Use a text-based project file format
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenShot Video Editor |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Problem:
The .osp project files that openshot generates are a proprietary binary format, which means that I absolutely have to use the OpenShot GUI to do all the tasks I need to do.
Using a text editor to e.g. add 100 image files that fade into each other every 5 seconds with 1.5 seconds transition time is not possible.
Solution
Using a text-based (preferably XML-based) project file format.
This has several advantages:
- Manipulation from outside tools is possible easily
- Can be repaired manually in case something went really wrong
Also, mass-adjusting settings with a text editor's search and replace feature cannot be done.
What I tried
I tried to export the project to .mlt, change all the settings with a text editor and then open it again. Unfortunately, OpenShot imports that file as a single file instead of an own project - so this way is not usable.
Happened to me on OpenShot 1.4.0, Ubuntu 11.04
| Changed in openshot: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| moimael (moimael) wrote | #1 |
| Andy Finch (fincha) wrote | #2 |
| Andy Finch (fincha) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in openshot: | |
| importance: | Wishlist → Medium |
| milestone: | none → 1.4.3 |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Changed in openshot: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
I thought we change that a long time ago ! didn't we used xml format at some point ?