HOWTO: KDEnlive video editing

[uuwatti]

EDIT: KDEnlive now has Ubuntu builds so it's now a lot easier to install it. Here's how
Installing official Ubuntu .deb

sudo aptitude install k3b dvdauthor dvgrab libxine1 libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsamplerate0 libogg0 libvorbis0a libdv4 libjack0.100.0 sox libxml2 ladspa-sdk libquicktime0 libtheora0
wget http://download128.mediafire.com/ottzmktnmlyg/ammoqj12nzn/kdenlive_mlt_ubuntu.zip
unzip kdenlive_mlt_ubuntu.zip -d kdenlive
cd kdenlive
sudo dpkg -i mlt_cvs20070101_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i mlt++_cvs20070101_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i kdenlive_svn20070101_i386.deb
That's it! Enjoy!


Or if you want the latest development version:
Installing cutting edge SVN version:

I don't take any credit for this I copied it from french ubuntudocs. I just edited and updated it a bit. Props to the guy who made this.

The original instructions are here -->http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/applications/kdenlive I hope I managed to get all the dependencies right.

Only GNOME users should do this part:
sudo aptitude install kdelibs4c2a kdelibs-data
This is for all:
sudo aptitude install kdelibs4-dev libqt4-dev unsermake libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsamplerate0 libsamplerate0-dev libogg0 libogg-dev libvorbis0a libvorbis-dev libdv4 libdv4-dev libjack0.100.0-0 libjack0.100.0-dev sox sox-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev ladspa-sdk-dev libquicktime0 libquicktime-dev libtheora0 libtheora-dev ladspa-sdk swh-plugins libavformat0d libavformat-dev kdesvn build-essential libgtk2-dev libmad0 libmad0-dev autoconf automake1.9 dvgrab cvs subversion k3b dvdauthor
svn checkout svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
./configure --enable-gpl --enable-shared --enable-vorbis --enable-libogg --enable-pp
make
sudo make install
cd ..
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mlt.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mlt login
Hit <enter> for password
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@mlt.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mlt co mlt
cd mlt
./configure --enable-gpl --enable-shared --enable-theora --enable-vorbis --enable-libogg --enable-pp --enable-shared-pp --enable-motion-est --avformat-svn --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
cd ..
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mlt.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mlt login
Hit <enter> for password
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@mlt.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mlt co mlt++
cd mlt++
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
cd ..
Then start kdesvn from the menu OR type to terminal:
kdesvn
Go to --> Subversion --> General --> Checkout a repository
and add
https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kdenlive/trunk/kdenlive
as URL and your home folder as target. Hit ok.
cd kdenlive
make -f Makefile.cvs
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Enjoy!

P.S. there is something at the end of the original instructions about creating softlinks, but at least I didn't need them. (I don't speak a word of french, so I don't understand why should I do the linking.)

[bodhi.zazen]

Nice How-to

This thread has been added to the UDSF wiki.

KDEnlive (http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/KDEnlive)

FYI here is a link to the English KDEnlive Handbook;

KDEnlive Handbook (English Edition) (http://www.uchian.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kdenlive/documentation/handbook/en/index.html)

[amonsul]

Hi!

When i insert this "./configure --prefix=/usr"
I got this error message....

checking for rpath... yes
checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!
amonsul@amonsul:~/kdenlive$



Whats the problem?

[uuwatti]

My bad.. just do (if you are using ubuntu instead of kubuntu):
sudo aptitude install kdelibs4c2a kdelibs-data
and then configure again.

[vgrisham]

After entering the first line of the second set of code, I get the following error: "bash: svn: command not found"

Any hints? I'm running Kubuntu Dapper.

Thanks,
Vaughn

[stalefries]

vgrisham:
sudo aptitude install subversionSynaptic is your friend :).

[lime4x4]

i get this error on ubuntu-edgy

john@john-edgy:~/kdenlive$ kbuildsycoca running...
Reusing existing ksycoca
kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file /usr/share/applications/DefaultPlugins.desktop has Type=Link instead of "Application" or "Service"
kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : /usr/share/applications/DefaultPlugins.desktop
kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available!

john@john-edgy:~/kdenlive$

[uuwatti]

Now they have Ubuntu builds!
http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Faq_Install&section=6#Ubuntu
try that one first

[gotgenes]

On Ubuntu Edgy, I've done both the described SVN build (install in /usr/local) and an install from the .debs and I wind up with the same error when launching KDENLIVE.
Will not save configuration.
Configuration file "/home/chris/.kde/share/config/kdenliverc" not writable.
Configuration file "/home/chris/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals" not writable.
Please contact your system administrator.

