I tried again. This time, I did
$ aptitude install kde-standard and then tried adding the same .mp4 file to Kdenlive's project bin. Kdenlive didn't crash this time, but it 1.) openned an orange error window that says "Cannot open file /home/kingsley/doc/movies/public_domain/ Twelve+Days+of+Christmas+(Instrumental)+(feat. +Public+Domain+Royalty+Free+Music)-F-b6WYUHBWY.mp4" and 2.) printed this on the console === REG FOCUS: true qml: item not found === REG FOCUS: false /////////// starting to add bin clips /////////// found list (QUrl("file:///home/kingsley/doc/movies/public_domain/Twelve+Days+of+Christmas+(Instrumental)+(feat.+Public+Domain+Royalty+Free+Music)-F-b6WYUHBWY.mp4")) /////////// creatclipsfromlist (QUrl("file:///home/kingsley/doc/movies/public_domain/Twelve+Days+of+Christmas+(Instrumental)+(feat.+Public+Domain+Royalty+Free+Music)-F-b6WYUHBWY.mp4")) true "-1" /////////// createClipFromFile "/home/kingsley/doc/movies/public_domain/Twelve+Days+of+Christmas+(Instrumental)+(feat.+Public+Domain+Royalty+Free+Music)-F-b6WYUHBWY.mp4" "-1" === GOT DROPPED MIME: "video/mp4" /////////// final xml "<producer _checkProfile=\"1\">\n <property name=\"resource\">/home/kingsley/doc/movies/public_domain/Twelve+Days+of+Christmas+(Instrumental)+(feat.+Public+Domain+Royalty+Free+Music)-F-b6WYUHBWY.mp4</property>\n</producer>\n" ========== STARTING TASK FOR: 4 /////////// creatclipsfromlist return false ============STARTING LOAD TASK FOR: "/home/kingsley/doc/movies/public_domain/Twelve+Days+of+Christmas+(Instrumental)+(feat.+Public+Domain+Royalty+Free+Music)-F-b6WYUHBWY.mp4" ::::::::::::::::::: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified // WARNING EMPTY CLIP HASH: ========== READY FOR TASK DELETION ON: 4 ===== REMOVING MASTER PRODUCER; CURRENT COUNT: 0 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: You can try to replicate it with the video at https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=F-b6WYUHBWY Download the version... "audio/mp4 @ 131.141k audio only" I wonder if a bug is in creatclipsfromlist or createClipFromFile Thanks, Kingsley -- Time is the fire in which we all burn.