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Kdenlive(1) An open source video editor. Kdenlive(1)

NAME

kdenlive - An open source non-linear video editor.

SYNOPSIS

kdenlive [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

Kdenlive is an open source non-linear video editor which supports a large number of formats for editing. It relies on several other open source projects, such as FFmpeg and MLT video framework.

OPTIONS

Arguments:

file
Document to open

Options:

--mlt-path <path>
Set the path for MLT environnement
--mlt-log <verbose/debug>
Set MLT log level

Generic options:

--help
Show help about options
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options
--help-kde
Show KDE specific options
--help-all
Show all options
--author
Show author information
-v, --version
Show version information
--license
Show license information
--
End of options

KDE options:

--qwindowtitle <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
--icon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
--config <filename>
Use alternative configuration file
--nocrashhandler
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
--waitforwm
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
--style <style>
sets the application GUI style
--geometry <geometry>
sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format

Qt options:

--display <displayname>
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
--session <sessionId>
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
--cmap
Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display
--ncols <count>
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification
--nograb
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
--dograb
running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override
--sync
switches to synchronous mode for debugging
--fn, --font <fontname>
defines the application font
--bg, --background <color>
sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)
--fg, --foreground <color>
sets the default foreground color
--btn, --button <color>
sets the default button color
--name <name>
sets the application name
--title <title>
sets the application title (caption)
--visual TrueColor
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display
--inputstyle <inputstyle>
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root
--im <XIM server>
set XIM server
--noxim
disable XIM
--reverse
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
--stylesheet
<file.qss> applies the Qt stylesheet to the application widgets

ENVIRONMENT

KDENLIVE_RENDER_LOG
If $KDENLIVE_RENDER_LOG is set, a log will be written to /tmp/kdenlive_render.log.XXXXXXXX, that contains information about the result of calling melt, ffmpeg, etc. This can be used for debugging.

SEE ALSO

kdenlive_render(1). Please see the homepage at https://www.kdenlive.org/

AUTHORS

Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb@kdenlive.org>
Aug 2018 KDE