Bug 508680 - .kdenlive added to timeline - clip will not expand
Summary: .kdenlive added to timeline - clip will not expand
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: kdenlive
Classification: Applications
Component: Project Bin & Import (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.0
Platform: unspecified macOS
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
URL:
Keywords: triaged
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-08-24 16:17 UTC by mph
Modified: 2025-08-25 16:37 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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"Could not expand clip" Error Message (2.70 KB, image/png)
2025-08-24 16:17 UTC, mph
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Description mph 2025-08-24 16:17:27 UTC
Created attachment 184402 [details]
"Could not expand clip" Error Message

SUMMARY
I am trying to copy one project over to another. Doing it via MLT was not working so I added the project file itself (the .kdenlive) to the project bin. Then I put it in the timeline. The video and audio show up as it should. When I go to Timeline > Current Clip > Expand Clip, it errors and will not do anything to the clip. I put this on Discuss first and was recommended to make a bug report.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Take a project and save a duplicate copy.
2.  Edit that duplicate
3. Go back to the original project and import the duplicate.kdenlive file to the Project Bin
4. Add the duplicate.kdenlive to the Timeline
5. Select it on the Timeline than go up to Timeline > Current Clip > Expand Clip

OBSERVED RESULT

A small error message that says "Could not expand clip".

EXPECTED RESULT

For the duplicate.kdenlive on the Timeline to expand and show the different video and audio clips used in the duplicate

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
macOS: 15.5
KDE Plasma Version: N/A
KDE Frameworks Version: N/A
Qt Version: N/A

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before I upgraded to the new version of kdenlive doing this would crash the program, now it simply does nothing. In regards to the attached image, I don't know why it's so scrunched up/has the top and bottom cut off. For as long as I've used kdenlive in current and past versions, error messages have always appeared that way.
Comment 1 Bernd 2025-08-24 22:20:03 UTC
Please see my response to your post in the official forum.

When I suggested to file a bug report I referred to the crushed status bar message about not being able to expand the clip ;-)

Please confirm here that expanding the clip works when using the Library.

If you want to keep this bug report for the status bar topic, please change the bug report title. Otherwise open a new bug report for it. Thanks!
Comment 2 mph 2025-08-24 23:57:05 UTC
(In reply to Bernd from comment #1)
> Please see my response to your post in the official forum.
> 
> When I suggested to file a bug report I referred to the crushed status bar
> message about not being able to expand the clip ;-)
> 
> Please confirm here that expanding the clip works when using the Library.
> 
> If you want to keep this bug report for the status bar topic, please change
> the bug report title. Otherwise open a new bug report for it. Thanks!

Thank you! should I go ahead and delete this bug then?
Comment 3 Bernd 2025-08-25 16:37:19 UTC
Thanks for confirming. I am closing this report.