Shotcut crashes when opening clip in timeline(Part II)

[Wale5405]

1.Opened Shotcut
2.Imported video file & trimmed it
3.Put a clip in the playlist & played it.

4. Dragged the clip from the playlist to the timeline.
5. Shotcut crashes as I’m editing clip in the timeline

How can I fix this?

Shotcut Version 19.08.16

[Hudson555x]

@Wale5405

4. Dragged the clip from the playlist to the timeline.
5. Shotcut crashes as I’m editing clip in the timeline

How can I fix this?

What exactly did you do between 4 & 5?

Following your steps works fine for me, no crash.
Shotcut 19.08.16

[Wale5405]

After I dragged my video clip to the timeline, I began to add the fade in and fade out filters into the video clip. Then suddenly, Shotcut crashed… I don’t know why this is happening.

[Hudson555x]

I added fade in/out video & audio filters, Shotcut did not crash for me.
From here we are going to need a more information about your project/computer, etc…
In this tutorial I wrote spells out specifically what information we would need to help you out.

Requesting Support (2020)

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[shotcut]

Try changing Settings > Display Method. (Automatic usually selects OpenGL.)

[Wale5405]

I believe it’s solved now! I took your advice of Changing Settings, Display Method then I selected OpenGL.
Thanks a lot!
I don’t know why it worked but it seems to be good now.

[shotcut]

See also

Display Method

This setting is only available on Windows and Linux. Shotcut uses OpenGL technology to draw its user interface and display video. OpenGL is typically implemented in the GPU of your computer and its driver in the operating system. These two pieces (Shotcut and the UI library it uses) and the OpenGL implementation need to communicate using a complex protocol. Sometimes, they do not communicate well and have compatibility or interoperability problems. Thus, there are some workarounds: use only s…

[geers2u]

I solved my crashing problem by stopping the video from playing before adding to the time line. Works for me.

[patty]

mine crashes every time I try editing. I’m using a MAC High Sierra 10:13 and the above SETTINGS recommendation don’t apply to MAC… I just updated to 19.09.14 and now get a BLACK screen when I click on FILTERS… is this fixable… (I can attach the crash message if need be)