Bug 453189

Summary: macOS: Opening project file from Finder yields empty project
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: andi
Component: User Interface & MiscellaneousAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: erjiang, raicho.nikolov
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 21.12.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: macOS (DMG)   
OS: macOS   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 25.08.0
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Description andi 2022-04-29 10:52:22 UTC 
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. configure macOS to open .kdenlive files with Kdenlive App
2. double click an existing project file in Finder

OBSERVED RESULT

Kdenlive opens, but is empty

EXPECTED RESULT

Kdenlive opens, and project is opened – without the need to select the project in Kdenlive's own file opening dialog again

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
macOS: 12.3.1 
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2 (built against 5.15.2)
Comment 1 erjiang 2022-10-24 05:38:58 UTC 
Confirmed that this is still an issue in Kdenlive 22.08.2. We should also make it register itself as the application for .kdenlive files.
Comment 2 Raicho Nikolov 2025-07-01 20:06:40 UTC 
Today is July 1st, 2025 and the bug is still there. My Kdenlive version is 25.04.1

But I did some experiments via the command line.

When I try to open a Kdenlive project "the Mac way":

$ open path\ to\ project/video\ project.kdenlive

or 

$ open "path to project/video project.kdenlive"

It does not opens empty project.

But if I open it like this:

$ /Applications/kdenlive-25.04.1.app/Contents/MacOS/kdenlive path\ to\ project/video\ project.kdenlive

or 

$ /Applications/kdenlive-25.04.1.app/Contents/MacOS/kdenlive "path to project/video project.kdenlive"

Kdenlive opens the project propelry.

It must be something of the way macOS communicates with Kdenlive or how Kdenlive is pachaged for macOS.
Comment 3 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle 2025-07-17 16:42:28 UTC 
I am happy to report that this issue will finally be fixed in Kdenlive 25.08.0. You can test the fix using our devel beta packages available here:
https://origin.cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/multimedia/kdenlive/release-25.08/