Bug 352816 - 15.11.80, Add feature to enable/disable showing of frames in clip & project monitors
Summary: 15.11.80, Add feature to enable/disable showing of frames in clip & project m...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdenlive
Classification: Applications
Component: User Interface & Miscellaneous (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/imdquo860v2...
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Reported: 2015-09-16 22:33 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2016-01-01 15:46 UTC (History)
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Description Unknown 2015-09-16 22:33:13 UTC
I like the fact that we can now easily see the frame # in the clip and project monitors of Kdenlive, but can they be made optional? Perhaps have a check box in the "View" section of the menu bar saying something like "monitor frames" or "clip frames", or possibly have a check box when you right-click either clip or project monitor that says "Show clip frames" or "Show frames"? Possible have both?

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
I'd say proposed results:
(1) Right-click on clip or project monitor to open right-click-menu (sorry, I don't know the proper name for it).
(2) have click-able check box to enable/disable showing the frames in that particular monitor.

This would be monitor independent, mind you. So one could be enabled, while the other disabled.

Running Kdenlive 15.08.0+git20150916.0302+15.10-0_amd64 on Kubuntu 15.10 x64 beta (downloaded packages from kubuntu-ci/unstable ppa), KDE Plasma 5.4.1.
Comment 1 Unknown 2015-11-26 22:01:20 UTC
Issue is still present in Kdenlive 15.11.80. This bug was originally posted as a suggestion, but I really feel it should be an choice for the user to turn the red frame # indicator on and off in the monitors.
Comment 2 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle 2015-11-27 08:10:29 UTC
The frame number can be turned off if you disable the "Monitor Info Overlay" option in Monitor menu. This also disables the overlay showing if you are on a marker or if you are a an in / out position.

Is it ok for you or should I completely remove that frame numbering ? Not sure it is really needed...
Comment 3 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle 2015-11-27 08:11:29 UTC
Forgot to say it is currently affecting both monitors but I could change that..
Comment 4 Wegwerf 2015-11-27 10:21:17 UTC
I personally don't understand the usecase for the frame display when there is already a timecode/frame display+input just sitting below it. I would also like to at least be able to disable it without loosing the more important in/out position notification. But if there is no usecase for it, removing it would avoid the lava code anti-pattern, where code gets so hard like lava after some time and noone dares to remove it.
Comment 5 Unknown 2015-12-06 20:01:32 UTC
JB, my bad. I try not to make these bugs without seeing if the issue is my ignorance with the program. Not looking to consume your time with "how-to" bugs. :)

That said, glad to know this is an option. However, like wegwerf said, this isn't really needed at all in the professional (or dare I say casual) film editing world.

While it's great to have the feature if needed - as always, features are cool :) - I would suggest you have it disabled by default, and have users opt in to enabling it.
Comment 6 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle 2015-12-07 20:50:04 UTC
Git commit 1fde3be31c866176aad156155b4db874b108c0ce by Jean-Baptiste Mardelle.
Committed on 07/12/2015 at 20:49.
Pushed by mardelle into branch 'Applications/15.12'.

Remove frame number in monitor overlay until we implement a proper UI to display it

M  +0    -21   data/kdenlivemonitor.qml
M  +3    -1    src/monitor/monitor.cpp

http://commits.kde.org/kdenlive/1fde3be31c866176aad156155b4db874b108c0ce
Comment 7 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle 2016-01-01 01:06:02 UTC
This is now fully configurable in git master
Comment 8 Wegwerf 2016-01-01 15:46:02 UTC
Seen this yesterday and played with it: very useful. Thank you very much for the work you spent on improving Kdenlive's usability! Happy New Year!