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How to simply force the first frame to be a key frame without re-coding?

I tried an extensive search here and found a number of similar questions, including answers. However, none does a fast (and dirty?) and quick job. e.g.: ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -force_key_frames "...
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Kdenlive proxy clips vs. transcode to editor-friendly format

When should I use proxy clips vs. the "transcode to editor-friendly format" option? They both seem to accomplish the same goal, that is, providing the video in a format that the editor can ...
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Kdenlive isn't displaying effects or compositions in Ubuntu 22.04.1

I'm using Ubuntu Studio 22.04.1 and I recently opened up Kdenlive for the first time to work on a new project. I went looking for some effects to add to my clips and found that the effects and ...
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AMD GPU is not working on Kdenlive for Rendering Videos

I am trying to use Kdenlive on my Windows 10 laptop that has AMD GPU R5 M330, 2 GB. When I export a video, it just doesn't use it. Only CPU is being used which is really really slow even for 2-minute ...
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Free-hand crop video in kdenlive

I would like to mark an area inside a clip, and delete what is not inside this area (something like selection tool in gimp). The idea is to create an effect that somebody who runs appears exactly ...
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How to lower the file size of a GIF file?

I am using Peek for screen recording into a GIF file. Sometimes I want to remove useless part of the file. For this purpose I use Kdenlive. After editing and rendering a final file become much bigger ...
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UI of Kdenlive on Windows 10 has gone haywire

I've been using Kdenlive for video editing on Windows 10 for a few weeks. It worked fine until a couple of days ago. Now, whenever I open it the normal UI appears for about a second, to be replaced ...
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Kdenlive 20 doesn't render anything, doesn't save anything

I'm using the open source video editor, Kdenlive Version 20.08.0 (Using: MLT version 6.22.1, FFmpeg libraries) and trying to render a video clip. But this feature does nothing in my version. No Errors ...
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Default image editor GIMP not working with Kdenlive

I have installed Kdenlive version 20.04 and am trying to set GIMP as a clip editor, so in order to do that I am trying to supply the GIMP path: /snap/bin/gimp In the settings -> configure ...
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kdenlive Clip Opacity

I'm new to kdenlive, and video editing, in general. I'm trying to create a Title Clip with an opaque background and text foreground. I wasn't able to figure out how to change the opacity of imported ...
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Is there a way to completly reinstall Kdenlive so the settings are wiped?

I am running Linux Mint 19 and recently installed Kdenlive. The install went perfectly normal until I started the program and tried to see if I could find a dark mode. I went to Settings,then Themes ...
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Timeline Preview does not work on Kdenlive 19

After upgrading to Kdenlive 19 (19.04.0), the timeline preview stopped working. It stops after a few seconds with the first segment changing from red to orange and then back to red. If I start ...
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{kdenlive} Render to webm and mp4 keeps failing: AVStream.codec error

I'm trying to render 39 minutes long video made of a few joined .MOV 1080p Canon clips. I apply a few effects to some of them, the list is (unfortunately, I don't not their exact English name): audio ...
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How can I add chapters from kdenlive to an MKV file?

Unfortuately kdenlive does not provide a way to add chapters to an MKV file, only to DVD's. How can I add chapters?
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How to reverse a clip on kdenlive

I'm using Kdenlive v17.12.3 and am trying to reverse a video clip, i.e. play it backwards. Previously, this could be done via 'clip jobs' in the context menu of the respective clip. But this feature ...
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Kdenlive renders title clips as text w/ black backgrounds (preview is correctly transparent w/ alpha)

I've tried many different video export formats, but the result is always the same: Audio is fine Text is fine Background doesn't show video, it's just pure black
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Kdenlive Codec Error when Trying to Render MP4

Please correct me If I am posting this in the wrong place :) So, I recently installed Kdenlive on my Windows 10 PC (I would install it on my linux, but this PC is faster). I make my video, then when ...
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Cannot add clip from samba share

I'm using kdenlive on mate-desktop, and I cannot add clip from samba share. Out of the app I can't access these file with no problems. Any ideas?
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How to get the missing effects on KDEnLive

I recently installed KDEnLive 4.13.3 on my Linux Mint 17 x64 machine to edit Aerial Movies shot with a GoPro Hero 4. I'd like to use the DeFish effect but can't find it under Effect List:Video:Distort ...
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