Or is there a better place to ask questions like this than the mailing list?
Thanks, Tom On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 12:20:04PM -0600, amin...@mailbox.org wrote: > Can anyone help with this? The Kdenlive File Format docs > (https://community.kde.org/Kdenlive/Development/File_format) are out of date > and don't discuss any of the below. > > Thanks! > Tom > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 10:34:51PM -0600, amin...@mailbox.org wrote: > > With the new Kdenlive version I've got (20.12.3), there are a bunch of new > > things I'm trying to get my head around in the project XML. Here's a > > snippet with a few of them: > > > > <playlist id="playlist6"> > > <entry producer="1" in="00:00:00.000" out="00:00:22.042"> > > <property name="kdenlive:id">2</property> > > </entry> > > <blank length="00:00:01.042"/> > > <entry producer="producer0" in="00:00:01.125" out="00:00:04.958"> > > <property name="kdenlive:id">3</property> > > </entry> > > <blank length="00:00:01.208"/> > > <entry producer="1" in="00:00:00.000" out="00:00:04.958"> > > <property name="kdenlive:id">2</property> > > </entry> > > <entry producer="producer0" in="00:00:00.000" out="00:00:01.083"> > > <property name="kdenlive:id">3</property> > > </entry> > > </playlist> > > <playlist id="playlist7"/> > > <tractor id="tractor3" in="00:00:00.000" out="00:00:34.292"> > > <property name="kdenlive:track_name">Video 1</property> > > <property name="kdenlive:trackheight">71</property> > > <property name="kdenlive:timeline_active"/> > > <property name="kdenlive:thumbs_format"/> > > <property name="kdenlive:audio_rec"/> > > <track producer="playlist6"/> > > <track producer="playlist7"/> > > </tractor> > > > > The above makes a Kdenlive track ("Video 1"). In previous versions, this > > would have been represented as a single playlist. Now there seem to be two > > playlists - one empty - fed into a tractor. > > > > Here's an example of the new grouping syntax as well: > > > > <property name="kdenlive:docproperties.groups">[ > > { > > "children": [ > > { > > "data": "3:555", > > "leaf": "clip", > > "type": "Leaf" > > }, > > { > > "data": "0:555", > > "leaf": "clip", > > "type": "Leaf" > > } > > ], > > "type": "AVSplit" > > } > > ] > > </property> > > > > > > I have many questions. Help with any of them is much appreciated: > > > > - Why are there two playlists for "Video 1"? What is the purpose of the > > empty "playlist7"? > > - Entries now have a "kdenlive:id" property. What is this ID? Note in the > > above the IDs are doubled: there are two different Entries with ID 2, and > > two with ID 3. > > - In the group syntax, what is the "data" property? As a guess, is it a > > kdenlive ID and a number of frames from the beginning of the track? > > - What group types are there other than "AVSplit" and "Leaf"? Where can I > > find a list of the types and their meanings? > > - What "leaf" types are there other than "clip"? > > > > Thanks, > > Tom
