Ok so it looks like the issue with the duration is bug 925238 in kazam which is fixed in trunk.
I was using limblt 0.7.6 ii libmlt4 0.7.6+git20111 multimedia framework (runtime) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot Developers, which is subscribed to openshot in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927755 Title: Dragging video to timeline eats RAM Status in “openshot” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I made a little demo video which is 15M .mkv containing h264/FLAC encoded. Import into openshot and then drag to the timeline. Computer freezes up as OpenShot eats all available memory and swap and eventually gets killed by the kernel OOM killer. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: openshot 1.4.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic 3.2.3 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 6 17:43:28 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120203) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openshot UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openshot/+bug/927755/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

