[Kdenlive-devel] kdenlive vs Sony Hi-8 HandyCam DCR-TRV460, with kino thrown in

[gene heskett]

On Saturday, April 30, 2011 06:23:55 AM Dan Dennedy did opine:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, gene heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > On Friday, April 29, 2011 06:22:06 PM Dan Dennedy did opine:
> >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM, gene heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> 
wrote:
> >> > Then I go back and run kdenlive, and go see if it can load and edit
> >> > any of the several weddings and other movies I have made with kino
> >> > over the years, and in only one case can it even see the filenames,
> >> > but it cannot open them, and ANAICT doesn't even make the attempt.
> >> 
> >> Say what? Maybe you have a broken build. Please clarify what files
> >> you are trying to open - DV or Kino XML project files. Both are
> >> supported, but .kino files probably do not show up in the file
> >> dialog until you clear the filter field at the bottom (make it empty
> >> and press Enter). Do DV files (.dv or .avi) load? Those should load
> >> reliably. Another way to load files is to drag and drop them from a
> >> file manager into the Kdenlive Project Tree panel.
> > 
> > Even with the filter cleaned, it will not show me the files that are
> > there in the directory. �It will show dirnames, but no files.
> 
> I do not know KDE internals all that well, but I believe a process
> called klauncher may be responsible for servicing the file dialog
> because I seem to recall having seen a similar problem on OS X when
> not initialized with kdeinit4. There is more information here:
> 
> http://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/Startup#klauncher:_Ser
> vice_Activation
> 
> I think this just points to an incomplete kde integration with your
> desktop environment.

I did get it to load a clip, once, and actually play it, but never could 
get it to load the next one in the sequence.  So I can't say I've not seen 
it work again.  That nominally 5 seconds played, both video and audio 
normally.  Its like the filter line, when cleared, still contains some 
invisible character that never matches.

Whats a good drag & drop file manager?, maybe that would work.  mc, my 
usual file manager, isn't drag & drop.  Dolphin maybe?  I might try that 
after I get some coffee inside me.

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