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[Tom Earp <earp.tom@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Ubunto 12.04
OpenShot v 1.4.0

This bug arises due to the way in which project files are kept within
the openshot project. They are stored with full path names, which means
that if any of the locations of the project files change then they are
no longer valid, which produces an error message when loading the
project saying it can't find the file(s). Right-clicking the project
file in question and typing in the location, then clicking Apply does
not seem to fix it.

Everyone's method of working is different, but I prefer to have all the source audio/video files for a project in a separate directory. I then save the OpenShot project to that directory so that everything is contained in the one directory.
Operating in this manner should allow a project to be relocated elsewhere on the machine, or perhaps copied to DVD/USB stick/etc for editing on another machine. Because the project stores the full path name of the project files unless the location of the folder on the other machine is exactly the same then this issue occurs.

I would suggest storing the relative paths to the project files in the
OpenShot project.

** Affects: openshot
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  openshot project suffering from invalid project files

Status in OpenShot Video Editor:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubunto 12.04
  OpenShot v 1.4.0

  This bug arises due to the way in which project files are kept within
  the openshot project. They are stored with full path names, which
  means that if any of the locations of the project files change then
  they are no longer valid, which produces an error message when loading
  the project saying it can't find the file(s). Right-clicking the
  project file in question and typing in the location, then clicking
  Apply does not seem to fix it.

  Everyone's method of working is different, but I prefer to have all the source audio/video files for a project in a separate directory. I then save the OpenShot project to that directory so that everything is contained in the one directory.
  Operating in this manner should allow a project to be relocated elsewhere on the machine, or perhaps copied to DVD/USB stick/etc for editing on another machine. Because the project stores the full path name of the project files unless the location of the folder on the other machine is exactly the same then this issue occurs.

  I would suggest storing the relative paths to the project files in the
  OpenShot project.

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