Record Audio asks for file name every time

Help/How To
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I am recording a voiceover but each time I click the Record Audio icon (mic) I get the choose file location/name dialog box.

Is this normal behaviour? Is there a way to create file names automatically in a set folder location?

System: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS 64-bit
Shotcut version: 22.12.21

2

It is the default behaviour, to ask for a filename to record to, IFAIK there is no way to get around that

3

Thanks.
I think I saw somewhere about how setting a project folder would prevent the popup. Not sure how to do that after saving the project.
In this video the popup does not appear: Shotcut How To Record Voice Overs! | Shotcut Tutorial - YouTube

I think it may have something to do with default folders.

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Yes, if there is a project folder, it generates a file in the project folder for you. The only way to make a project use a project folder later is by editing the XML: add the line
<property name="shotcut:projectFolder">1</property>
AFTER the last line containing <tractor (assuming you use the timeline in your project).

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Thanks…

The last few lines in the .mlt are now:

    </transition>
  </tractor>
  <property name="shotcut:projectFolder">1</property>
</mlt>

Was the “1” supposed to be a path? Or are project folders relative to the mlt location?

I’m still getting the same behaviour when recording audio - I need to enter a file name for every click of the mic button.

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After <tractor... not </tractor>

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A. I should read things properly
B. It worked!!

The property was already there. I changed the value from 0 to 1 and it now records a voiceover#.opus file in the same folder as the mlt file without a file name/location prompt.

Not necessary but am curious…
Is it possible to set a subfolder for these recordings? e.g. Audio

Thanks for your quick help!

8

No, but you are encouraged to copy or move any media that you manually add to project into this folder, and then it makes a lot of sense to use sub-folders. We just have not yet added these layers of complexity into the app.

9

That’s my process currently.
I typically have subfolders:
/Audio
/Extras
/Output Files

Thanks again. This was a great help.

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