Version 21.01.31 crashes whenever I try to put a video into the timeline

Currently I’m on the 21.01.31 version of the program on Chromebook, and it keeps crashing whenever I try to add an mp4 to the project timeline. It can open and playback the file fine, but whenever I try to drag and drop it into the timeline it crashes immediately. I’ve tried setting up new projects to see if it was an issue with the one I had created, but it occurs whenever I try to add any video to the timeline, even after fiddling with things like the video resolution. I’ve even deleted and reinstalled Shotcut, but the issue persists.

The only thing I can think may be the cause is that my Chromebook keeps telling me that my Linux container can be upgraded each time I boot it up, but whenever I try to upgrade it won’t let me. Otherwise, I’m at a loss, though I’m admittedly not experienced with this kind of thing so any advice would be appreciated.

Is that the last version supported on your chromebook? It’s about 3 years old at this point. Try to see if the latest one installs and runs fine from the download page: Shotcut - Download

In addition, we did not make that version. It came from a distribution package, and there have been a few problems reported about that package but did not occur in our builds.