Hello! I've been working on a big project for my YouTube channel, it's taken me almost half a day to cut out all of the hiccups, minor problematic places and all that out of the original video. After finally being happy about the result, I've set it to render where it lagged once or twice for a reason unknown to me, but still appeared to be rendering.

I've waited my time only to find out that the project I've been working on has disappeared :/ Instead of the original video without the cut out parts in the timeline there was a bunch of the clips that I cut out in the first place just smashed together.... In the porject bin there still are both of the original videos, there is the amount of edits made in the [] next to the time of the video, but I can't seem to figure out how to reverse this process and get my edited videos back on the timeline instead of the cut out clips that I now have.

Anyone can suggest a solution? I am so frustrated about losing a workday spent on this, the only thought of starting from scratch makes me want to throw out my PC out of the window... Please help!

Sounds like you've had an overload crash.
Did the 'big job' render reach the end of you processor capacity? Or the end of your internal memmory? Then such crashes appear.

Usually after a crash you can recover the running project ... ??
Other option is to regularly backup while working on a big job. Perhaps for now to late but a good lesson for the future.

someslash wrote:Anyone can suggest a solution? I am so frustrated about losing a workday spent on this, the only thought of starting from scratch makes me want to throw out my PC out of the window... Please help!

lock at the backup folder.. there are probably auto-saving of the project before the mess..
https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manua ... les/Backup

zolder wrote:Sounds like you've had an overload crash.
Did the 'big job' render reach the end of you processor capacity? Or the end of your internal memmory? Then such crashes appear.

Usually after a crash you can recover the running project ... ??
Other option is to regularly backup while working on a big job. Perhaps for now to late but a good lesson for the future.

I honestly have no idea if it has reached the end of anything, it didn't show any notifications of problem being present so I assume not.

And that is the problem with your suggestion as well as the second one about the Backup. I have tried and it also gives me the same project (with cout out clips instead of what I need) - I presume it's because it was the last version of it? I can't choose another backup because there isn't any. I mean, yeah, should've saved my work - I do get that now, but for now I'm just trying to figure out if there's a way to retrieve things.

https://prnt.sc/ABhdu1mrdOSb

On this screenshot you can see that the videos still have the edits in them in [], but I just don't seem to get why they aren't visible...

you can't find the parts on timeline? (sorry i'm confused on your request)

because the original one is placed on project bin.. the various cutted pieces are on timeline
if there are miising pieces... please share your project and maybe open an issue (providing original .project) maybe there is a limitation on maximum number of parts cutted.. or some issues with contextual menus (with a large list of values...)

Also... what version of Kdnelive are upu using? because if you are using a 21.xx version of kdenlive , anything made with variable frame rate clips can do any kind of issue. ( https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenl ... ssues/1231 and https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenl ... ssues/1273 ) this bugs was fixed 3 months ago'...

[quote="bartoloni"]you can't find the parts on timeline? (sorry i'm confused on your request)/quote]

I'll try to explain in detail so you get what I mean. My project consists of two videos that, in compilation after cutting everything not needed, were 1 hour 20 min long - two videos, smashed together and cleaned of everything extra. That was what I had on my timeline and everything was fine. But after some render mistake my timeline has around 37 minutes long of everything that I cut out - so, not needed parts that shouldn't be there at all. As I see it, the render mistake had replaced the needed video with the cut out parts that were thrown out. Switched them or something, I'm not sure. The backup also doesn't change anything and brings me back to the 37 minute version of cut out not needed clips.

My version is 21.12.0.

someslash wrote:I honestly have no idea if it has reached the end of anything, it didn't show any notifications of problem being present so I assume not.

No signs will be shown. Just plain simple 'program gone'.
This can happen when software has to do a big job. Where normally there is memory enough (processor or int), with a huge job or problem this can be overloaded.
This for instance happens when one on a huge job works quicker than the software/computer can handle. Aka overload. I had to learn to give the computer time to do his jobs (before i start another command).

I don't say this was the problem. But could be the problem.

someslash wrote:My version is 21.12.0.

since you are you are using 21.xx version this can be what caused the issue.. if your videos are variable frame rate (and not processed as VFR by any kdenlive version before 22.xx)
using the 22.04.1 version of kdenlive when you drop one of the original video on it ... there is a "TRANSCODING" request?

https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenl ... l6Pyqm.mp4

bartoloni wrote:

someslash wrote:My version is 21.12.0.

since you are you are using 21.xx version this can be what caused the issue.. if your videos are variable frame rate (and not processed as VFR by any kdenlive version before 22.xx)
using the 22.04.1 version of kdenlive when you drop one of the original video on it ... there is a "TRANSCODING" request?

https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenl ... l6Pyqm.mp4

If I download the newer version now, will I be able to open my project that was made in the older version?

I don't know if I understand well but... for me you were saving your project and making backups correctly ok but did you press save before you press the render button? Before kdenlive crash? That's the only reason for your backup not being update.
But being short if you do not have a backup and the kdenlive do not save it automatically, there is no other way sir

Other option is to regularly backup while working on a big job. Perhaps for now to late but a good lesson for the future.

I agree with zolder and go further, if is a big project you have to make more than one backup.

If I download the newer version now, will I be able to open my project that was made in the older version?

You can have some issues but it will depend of your project, I'm updating my projects to the new version and until now have had no problems.

Love, peace

someslash wrote:If I download the newer version now, will I be able to open my project that was made in the older version?

if you are worried about something you have just to duplicate the project. (you can use any version of Kdenlive at the same time using appimages or standalone for windows)