Bug 403236

Summary:	instead of one central, eternal library, optionally loadable libraries
Product:	[Applications] kdenlive	Reporter:	peter josvai <jepe>
Component:	User Interface & Miscellaneous	Assignee:	Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	fritzibaby
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	18.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description peter josvai 2019-01-15 13:54:14 UTC

SUMMARY

it would be great if libraries could be created, saved, loaded, changed...
and forgotten -- for even years -- and then loaded again...

it would be great to be able to create libraries and to load them anytime we want... to export it to collaborating friends... etc.

I know this is a NEW thing, and it is still maturing, but/and it is not intelligent enough (yet) to have to deal with all library items regardless what project you open...

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. you CREATE a library

2. add items to it, 12 items that you need while working on a specific project ( which means creating several videos for a period of time, like 2 months, while working on this project)

3. after some months you start working on a different BIG project (a movie, or exhibition, which means creating several videos), you would like clean slate... so you want to SAVE your old LIBRARY... and create a NEW ONE... into which you would like to add some mlt files, manually, using file manager, from your previous LIBRARY

OBSERVED RESULT
you can't create a library
nor can you save it as "library_last_big_project.some-extension"
before you create a new one...

WISHED RESULT

you could create a library, give it a name, and load it when you need it, optionally...

you could also load and unload several libraries... or create a new one of all used LIBRARY items...

and the file-list of the libraries could be dealt with separately from the project files'...

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PS:
I only found out today that library exists... so I might have missed something, in which case, I'm sorry...

- - - kdenlive is truly awesome! - - -

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux (x86_64) release 4.15.0-43-generic
Linux Mint 18.3 / Cinnamon 3.6.7

KDE Plasma Version: N/A -- Cinnamon 3.6.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.53.0
Qt Version: Qt 5.11.2 (built against 5.11.2)

MLT version 6.13.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 emohr 2019-01-17 19:23:27 UTC

Yes library items is a way to do it. At the moment it doesn’t really work.

Another idea is to import Kdenlive project itself instead of MLT libraries. Try with “add clip” -> Filer “all files” -> choose a Kdenlive project.

Comment 2 peter josvai 2019-01-17 19:57:07 UTC

(In reply to emohr from comment #1)
> Yes library items is a way to do it. At the moment it doesn’t really work.
> 
> Another idea is to import Kdenlive project itself instead of MLT libraries.
> Try with “add clip” -> Filer “all files” -> choose a Kdenlive project.

thank you