Bug 496211

Summary: the sound from the microphone is not recorded "Audio device has invalid preferred format"
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: Pavlo <rocketgamer48>
Component: Project Bin & ImportAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: fritzibaby
Priority: NOR Keywords: triaged
Version First Reported In: 24.08.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: all terminal log kdenlive

Description Pavlo 2024-11-13 12:04:20 UTC
Created attachment 175777 [details]
all terminal log kdenlive

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add record microphone audio line in timeline
2. Press "Record"

OBSERVED RESULT
```
Found device :  "HyperX SoloCast Аналогове стерео"
Monitoring using device :  "HyperX SoloCast Аналогове стерео"
:::: MONIOTORING AUDIO:  true
start recording 5
qt.multimedia.ffmpeg.encoder: Stream initialization error: "Audio device has invalid preferred format"
 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ERROR : QMediarecorder - Capture failed
 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ERROR : QMediarecorder - Capture failed
pos:  0 out:  7500
/////////// createClipFromFile "/home/pavlo/Відео/capture0008.wav" "-1"
=== GOT DROPPED MIME:  "audio/vnd.wave"
/////////// final xml "<producer>\n <property name=\"resource\">/home/pavlo/Відео/capture0008.wav</property>\n</producer>\n"
============STARTING LOAD TASK FOR:  4  =  "/home/pavlo/Відео/capture0008.wav" 
```
:::::::::::::::::::
// CLEARING REC MANAGER


EXPECTED RESULT
Record audio

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux, KDE 6.2.3
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0
Qt Version: 6.8.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
With appimage, the problem recurs
Comment 1 emohr 2025-03-03 08:42:33 UTC
Thank you for reporting

Please try with the latest AppImage https://kdenlive.org/en/download/ (to exclude any packaging issues)

If it still happen please lower the bit rate of your SoloCast microphone to 24bit or even lower (if possible)