MLT2EDL script error fix

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Hi team,

I wonder why I get an empty EDL export. Could you please give me a hint?

The background is about my need to move from Shotcut to DaVinci as Shotcut is unfortunately not stable on my brand new Ubuntu 20.4 system setup. Also I am using the current version of Shotcut provided by flathub, have enough ram, a recent CPU and GPU.

The EDL export message is:
[Error ] <MainWindow::on_actionExportEDL_triggered> Uncaught exception at line 6981 : “TypeError: Cannot read property ‘0’ of undefined”
Maybe caused by a wrong declared array as argument of a function, as said right here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29431225/javascript-uncaught-typeerror-cannot-read-property-0-of-undefined

I attach the mlt file: Uploading: 2020-07-20T14 Mit Buddha im Tank.mlt….

Thank you so much for your help
York

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This will probably not work as you expect. It does not keep any filters and only exports one track: the one indicated as current when you export. It might also have accuracy problems with 29.97 or 59.94 fps. Also, your mlt file did not upload and therefore not downloadable.

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Thank you for your kind reply!
The mlt file is not valid as the track element has not declared in and out attributes.
I attach the mlt file. You may check for errors too?
2020-07-20T14 Mit Buddha im Tank.mlt (2.3 MB)
I like the editor, its just not running stable and sometimes I have to wait for processing, even loading takes some minutes.

I am locked in by the missing edl export, right? So I have to stand and finish in Shotcut.
Could I write a xslt file for conversion or is the logic from mlt to edl too complex?
Thank You!

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I figured out the source of this error and fixed it for the next version. Here is the EDL for your project.

2020-07-20T14 Mit Buddha im Tank.edl (116.1 KB)

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Thank you so much!!!
Namaste :pray:

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I tried a lot of variants and own editings to import the EDL in DaVinci. It is in any case not working. So I continue with Shortcut and will stand the crashes and waiting times.
Is logging something I can contribute for the development and for the stability of the program?