Bug 498396

Summary: Feature: Add frame export timecode to filename (and differentiate) based on if extracted from either clip monitor or project monitor
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: fabrice salvaire <fabrice.salvaire>
Component: Rendering & ExportAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: berndmj, luzpaz
Priority: NOR Keywords: junior-jobs, triaged
Version First Reported In: 24.12.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description fabrice salvaire 2025-01-08 21:02:54 UTC
It would be helpful to have an option to add the time to the filename when we export a frame.
Comment 1 luzpaz 2026-01-17 11:41:54 UTC
Can you specify what your expectation of the filename will look like..?

Looks like for the logic for this is in  
https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/blob/master/src/monitor/monitor.cpp#L1404-1417
Comment 2 Bernd 2026-01-19 01:30:36 UTC
(In reply to fabrice salvaire from comment #0)
> It would be helpful to have an option to add the time to the filename when
> we export a frame.

What "time" do you have in mind: The time of when the export took place, the timecode of the extracted frame, the time the video was created, the time the video was modified, or what exactly is time in this context? Does it include date as well?
Comment 3 luzpaz 2026-01-20 19:20:06 UTC
(In reply to Bernd from comment #2)
> What "time" do you have in mind: The time of when the export took place, the
> timecode of the extracted frame, the time the video was created, the time
> the video was modified, or what exactly is time in this context? Does it
> include date as well?

Not speaking for OP but when I read it I assumed it was 'the timecode of the extracted frame'.
Comment 4 Bernd 2026-01-21 19:24:20 UTC
(In reply to luzpaz from comment #3)
> Not speaking for OP but when I read it I assumed it was 'the timecode of the
> extracted frame'.

That's my assumption as well but we could be wrong, so we need to be precise.

We also need to find a way to differentiate between the timecode for a frame extracted from the clip monitor and one from the project monitor. Perhaps with another prefix like "c" for clip and "p" for project monitor extracts.

Today the frame number is used which can be easily translated to timecode but having it right there is more convenient, of course.
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Comment 6 luzpaz 2026-02-05 10:40:33 UTC
> We also need to find a way to differentiate between the timecode for a frame extracted from the clip monitor and one from the project monitor. Perhaps with another prefix like "c" for clip and "p" for project monitor extracts.

Good idea.

I've updated the name of the ticket and changed its status so it won't get auto-closed by the bot.