I use puppy xenialpup64 7.5. I installed from the mirror site and then installed VLC media player after it wanted VLC or xine .
It still reports no preview window and says something is wrong with the install or the driver settings.

OK well puppy runs as root so I'm guessing this probably has an effect here but if not can anyone suggest what might be missing or the problem and any suggestions how to fix it?

puppy xenialpup64 7.5 seems a very small Linux distribution. It could be that some "graphic interface” in puppy is missing and this can be the reason you don’t see anything on the preview window. I run Ubuntu and Lubuntu in a virtual box on win7 and Lubuntu is the smoothest.

Is there a possibility in puppy to “upgrade” the graphic driver/interface? If not, maybe you try another distribution with a different graphic interface.

> Just installed from Image-No preview window
What image (which version of Kdenlive)?

Kdenlive-17.12.0d-x86_64.AppImage

Below is a screenshot of what I get.
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Iit is the same as for kdenlive-18.08-beta1.AppImage, at least for this version the error is known. Either write an error message or select a "normal" installation. Or both ;)

Stetsbequem wrote:Iit is the same as for kdenlive-18.08-beta1.AppImage, at least for this version the error is known. Either write an error message or select a "normal" installation. Or both

Not making any sense with that . What do you mean?

tytower wrote:

Stetsbequem wrote:Iit is the same as for kdenlive-18.08-beta1.AppImage, at least for this version the error is known. Either write an error message or select a "normal" installation. Or both ;)

Not making any sense with that . What do you mean?

kdenlive-18.08-beta1.AppImage: "Could not create the video preview window. There is something wrong with your Kdenlive install or your driver settings, please fix it." (For future forum searches)

General questions provoke general answers. Good luck.

So none of the above answerers have given anything constructive.
I have got a working version by using the Puppy Package Manager in Puppy to download an older version , so I know how it should work .

Any smart people out there who can suggest a fix for this though ?

If it is a known issue, there will be smart software developers of the kdenlive project who are going to fix this for future versions. Until then you should switch to a non beta version (aka stable version) of kdenlive. The current stable is 17.12.3.

Thanks . The previous poster was not as clear as you have been.