The last maintenance release of the 20.12 series is out with the usual batch of usability and bug fixes. The highlights include lots of polishing of the Subtitling Tool and adding a spell checking feature. The Titler also got a fair amount of usability improvements most notably fixing the invisible text cursor. Fixes were also made to the chroma key color picker and various clip selection issues. The Windows version received fixes to resetting the config file and finding downloaded title templates and lumas.
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- Remove some debug output. Commit.
- Fix various selection issues. Commit.
- Fix recursive search broken on cancel. Commit. Fixes bug #433773
- Change shortcut for Loop Zone to avoid conflict with windows system. Commit.
- Comment out recent lost timeline focus that made things worse. Commit.
- Improve focus handling when switching to fullscreen monitor. Commit.
- Do not allow keyframe edit if keyframes are hidden. Commit.
- Ensure we use an UTF-8 encoding for markers. Commit. See bug #433615
- Don’t mark document modified when opening a project file with guides. Commit. See bug #433615
- Fix animated param view when keyframes are hidden. Commit.
- Make timeline tracks separator slightly more visible. Commit.
- When focusing the app, ensure we have the correct timeline item under mouse referenced. Commit.
- Apply !171 (typewriter effect in latest MLT, only for title clips…). Commit.
- Titler: update tab order. Commit. Fixes bug #433590
- Keyframes: Shift+drag now allows selecting last keyframe, fix corruption / crash on group keyframe move. Commit.
- Transcode job: don’t silently overwrite exported files. Commit. Fixes bug #433623
- Don’t enforce profile width multiple of 8. Commit.
- Profile width in MLT can be a multiple of 2, not 8. Commit.
- Don’t rebuild existing audio thumbs for playlist on project opening, display playlist audio thumbs in clip monitor. Commit.
- Fix subtitle selection by keyboard shortcut. Commit.
- Subtitle edit: switch to KTextEdit so we get spell check. Commit.
- Automatically highlight text for editing when adding a subtitle. Commit.
- FIx possible crash on subtitle resize, and allow cutting unselected subtitle. Commit.
- Allow keyboard grab of subtitles. Commit.
- Do not allow zero for values of a project profile (framrate, framesize,…). Commit. Fixes bug #432016
- Remove “Create Region” menu item (not re-implemented yet) #82. Commit.
- Titler: show correct outline color on first use. Commit.
- Fix color picker corruption. Commit.
- Hide keyframe mode for rotoscoping (only linear supported). Commit.
- Subtitles: fix crash on “select clip” shortcut. Commit.
- Fix reset config on windows #931. Commit.
- Expanded track tag width only if >10 audio OR video tracks, not sum of. Commit.
- Fix downloaded template titles and lumas not found on Windows. Commit.
- Keep title text item editable if even if it is empty. Commit.
- Fix invisible text cursor in title editor #165 and other minor tweaks. Commit. Fixes bug #403941. Fixes bug #407497
- Fix subtitle text not updated on go to next/prev and related crash. Commit.
You guys are making an incredible work. I want you to know how much I love kdenlive.
I remember when I started to use it in 2010, I was pissed off by the bugs and crashes. But I decided to hold on and continued to use it (one video project every year).
No regrets, kdenlive has been so much improved!
I’m so impressed by what your hard work has achived. Every month, I’m looking forward the next release.
Now I’m using kdenlive almost every day. I’ve made many significant projects with it the last 2 years, and it was possible because of you.
I want to really thank you for everything you’ve done.
Excellent! Great job.
I’ve been using kdenlive for the past year and have been pretty pleased with it. But, with this version I’m getting a ‘Problems found in your project file’ error pop up when I open a project created in 20.12.0. There are ‘Invalid clip producerXXX found on track playlist2 at X. errors for all the clips. The project still opens correctly in 20.12.0. All the clips are mp4 files recorded on a Sony DSC-HX90V.
There seems to be a regression, we are looking into it. Thanks for your report.
Fixed in 20.12.3A Appimage.
Appreciate the fixes, guys.
Mine AppImage version 20.12.3 has problem with MLT. Configuration wizzard writes “MLT module missing: avformat (FFmpeg)”. The AppImage version should contain its own version of ffmpeg (that is the reason I am using AppImage version). I can see it unpacked in /tmp/.mount_kdenlizsdflkxcgvzxc/usr/bin/ffmpeg, but Kdenlive is unable to work with video files – preview windows show only green stripes.
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS.
The version 20.12.2 works fine for me, in fact, much better than previous versions. Thank you for it.
Fixed. Try to download 20.12.3A AppImage.
Yes! Now it works! Maybe it’s even faster than previous version.
Excellent job.
Thank you.
Kdenlive 20.12.3 doesn’t work. I can’t import videos, and the clip monitor is a green colour.
Kdenlive 20.12.2 works though (for the most part).
Are you on wayland by any chance? Add more info here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430852
Do not start in plasma 5.21 wayland session. Manjaro KDE 20.2.1 intel integrated graphics.