At the console, this appears:
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/tmp-feathers: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
trying to create local folder /home/chris/.kde/share: Permission denied
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x8219a88 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "edit_paste"
kdenlive: Mlt inited
kdenlive: +++++++++++ Generating scenelist start... ++++++++++++++++++
kdenlive: Creating new document
kdenlive: deleting contents...
kdenlive: **************** INIT DOCUMENT VIEW ***************
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
kdenlive: Mlt inited
kdenlive: **************** INIT DOCUMENT VIEW 1***************
kdenlive: + ++ + ++ ++ PREPARE VID THUMB
kdenlive: + ++ + ++ ++ PREPARE AUDIO THUMB


Then when I go to open a file, I get several warning boxes
Could not find mime type
application/octet-stream
No mime types installed
Malformed URL
file:///home/chris/
If I try to navigate to another directory, I get a Malformed URL error. No files appear. Any clues would I be getting these permission errors? Is there a missing dependency not listed in the howto?

[uuwatti]

look like for some reason the .kde folder has the wrong owner (it should be you)
try this:
sudo chmod 777 -R ./.kde

[gotgenes]

That did it! I dunno why I didn't think of that, except that sometimes I skip over the most obvious answers. ](*,) Actually, instead of using chmod, I used
chown -R username:username ~/.kde

For whatever reason, root was the owner of my .kde files.

Thanks very much for this HOWTO. This really helped! :-D

[uuwatti]

It seems some people have difficulties configuring mlt and mlt++. To fix that you need to edit the configure files so that the line which says #!/bin/sh change it to say:#!/bin/bash
Do that on both configure files.

[amoore]

Will Kdenlive be added to the repos for Ubuntu 7.04? I would realy like to give it a try!!!!

[uuwatti]

Why not try the official(?) Ubuntu build? It is very simple to install and the download is only 5mb.

[4ebees]

Hi Vaughn,

Did you manage to get this to install on Dapper. I'm quite curious myself about Kdenlive.

Regards,

Patrick




After entering the first line of the second set of code, I get the following error: "bash: svn: command not found"

Any hints? I'm running Kubuntu Dapper.

Thanks,
Vaughn

[amoore]

Why not try the official(?) Ubuntu build? It is very simple to install and the download is only 5mb.

Actually, thats how I installed it. Kdenlive shows more potential that any other editing app Ive seen for Ubuntu. =D> I would just like to see a version in the repos for 7.04:KS

[P_Badger]

Kdenlive is probably, (imo), the best looking DV editor for linux, free or otherwise. It doesn't crash nearly as easily as Cinerella, though that's not to say it doesn't crash at really odd times and fairly often, ya know?

Lets hope the programmers keep at it and one day release a bug free version.

[sk8dork]

does anyone else have issues configuring the project properties? like changing the resolution? every time i try to change anything in the configure project window, after hitting apply and ok, i go back in to see that everything is back to where it was before. i also can't add or remove templates or anything...

[uuwatti]

Probably a bug or an unimplemented feature. NTSC and PAL templates work for me at least. People, you have to remember that this is version 0.4, not everything works properly yet.

[flammenwurfer]

Does anyone know if there is a 64 bit version?

[uuwatti]

Building instructions for AMD64 under debian/Kubuntu Edgy (http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Amd64)

[id000]

i compilled under amd64 according to previous post, but:
igor@igor-laptop:~$ kdenlive
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
kdenlive: Mlt inited
kdenlive: Creating new document
kdenlive: deleting contents...
QApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
QApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
kdenlive: **************** INIT DOCUMENT VIEW ***************
kdenlive: ************** SCREEN SET SCENELIST
KCrash: Application 'kdenlive' crashing...

What could it be?
Thanks

[cotcot]

I got the same but without Qapplication errors with a 32 bit install on a 64 bit machine.
What is the device that fails to open ?
~$ kdenlive
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x8219710 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "edit_paste"
kdenlive: Mlt inited
kdenlive: +++++++++++ Generating scenelist start... ++++++++++++++++++
kdenlive: Creating new document
kdenlive: deleting contents...
kdenlive: **************** INIT DOCUMENT VIEW ***************
kdenlive: Mlt inited
kdenlive: **************** INIT DOCUMENT VIEW 1***************
kdenlive: + ++ + ++ ++ PREPARE VID THUMB
kdenlive: + ++ + ++ ++ PREPARE AUDIO THUMB

[mohnkern]

The Wget isn't working properly:


