Bug 474788

Summary: Render to network folder / UNC path not possible
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: mb_kde-bugs
Component: Rendering & ExportAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: aristsakas
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 23.08.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
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Attachments: Render to UNC path fails..

Description mb_kde-bugs 2023-09-22 14:42:27 UTC
Created attachment 161804 [details]
Render to UNC path fails..

SUMMARY
Using UNC path notation, to render a file directly to a network folder does not work.
The path to file will be created on the root of the installation drive of Kdenlive, not respecting the \\server\ UNC notation.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open render dialog and use "\\my-windows-nas\e$\tmp\my-rendered-video.mp4" as output file.
2. Start rendering

OBSERVED RESULT
The finished file be located on the LOCAL drive instead of the network folder.
The resulting path to the file is "D:\e$\tmp\my-rendered-video.mp4" for me (since Kdenlive is running from "D:\bin\av\kdenlive\.." I guess).
You can already see in the rendering dialog, that the path is messed up somehow, since the output file is displayed as:
"/e$/tmp/my-rendered-video.mp4". I just found the resulting folders + file by accident on the root of local drive D:\.

EXPECTED RESULT
The resulting file should be written to the network location I specified, not a random local drive.
\\my-windows-nas\e$\tmp\my-rendered-video.mp4

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: Win10 Pro
Comment 1 aristsakas 2026-01-15 18:33:47 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 374855 ***
Comment 2 aristsakas 2026-01-15 18:37:07 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 451413 ***