Am Dienstag, den 29.01.2008, 23:03 +0100 schrieb Terje J. Hanssen: Loaded one of my listed video files (dv02.dv). Then it arised > automatically on the time line and in the Media map in the Resources > window. Created a working directory (mkdir /home/terje/cin) and tried > File>Save as /home/terje/cin/cintest1_dv02 > However, I couldn't find this file afterwards, just another "related" > file cin.xml in my home directory /home/terje. Shouldn't the first file > be created and why the latter? > I also tried just File>Save without any change. > Hi Terje,
yup, there seems to be some inconsistency in the handling of the File Save dialog. (Can't verify it, because at work atm) > Is the above mentioned "Session.XML" a fictive file name or the real > file name? > In your case, the Session-XML file obviously got the name "cin.xml". (so, Session.xml was just an example) > cin.xml contained the real file path to where dv02.dv is located. > yes, because it contains all you did within your session. You can start cinelerra from prompt by "cinelerra cin.xml" to re-open this session. For me, this is the default procedure to fire up cinelerra on an alredy existing session. I started Cinelerra again. At first there was nothing on the timeline or > in the Media map. Tried File>Load Backup and the dv02 file arised on the > timeline and in the Media map. > In the "Open File" dialog box, there is a dropdown at the bottom to define the "replacement stategy" (I don't recall the exact wording). Because you can choose to add/insert material in an existing session, replace your session with the new content or just create new resources in the "Media" folder. You need "replace current session" if you want to open an existing session from within the application, and you I find it best to use "create new resources only" if I want to add new media files to an existing project. > Where are these listed "video file pointers" possibly located and how > to reset the list when starting a new project? - technically they are located within the Session xml file - you get new Media entries by loading media, but using "create new resources only" - you can remove them by right click on an entry and "remove from project" To create a new project, fire up cinelerra, choose project format, then use "save as", select as file type "XML" and a name. Then at least you should get your XML file somewhere (ha ha ha). You can move it to the right place and copy or rename it as you like, cinelerra won't bother (but when moving to another directory it can't find any resources by relative path, of course) If I recall right, you even can fire up cinelerra with an not-yet existing XML name to create a new session in the current directory (?) Cheers, Hermann V. _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
