilter::load ()
#16 0x081c834e in ProjectFormatManager::openDocument ()
#17 0x0816e30d in Gui::KdenliveApp::openDocumentFile ()
#18 0x0816e66e in Gui::KdenliveApp::slotFileOpen ()
#19 0x0820e973 in Gui::KdenliveApp::qt_invoke ()
#20 0xb7a68d4f in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#21 0xb7a697e0 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#22 0xb714f769 in KAction::activated () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#23 0xb7188c41 in KAction::slotActivated () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#24 0xb7188bdd in KAction::slotButtonClicked () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#25 0xb7254986 in KAction::qt_invoke () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#26 0xb7a68d4f in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#27 0xb718a55e in KToolBarButton::buttonClicked () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#28 0xb718a868 in KToolBarButton::mouseReleaseEvent ()
   from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#29 0xb7a9f6f0 in QWidget::event () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#30 0xb71ffde1 in KToolBarButton::event () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#31 0xb7a00c26 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#32 0xb7a02dc9 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#33 0xb6f9de0e in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#34 0xb7994495 in QApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent ()
   from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#35 0xb799312f in QETWidget::translateMouseEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#36 0xb79916b0 in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#37 0xb79a7d02 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#38 0xb7a1b179 in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#39 0xb7a1af9a in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#40 0xb7a027bf in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#41 0x081bff32 in main ()

if you don't like go away ..

So, tell me, what's the purpose of developing something noone could use?

Nyme, why are you trolling here? The poster is frustrated that it will not work for him. He's looking for help here in the forums, which is what he is supposed to do.

I have had major audio thumbnail issues, which have yet to be resolved. So I posted them here. I want to use kdenlive to do video editing, as I think it is the best bet for a FOSS video editor right now. However, both of us have issues, and both of us are just trying to figure out what is going on. I see no problem with that. It is people like us that make a project better, even if we can't code, by identifying problems so the actual coders can better figure out solutions.

Didn't your mom tell you not to say anything if you didn't have anything nice to say?

Lyon, sorry I can't help on this one. I'd say try and find .5 and see if that works.

i don't want to troll but when i read " .....and "crashnlive" is likely to be a new codename soon. :| " ....

ok ?

the svn version in kde3 is working fine for me and for a lot of people i think ...

if you want use the kde4 version, you can help ....

nyme