[kdenlive] [Bug 463570] New: External proxy documentation, configuration

[Andrew]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463570

            Bug ID: 463570
           Summary: External proxy documentation, configuration
    Classification: Applications
           Product: kdenlive
           Version: 22.12.0
          Platform: macOS (DMG)
                OS: macOS
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: fritzibaby at gmx.net
          Reporter: awchampion at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

In the application preferences, kdenlive surfaces "GoPro LRV" as an option for
proxy files. What it doesn't mention is that this is a profile expecting a
specific convention, and that is saved to the project. The profile cannot be
edited in-app.

On at least one setting, Akaso cameras use a different convention: low and
full-res videos differ only by extension, e.g. `<parent_dir>/NORM0001.LRV` and 
`<parent_dir>/NORM0001.MP4`. The GoPro preset doesn't recognize this, so
Kdenlive creates a new proxy. 

Thanks to the developer documentation
(https://community.kde.org/Kdenlive/Development/externalProxy), I was able to
create a basic new profile: "Akaso LRV=./;;.LRV;./;;.MP4" and found two ways to
hack it in:

* per-project: manually edit the file property
`kdenlive:docproperties.externalproxyparams`.
* globally: open the `/Applications/kdenlive.app` bundle and manually edit
`Contents/Resources/externalproxies.rc` 

At a bare minimum, I guess the user documentation should explain it?

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