Bug 415178

Summary: Colon in the pathname of clips makes them invalid without any warning
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: gerrytrevis <gerrytrevis>
Component: User Interface & MiscellaneousAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: major CC: fritzibaby, snd.noise
Priority: NOR Flags: fritzibaby: timeline_corruption+
Version: 19.08.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description gerrytrevis@gmail.com 2019-12-14 21:52:04 UTC 
SUMMARY
Having a colon in the name of the file and or clips causes the rendered file to display the word invalid in white text on a black background no sound no nothing


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Name the clips and path of the kdenlive file including a colon
2. try to render a mp4 or other file
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
The rendered file says invalid in the video and has no sound


EXPECTED RESULT
A properly rendered file

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 19.04.3
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version:   Kdenlive 19.08.2
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 emohr 2019-12-20 16:46:11 UTC 
This is most probably a MLT bug which should be solved in the meantime. Please try with the current Kdenlive AppImage version 19.12.0a which contains the fixed MLT version.
Comment 2 farid 2021-03-09 17:32:49 UTC 
Can you please test the latest appimage and let us know if it is fixed?
Comment 3 gerrytrevis@gmail.com 2021-03-10 00:32:44 UTC 
Yes it seems to work fine now. I put a colon in the name of the file and the final file played just fine.Thanks.
Comment 4 farid 2021-03-10 00:43:25 UTC 
Happy to hear.