613 2007-05-17 16:46 kdenlive_mlt_ubuntu.zip

wget http://download128.mediafire.com/ottzmktnmlyg/ammoqj12nzn/kdenlive_mlt_ubuntu.zip
--16:46:03-- http://download128.mediafire.com/ottzmktnmlyg/ammoqj12nzn/kdenlive_mlt_ubuntu.zip
=> `kdenlive_mlt_ubuntu.zip'
Resolving download128.mediafire.com... 38.114.196.147
Connecting to download128.mediafire.com|38.114.196.147|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified

[ <=> ] 613 --.--K/s



it gives a redirect error

more kdenlive_mlt_ubuntu.zip
<html><head><title>Loading...</title><script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function changecolor() {
document.vlinkColor='BLUE';
document.linkColor='BLUE';
document.fgColor='#000000';
return;
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</head><body bgcolor=#FFFFFF text=#FFFFFF link=#FFFFFF vlink=#FFFFFF onload="set
Timeout('changecolor()',5000);"><div name='loading id='loading'><B>The browser y
ou are using does not support redirects...</b><BR><BR>

Please click <a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?www.mediafire.com'>here</a> to c
ontinue.
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://ammoqj12nzn/?ammoqj12nzn"></div
></body></html>

[uuwatti]

use Treviño's repositories for installing via apt.
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add this:deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty 3v1n0
then:
sudo apt-get update
gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 2D6CFB44DD800CD9
gpg --export --armor 2D6CFB44DD800CD9 | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get install kdenlive

[JeevesBond]

P.S. there is something at the end of the original instructions about creating softlinks, but at least I didn't need them. (I don't speak a word of french, so I don't understand why should I do the linking.)

Think I know what this is. I recently wrote a howto on Installing the latest FFMPEG on Ubuntu Feisty (http://www.apaddedcell.com/installing-the-latest-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-feisty-fawn-7-04), note the last section 'Technical Backflip'. Seems when you compile FFMPEG it installs some libraries into a spot where Ubuntu wont look for them.

You can use the French instructions or my work-around, if you try running FFMPEG without doing one or the other though I think it will crash. Try running it and tell me the result, would like to know if I'm right or barking up the wrong tree. :)

[Killtown]

Here is one current way (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2780808&postcount=9) of installing KDEnlive. Install these 3 files in this order:

mlt: http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/pool/feisty/3v1n0/mlt_0.2.1-1+3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb

mlt++: http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/pool/feisty/3v1n0/mlt++_0.2.1-1_i386.deb

KDEnlive: http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/pool/feisty/3v1n0/kdenlive_0.5~svn20070603+3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb

Done.

Files found here: http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/dists/feisty/3v1n0/index.html

[krsnendu]

I am trying to comple Kdenlive with AC3 audio support on Hardy.
I get this error when building... Can anyone help?

gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libavutil.so.49 -rdynamic -export-dynamic -Wl,--warn-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-rpath-link,"/home/krsnendu/KdenliveBuild/ffmpeg"/libavcodec -Wl,-rpath-link,"/home/krsnendu/KdenliveBuild/ffmpeg"/libavformat -Wl,-rpath-link,"/home/krsnendu/KdenliveBuild/ffmpeg"/libavutil -Wl,-Bsymbolic -o libavutil/libavutil.so.49 libavutil/adler32.o libavutil/aes.o libavutil/base64.o libavutil/crc.o libavutil/des.o libavutil/fifo.o libavutil/intfloat_readwrite.o libavutil/lls.o libavutil/log.o libavutil/lzo.o libavutil/mathematics.o libavutil/md5.o libavutil/mem.o libavutil/random.o libavutil/rational.o libavutil/rc4.o libavutil/sha1.o libavutil/string.o libavutil/tree.o libavutil/ -lz -lbz2 -pthread -lm -lfaad -lmp3lame -lm -ltheora -logg -ldl -ldl
/usr/bin/ld: libavutil/: No such file: File format not recognized
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [libavutil/libavutil.so.49] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

[RegressLess]

I can't find a good link for KNEnlive.

[4ebees]

I can't find a good link for KNEnlive.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaate!

Lemme see:

www.google.com.au

kdenlive

search

http://www.kdenlive.org/

Now, have some popcorn

:popcorn:

[niceguy123]

I've got no sound in kdnlive, any ideas why not?

[ledzepjes]

I got to this post from an external link, and when I tried to search for "HOWTO: KDEnlive video editing" to find it again I get around 250 threads that aren't this one? Is there a trick for searching the forums for threads using certain titles? I don't wanna have to use google everytime.

****edited****
ok, it's been 4 weeks since I first had problems with searching the forums, I tried again with better results and this time searching for "KDEnlive video editing" comes up with only 3 results. Must have been a glitch with VBulletin...nevermind.