Voice overs

[HABalloonist]

Each time I hit the microphone to record new instructions for my video it wants me to create a new file. I did find a post about this. Here is what they said.

@shotcut

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).

Apparently someone had sucess with this and I sort of understand but… Where is this XML File they are talking about? How do I find it and how do I view the code that needs to be fixed or changed? I have done a few videos and some of them automatically created new files for the voice overs and some want me to create a new name each time.

Please when you answer “I know NOTHING” I am hopeless, careless, useless, clueless and can only do the things you give me specific steps to follow.
Thanks
Jeff

[brian]

Those technical XML instructions are only necessary if you have a project that was not created with a project folder and you want to add one later after you have started.

I strongly recommend to just start a new project (and do this EVERY time).

See the instructions here:

Project Management

Introduction Shotcut does not provide very much in the way of project management at this time. Rather, you are required to manage many aspects of this. There are a few things you should know: Shotcut saves to a project file in a text format called MLT XML. (Technical detail on that format can be found here.) The project file does not contain any of your media. Rather, it only links to your media files by file system path and name. There are 3 different kinds of projects: Clip If you put a…

Just type a project name and click “Start”.

@HABalloonist

I have done a few videos and some of them automatically created new files for the voice overs and some want me to create a new name each time.

I suppose that sometimes you created a project folder and sometimes you did not.

[HABalloonist]

I kept messing with how to fix it and just finally gave in and named each voice over since it would have been way much more work to build a whole new video. Here is the video.
https://aviation-ranch.com/video/Mindd-1.m4v

I will mark this closed. Thank you!