Crashing when using (S) key

Bug
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Hello !

I’m editing a file on the latest version of Shotcut 26.4.30

I work on a Macbook Pro M1 Mac OS 15.7.7

The source of the video i’m editing is a Shotcut file

So I use the (S) key to cut in the timeline. And every 4 or 5 times I do it, the app crashes…

I tried to repeat the problem with :

  • a new shotcut file with a video source to edit (a .mts file) > seems to run okay when I use a lot of (S) key.
  • a new shotcut file with a shotcut file source to edit > it crashed at first use of (S) key.
    • it seems that the problem comes from the use of a shotcut file as a video source.

So I would like to attach a log files from the crashs, but is it safe to do it in a public forum ?

Thank you :heart:

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I did not reproduce it. It probably depends on what is in the child project. You can attach a log here, but it probably will not help. With that said, what are trying to do it incredibly inefficient usage of the engine because every split adds another complete copy of the project. Every time you open the parent project, it must open everything inside the child project N times. If you need to split a child project or include it more than once, you should consider to render it to an intermediate and use that.

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Thank you for your answer. I see, it demands a lot of math for my machine :slight_smile:
Actually I did’nt want to render to avoid quality loss. I thought that it would be like a simple reading of the .mlt file