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[lale <lalelale@xxxxxxx>]

I understand the reasoning behind the patch by battmanux (I could not yet try it).
However I would discourage adopting such a complicated behavior in which openshot tries to "fix the project itself" without asking -- just consider what confusing behavior this would have for users who have source video files with the same name in different locations of the disk.

In my opinion, at least at first it would be safer to adopt one of the
following, well-defined behaviors.

Option A) Just use relative paths for everything
Option B) Use relative paths for anything within or below the .osp file directory, keep absolute paths for everything else (similar to what PowerPoint does with linked video files: if the linked file it's in the same directory as the ppt it's expected to be moved around together with the ppt, else it's an absolute path).

Just my 2 cents

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538558

Title:
  absolute paths in .osp

Status in OpenShot Video Editor:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I have opened .osp file with text editor and seems like paths to media files in project are absolute.
  It will be great to use relative from .osp file paths to media files.

  It should be much easy to move(send) clip sources and  project file to
  another location

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