Created attachment 160580 [details] Screenshot SUMMARY *** Render preset "MP4-H264/AAC" is not available: "Unsupported video codec: libx264" message is displayed in UI. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Kdenlive 2. Go to "Project->Render..." OBSERVED RESULT Render preset "MP4-H264/AAC" list item is red, yellow message "Unsupported video codec: libx264" is displayed when list item selected EXPECTED RESULT Render preset will be available, "Render to File" button will be clickable SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230724 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.6 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.108.0 Qt Version: 5.15.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I have `ffmpeg-6` installed using zypper
Can you run the config wizard (Menu > Settings > Run Config Wizard) and see what happens?
Created attachment 160680 [details] Config Wizard
I get this window. If I check both check boxes and press "Check hardware acceleration" I get "No hardware encoders found." message
(In reply to rokosta from comment #3) > I get this window. > If I check both check boxes and press "Check hardware acceleration" I get > "No hardware encoders found." message And what about the missing codec?
(In reply to Bernd from comment #4) > (In reply to rokosta from comment #3) > > I get this window. > > If I check both check boxes and press "Check hardware acceleration" I get > > "No hardware encoders found." message > > And what about the missing codec? Sorry, not sure what you mean. Any steps I can perform to provide you with some useful info to help triage this issue? Any actions/command that I should run?
> Sorry, not sure what you mean. Any steps I can perform to provide you with > some useful info to help triage this issue? Any actions/command that I > should run? Oh, wait, I get it. Entry is still red, same message "Unsupported video codec: libx264"
(In reply to rokosta from comment #6) > > Sorry, not sure what you mean. Any steps I can perform to provide you with > > some useful info to help triage this issue? Any actions/command that I > > should run? > > Oh, wait, I get it. Entry is still red, same message "Unsupported video > codec: libx264" Hmm, close and open Kdenlive again: any changes? Does this also happen with the appimage?
Created attachment 160691 [details] appimage works
> Hmm, close and open Kdenlive again: any changes? Does this also happen with > the appimage? Hey, I downloaded and ran appimage and it is ok!
> Hmm, close and open Kdenlive again: any changes? Does this also happen with > the appimage? Restart did not work tho(
(In reply to rokosta from comment #9) > > Hmm, close and open Kdenlive again: any changes? Does this also happen with > > the appimage? > > Hey, I downloaded and ran appimage and it is ok! Good. So I suspect that installing ffmpeg-6 thru zypper (???) may have botched it. Try to install from a trusted source or through your package manager or SW store. Please close this bug report by changing the status.
> Good. So I suspect that installing ffmpeg-6 thru zypper (???) may have > botched it. Try to install from a trusted source or through your package > manager or SW store. > > Please close this bug report by changing the status. Not sure what you mean, zypper is main package manager of openSUSE Tumbleweed... and ffmpeg-6 was preinstalled, I just removed it and installed again - reinstalled, just in case that would fix the issue. I will not close this bug yet
(In reply to rokosta from comment #12) > > Good. So I suspect that installing ffmpeg-6 thru zypper (???) may have > > botched it. Try to install from a trusted source or through your package > > manager or SW store. > > > > Please close this bug report by changing the status. > > Not sure what you mean, zypper is main package manager of openSUSE > Tumbleweed... and ffmpeg-6 was preinstalled, I just removed it and installed > again - reinstalled, just in case that would fix the issue. > > I will not close this bug yet Oh, I didn't know that. OpenSUSE is not one of my distros ;-) Ok to keep the bug open, although the codec is available for me on another distro and in the appimage indicating that it is more a local thing the devs have very little influence on ...
> Ok to keep the bug open, although the codec is available for me on another > distro and in the appimage indicating that it is more a local thing the devs > have very little influence on ... Well you see openSUSE Tumbleweed and Kdenlive are both made by openSUSE and it is kinda weird that pretty much the most popular rendering preset is not available out of the box. And if it's the case, what should be done to make it available?
(In reply to rokosta from comment #14) > Well you see openSUSE Tumbleweed and Kdenlive are both made by openSUSE. That's news to me. Where did you get this info?
By default, OpenSuse removed support for x264 and other codecs because they were afraid of possible patent issues. See details and solution here: https://news.opensuse.org/2023/01/24/opensuse-simplifies-codec-install/