How to Delete Related Proxy Video File

Help/How To
1

Sorry I don’t have the Shotcut version on me but it’s a recent download.

I’m using Proxy for my video editing.

I included a video clip in my project, which was then converted to proxy. I later decided to change direction on the edit of the clip and start over with it, so I deleted it from the video track.

I then re-opened it, and dragged it to a video track for editing again but this time it already said (proxy). When I try to play the proxied clip, the video and audio are blank. I’ve tried several times but still get the same results.

I looked in the proxy folder and it’s all greek to me and doesn’t match the video clip naming scheme.

Is there a way to find and delete the proxy so that the clip works again?

2

I’ve tried renaming the original file and that didn’t work. Shotcut still recognized the file and already has (PROXY) behind the file name.

I viewed the proxy videos and finally found the file. Took way too long. Deleted it and was able to start over.

I opened the file, dragged it to a video track and it made a proxy version again. The video clip is still black though.

3

Maybe Shotcut is having trouble generating a proxy for that file. If so, you might need to edit that file without proxy.

4

But it created a proxy of it before and then I was able to edit it.

So before it worked, and then after deleting the clip to start over, I retried it and it’s black.

5

Properties > Proxy > Copy Hash Code
is the base name for the proxy file. You can paste it into the find function of your file manager, preferably searching within only the proxies folder.