KDENLIVE(1)

NAME
kdenlive - An open source non-linear video editor.

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, including DV, AVCHD (experimental support) and HDV. Kdenlive 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 environnement

  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:

  --caption <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 http://www.kdenlive.org/

AUTHORS
Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb@kdenlive.org>
Marco Gittler <g.marco@freenet.de>