Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Camille Moulin
Le 23/08/2017 à 18:07, Vincent Pinon a écrit : [...] In the code, timeline "item" classes address clips but *transitions* too. Maybe that's why there is a generic common name... Ok, it makes sense then I usually speak of "source media" for the items in the project bin (as footage means only v

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Vincent Pinon
Le mercredi 23 août 2017, 17:49:31 CEST Camille Moulin a écrit : > Hi Nicolas, > Le 23/08/2017 à 15:31, alcinos a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > I second Harald's answer regarding terminology. That is what we > > currently use in the UI as well as the code-base. > > > > What do you mean by "trying to deb

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Vincent Pinon
Le mercredi 23 août 2017, 13:08:28 CEST Camille Moulin a écrit : > Hi Evert, > Le 23/08/2017 à 11:25, Evert Vorster a écrit : > > Hi there, Camille. > > > > What would you suggest these be called? > > > > I suppose the term clip comes from the days where film was still on > > actual film, and scen

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Camille Moulin
Hi Nicolas, Le 23/08/2017 à 15:31, alcinos a écrit : Hi, I second Harald's answer regarding terminology. That is what we currently use in the UI as well as the code-base. What do you mean by "trying to debug"? Just identifying the origin of the problem, not actually coding ;-) After upgradin

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread alcinos
Hi, I second Harald's answer regarding terminology. That is what we currently use in the UI as well as the code-base. What do you mean by "trying to debug"? If you are looking at the code, please be aware that we are currently in the process of rewriting the code of the timeline. That means that

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Camille Moulin
Hi Evert, Le 23/08/2017 à 11:25, Evert Vorster a écrit : Hi there, Camille. What would you suggest these be called? I suppose the term clip comes from the days where film was still on actual film, and scenes were "clipped" from a roll. In this sense, "clips" on the timeline would be the more c

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Camille Moulin
Le 23/08/2017 à 11:24, Harald Albrecht a écrit : Hi, my limited understanding is that in those situations where it's necessary to be more precise, we use these terms: * (project) bin clip (...which MLT technically is a producer) * timeline clip (which is an instance in the timeline) Hop

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Evert Vorster
Hi there, Camille. What would you suggest these be called? I suppose the term clip comes from the days where film was still on actual film, and scenes were "clipped" from a roll. In this sense, "clips" on the timeline would be the more correct term, whereas "footage" is the more correct term for

Re: Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Harald Albrecht
Hi, my limited understanding is that in those situations where it's necessary to be more precise, we use these terms: * (project) bin clip (...which MLT technically is a producer) * timeline clip (which is an instance in the timeline) Hope this helps, Harald Am 23.08.2017 um 11:20 schrieb

Ambiguity of "clip"

2017-08-23 Thread Camille Moulin
Hi all, I'm trying to debug a rather upsetting corruption issue, and doing so, I realized that the word "Clip" is used to refer to two different kind of things : footage (things you find in the project bin) or instances of such footage in the time line. I think it would be clearer to have t