Can you try to see if it works on X?
Yes, it works on X11
I really appraciate your great job guys but this version got too many bugs, one of them is the clip monitor’s volume is saturating badly . Also some bugs with my phone’s screen recording in 4k and 4K in general. Could you please post a link to re-dowlnload the previews versions like the 20.12.0 please
Thx for your great job
Please report bugs here: https://bugs.kde.org
Here you can find previous releases: https://files.kde.org/kdenlive/release/
Version 20.12.0 is here: https://download.kde.org/stable/kdenlive/20.12/ . Choose Linux or Windows folder.
When you guys bring kdenlive
To android ? Now android chips are much capable to run video editors.
When opening a project I get this:
The document was created in “C” locale, which is not installed on your system. Please install that language pack. Until then, Kdenlive might not be able to correctly open the document.
I assume you are on Linux. If so please try with the AppImage 20.12.3-A
I currently use Kdenlive with Windows 10 Pro 64bit.
Thanks for the hint! I have some more questions about the problem:
Where is the error message shown? As a dialog or in the command line?
What is your OS language/local setting and what is your Kdenlive language setting?
Does the error show up on each opening of a project or just for some projects or until you save your project the first time with the new version?
1) The error message is shown as a dialog.
2) Greek local OS setting (US-english setting in Kdenlive).
3) On each opening of a project, every time I open/reopen it.
Unir o recurso de Guias com o recurso de Notas do Projeto, seria algo extraordinário, para aumento da produtividade! Ou seja, basicamente, as guias seriam mostradas nas notas, e eu poderia fazer uma descrição detalhada, vinculada a uma Guia.
Acho legal isso, adicionei aqui: https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/issues/992
Should GPU rendering work out of the box or is it possible to get it working on Windows ? I recently installed linux mint, but I am not ready yet to try to get it working saw a video what the procedure would be. I suspect it shouldn’t be that difficult to implement it or does Nvidia and AMD want money for it ? Since the OBS project has it.
Thanks already for any information, to figure this stuff out by your self can be too hard some times.
Linux mint is not good with nvidia driver, try Arch linux, or Manjaro, or Kubuntu, or Pop Os. in these mentioned I tried and it works, but of all on Arch linux it is the best, the latest driver version works and Kdenlive on Arch linux.
it would be really great if the program has speedramp option like other good video editors.
It will, this is a feature being implemented in MLT7 (our engine) and is due by april maybe. It will probably land in Kdenlive in august.
One word: YES!!!
Bonjour,
je n’arrive pas à trouver la config matérielle minimum Win10 pour faire tourner Kdenlive….
Pouvez-vous m’aider afin de m’équiper correctement ?
D’avance merci
B
Kdenlive é ótimo, porém seria excelente se o renderizar também usar GPU AMD .
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Thanks
I hope the issue with subtitles being less than a second long and then not letting me moving or adjusting the length of them.
When I try to import a Subtitle file, it is not visible and they don’t show. Otherwise is much improves, been using Kdenlive from the pre version 1 days and stuck with it in Linux
Please try with the nightly build. Some subtitle issues are solved. https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/Kdenlive_Nightly_Appimage_Build/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/
Thanks for the update. I’m on Windows and this update fixed a few errors I was experiencing.
nice but needs some efects thanks
I used the most recent version and went back to a previous older version. The transparent channel does not work. I’ve got effects that use transparency and this version displays this as a black background thus destroying the effect. To test, simply go to Viddyoze.com and use one of their titles or effects with transparent background
Please check if this is a known bug or otherwise open a new report.
See https://kdenlive.org/en/bug-reports/ for instructions
I just completed a long video, then dumbly decided to turn on GPU acceleration in the PLAYBACK menu settings. Now my project will not open at all. When I try to open the file, Kdenlive crashes. The backups will also not open.
Please tell me there is an easy fix to turn off the GPU setting and restore my project!
The standalone (not installable) version of 20.12.3 for Windows seems to be down at least over the last several days as I have tried to access it. Can’t seem to find it at any official KDE site either. Yeah, I might have to go to a nightly image as I do not want to go backwards to 202.12.2. Or maybe there is a simple way to turn the installable version into the standalone version (like a simple flag in the config file)?
The standalone version of 20.12.3 download should work now.
Wonderful, it does–thanks so much for the adjustment in backend!
Hi, I downloaded and installed the latest version 21.04.1 for my windows 10. but the timeline tracks are not invisible even I drag and drop the clip from the project bin.
Any idea why the tracks are not showing up?
.appimage version doesn’t recognize all clips and it says “Invalid clip producer1 found on track playlist4 at 0”. When opening with installed version it works fine.
What version are you using? Please use the proper support channels like forum or telegram/matrix/irc groups.
Hello! Please tell me where can I download this version for Windows, I can’t see it in repository here https://files.kde.org/kdenlive/release/
Go to the download page: https://kdenlive.org/en/download/