kdenlive - Man Page
An open source non-linear video editor.
Examples (TL;DR)
- Start the video editor:
kdenlive - Open a specific file:
kdenlive path/to/file.kdenlive - Use a specific path for an MLT environment:
kdenlive --mlt-path path/to/directory - Use a specific log level for an MLT environment:
kdenlive --mlt-log verbose|debug - Display help:
kdenlive --help - Display version:
kdenlive --version
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 environment
- --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>