Hey people! First time post here since just starting to use Kden. I like how it works. I used Premier and now that I'm on Ubuntu, I am experimenting with Kden.

I am having one problem. I add a clip to the timeline, then move the beginning of it until it's where I want it (to remove extraneous video), add the transition and then run it and it looks perfect in the project monitor. I render it and then the full clip is in its place. Like I never adjusted the clip in the first place. I had done this operation all the time in Premier and even Kden's instructions tell you that that is the way to do it correctly. So why is it not doing what it's supposed to?

Thanks again! Look forward to doing lots of projects on here!

Mike

Which Kdenlive version are you using, and what video clip?

Can you paste here the result of (in a terminal):

ffmpeg -i myclip.mpeg

Results:

FFmpeg version 0.5-svn+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6+patch~ppa3, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6+patch~ppa3 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libxvid --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaac --enable-libx264 --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-armv6t2 --disable-armvfp --disable-neon --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jul 11 2009 13:11:02, gcc: 4.3.3
MOV001.mpg: no such file or directory

Version 0.7.5
I am running Ubuntu 9.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.28-15 generic, Gnome 2.26.1
HP Quad Core
4GB RAM

MOV001.mpg: no such file or directory

Yes, it's going to be difficult if you try to play a file that does not exist...
You need to go in the folder where the file is located to run the FFmpeg command, or use the correct file name...

Sorry, I did it wrong! Here it is:

FFmpeg version 0.5-svn+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6+patch~ppa3, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6+patch~ppa3 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libxvid --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaac --enable-libx264 --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-armv6t2 --disable-armvfp --disable-neon --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jul 11 2009 13:11:02, gcc: 4.3.3

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 59.94 (60000/1001) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, mpeg, from 'MOV001.mpg':
Duration: 00:06:19.34, start: 0.255589, bitrate: 9454 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 704x480 [PAR 10:11 DAR 4:3], 9542 kb/s, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 256 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

Ummm, anyone? Apparently, with so many people viewing this thread, someone else may be interested in finding a solution as well.

Where does your clip come from? is it taken from a camcorder (several issues were reported with Sony DSC cameras)? If yes, please let us know which model. Can you try to play only a part of the clip with MLT:

melt MOV0001.mpg in=200

This should start playing the clip at 200 frames (about 7 seconds after clip start).

Then, try the same with ffplay:

ffplay -ss 7 MOV0001.mpg

It was imported from my camcorder (Panasonic SDR-H200) by a different program that converted them to avi format.

I experience similar symptoms with rendering: The clips are not cut where i put it, but played till the end of the clip. But this happens only when i render a vob file for a dvd. mpeg files have the cuts where i intended them.

Have you tried different rendering options?

Might be a hint:
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$ ffmpeg -i sebek.vob
FFmpeg version 0.5-svn+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6+patch~ppa3, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6+patch~ppa3 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libxvid --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaac --enable-libx264 --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-armv6t2 --disable-armvfp --disable-neon --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jul 11 2009 13:11:02, gcc: 4.3.3

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 59.94 (60000/1001) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, mpeg, from 'sebek.vob':
Duration: 00:01:04.23, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 3033 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 9000 kb/s, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

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Could not do it with MLT (apparently it's not installed, did not understand melt command).

FFplay did do it just fine. I cut it by 30 seconds and it did it perfect.

Since Sony cameras are mentioned -- my dv videos were really taken by a Sony DCR-HC24.

Output when rendering:
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//STARTING RENDERING: true , false , "/usr/bin/melt" , "hdv_720_50p" , "avformat" , "-" , "consumer:/tmp/kde-kdi/kdenlivej17582.mlt" , "/home/kdi/Videos/seb/sebek.vob" , () , ("f=dvd", "vcodec=mpeg2video", "acodec=ac3", "b=5000k", "maxrate=8000k", "minrate=0", "bufsize=1835008", "mux_packet_s=2048", "mux_rate=10080000", "ab=192k", "ar=48000", "s=720x576", "g=15", "me_range=63", "trellis=1", "profile=dv_pal") , 0 , 2290
Started render process: "/usr/bin/melt" "consumer:/tmp/kde-kdi/kdenlivej17582.mlt in=0 out=2290 profile=hdv_720_50p -consumer avformat:/home/kdi/Videos/seb/sebek.vob progress=1 f=dvd vcodec=mpeg2video acodec=ac3 b=5000k maxrate=8000k minrate=0 bufsize=1835008 mux_packet_s=2048 mux_rate=10080000 ab=192k ar=48000 s=720x576 g=15 me_range=63 trellis=1 profile=dv_pal"
--

Since 0.7.6 the rendering of the video with mpg/mp4 encoding crashes unfortunately:
--
Rendering of [..]sebek.mpg aborted, resulting video will probably be corrupted.
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There is not more info, when I start kdenlive on the command line.
I am not sure, if the two problem symptoms share a common source, but I assume so. Therefore opening a bug might be pointless.