On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Mads Bondo Dydensborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fredag 14 November 2008 skrev Dan Dennedy: > >> >> > Could you explain briefly what would be the use of the relative path > feature ? >> >> Move the folder containing the project file and all of its assets to >> another place or move it shared storage so I can access it from >> another system that might have it mounted at a different location. >> >> I do not think there is a universal solution. > > Probably not. However, I couldn't help thinking about the way kphotoalbum does
Seems rather complicated and potentially frought with issues. I am not opposed to it, and I try not to get too involved in kdenlive so I don't get too spread out. However, when this has to be handed off to rendering, then kdenlive might have to start using something other than inigo because I will likely put it way down low on my prioritized ToDo list simply based on the cost of complexity and effort for the benefit. I have an idea. How about we store with absolute file names but also include the path of the project file in the project file. Then, if the project file/folder is moved and the clips can not be located, we use the project path to convert the absolute file names to relative by removing the initial path that matches the old project path? For example: <westley path="/home/ddennedy/test1"> <producer src="/home/ddennedy/test1/videos/clip1.dv"/> <producer src="/mnt/external_hdd/clip2.dv"/> </westley> Now, let's say I move the folder test1 to /mnt/external/, the project file is virtually converted at run time to: <westley> <producer src="videos/clip1.dv"/> <producer src="/mnt/external_hdd/clip2.dv"/> </westley> If this was loaded into inigo for rendering, it would not change the kdenlive project file. If it was loaded into kdenlive and then saved, then it would get updated to use absolute file names: <westley path="/mnt/external_hdd/test1"> <producer src="/mnt/external_hdd/test1/videos/clip1.dv"/> <producer src="/mnt/external_hdd/clip2.dv"/> </westley> -- +-DRD-+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Kdenlive-devel mailing list Kdenlive-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdenlive-devel
