[Kdenlive-devel] Editing AVCHD h264/AC3 files in kdenlive

[Philippe Landau]

Thank you, Dan :-)

Dan Dennedy wrote:
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Dan Dennedy <dan at dennedy.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Philippe Landau <lists at user-land.org> wrote:
>>> Dan Dennedy wrote:
>>>> ffmpeg -i 00009.MTS -s 1920x1080 -r ntsc -b 220000k -threads 2 -vcodec
>>>> dnxhd -acodec copy 00009.mov
>>> Could this be integrated in Kdenlive as a tool ?
>>> Most potential users have difficulty with CLI.
>> I would like to make a render profile that would do the equivalent,
>> but for some reason it is failing, for which I will investigate the
>> cause now.
> The problem was just a typo on my part. This available now in Settings
>> Download New Render Profiles...
DNxHD 1920x1080 220 MB/s
Very beautifully done, elegant modular solution,
already downloaded 25 times.

> Just add your AVCHD clip to an empty timeline with Project Settings
> set to an appropriate ATSC (HD) profile. Then remove any empty space
> before the clip on the timeline. Finally, choose Render and look in
> Lossless/HQ > Custom. When done, add the newly rendered clip to the
> project and timeline.
Destination: Lossless/HQ: Custom
Is it possible to automatically give the output file the same name
as the input file, instead of "untitled.mov" ?
"Render to file" uses both CPUs to 100%, well done :-)

When configuring Kdenlive upon first launch,
i am asked for a default video profile (Video Standard).
HDV 1080 25p shows:
- Frame size: 1440x1080
- Frame rate: 25/1
- Pixel aspect ratio:4/3 (a space is missing here after ":")
- Display aspect ration: 16/9

Shouldn't the frame size listed be 1080/9*16=1920 ?

If you want to make it easier for a newbie to use Kdenlive,
Opening a video in Kdenlive could open the clip in a new project
or in the currently open project.
Currently, in KDE 4.2.2 i get:
"error ocurred while parsing element".

Also, instead of the first button "New"
you could place "Add Clip" there.
"New" is available as the first menu option and as Ctrl-n,
and when opening Kdenlive a new project is opened anyway.

Kind regards     Philippe