Bug 405853 - Kdenlive won't load clips
Summary: Kdenlive won't load clips
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdenlive
Classification: Applications
Component: User Interface & Miscellaneous (show other bugs)
Version: 18.12.1
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR grave
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
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Reported: 2019-03-25 10:41 UTC by SR__
Modified: 2019-03-31 15:10 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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fritzibaby: timeline_corruption+


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Description SR__ 2019-03-25 10:41:19 UTC
SUMMARY
On Windows, I cannot load a clip in a project. Either by copying/pasting in the « Source » area, or clicking the « Add a clip » icon.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Launch kdenlive
2. drag a file from an explorer window to the « Source » area and drop it.

OBSERVED RESULT
An alert window complains about the incompatibility of the file and tells that it's going to be removed. No clip is therefore loaded.


EXPECTED RESULT
The clip is loaded.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 7 64 bits

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-Official beta release downloaded from KDE servers today.

-Tried with ffmpeg packaged with the KDE package and also tried ffmpeg :
ffprobe version N-93451-gc3b517dac2 Copyright (c) 2007-2019 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 8.2.1 (GCC) 20190212

-I have tried with .MOV, .wmv, .mkv files. An example of a file as parsed by ffrobe is given below.

-If I run ffprobe (from kdenlive directory) on a mkv file, no problem is reported :
ffprobe version 4.1 Copyright (c) 2007-2018 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 7.3.0 (x86_64-posix-seh-rev0, Built by MinGW-W64 project)
  configuration: --enable-shared --disable-debug --disable-doc --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-avresample --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --prefix=/c/CraftRoot
  libavutil      56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100
  libavcodec     58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100
  libavformat    58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100
  libavdevice    58.  5.100 / 58.  5.100
  libavfilter     7. 40.101 /  7. 40.101
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
  libswresample   3.  3.100 /  3.  3.100
  libpostproc    55.  3.100 / 55.  3.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\Sauvegarde\photos\D70\100CANON\MVI_2982.MOV.mkv':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1
    creation_time   : 2015-06-19T17:10:54.000000Z
  Duration: 00:00:58.97, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4203 kb/s
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.054000, end 58.974000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:00:00.054
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuvj420p(pc, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 50k tbc (default)
    Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
Comment 1 emohr 2019-03-27 18:19:51 UTC
This is a problem either with the "kdenliverc" file or you have some missmatch in your "local" folder.
Plesae following the steps here: https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Windows_Issues#Any_critical_bug

or under "Qt rendering crash"
Comment 2 SR__ 2019-03-28 10:06:34 UTC
You're right, deleting two kdenlive folders and reinstalling, as stated on the page you pointed out, worked for me.
I have previously found this page but failed to understand that it applied to my case.
It is nonetheless surprising to have to install twice the software to have it working, as the problem arose immediately after the very first install on my computer.
Anyway, thanks for the help.
Comment 3 emohr 2019-03-31 15:10:24 UTC
Glad to hear it works. Thank you for the feedback. I updated the manual to be a bit more precise. 

I close this bug. If it still appears in the latest version, please feel free to re-open it and update the affected version number.