I load some clips in the project tree then set zone start and stop areas, then drag that from the clip window to the timeline. I created a title clip then render.
What it renders is not whats in the timeline. It takes a piece of the original clip that is directly after what I have in the timeline and renders that instead. I am using 0.7.8. How do I go about getting it to render what I have in the timeline?

Did you try to render the complete project? Or did you check the select box to render only the area marked by the green marker above the timeline?

I've tried both. I've tried checking the box that says render selected zones. Nothing ever changes the part it renders is never in the timeline


IF I render it has a mpg2 it works as it should. If I render it as a DVD or HD video then the clip that is rendered is immediately after the clip I chose to be rendered.

This seems to only be a problem when using the HDV and DVD format (mpeg2,mpeg4,xvid4,h.264,flash all work)

The only solution I found was to render the clip in another format, then use the newly rendered clip as the source for the dvd. When converting to dvd it cuts the end off by about 5 seconds so I had to include extra footage at the end of the first clip before I could get the footage I wanted on dvd. If anyone has a easier way I'd like to hear about it.

Related?
http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=1769

What is your project setting? More specifically, what is its frame rate?
If you render to DVD, DV, or HDV, then the render profile frame rate must match that of the project's.

I'm a little dense on this. The footage I'm using is from a avchd panasonic hdcam. The "clip properties" shows it to be /avc/mpeg-4 avc /mpeg-4 part 10

frame size = 1920x1080
frame rate = 59.94
pixel aspect ration = 1.0

The project Settings shows it set at hdv 1440x1080i 25 fps

I'm not clear on what the project settings is doing for me. Do I have to adjust this to match the clip format or does it need to match the rendering format I'm going to use? If I want to make a dvd from a clip off the hdcam, I need to set the project settings to ntsc/dvd then render to the dvd format?

If the project setting is 25 fps, then you must select PAL when rendering to DV, DVD, or HDV. If you want NTSC, then you must change the project setting to NTSC or 29.97 fps and review all your edits.

Does everything look fine in the project monitor?
What do you mean by sometimes?
On different exported files? Or, when playing the same file multiple times? The later would indicate a playback problem.