Every project in OpenShot must have a (also known as a ). A profile determines the following playback & export settings for your video project: frame rate, height & width, aspect ratio, and pixel ratio.
Here is an example profile, for ATSC 1080i 60Hz:
description |
ATSC 1080i 60Hz |
Name of your profile as it will appear in OpenShot. |
frame_rate_num |
30000 |
Numerator of the frame-rate. |
frame_rate_den |
1001 |
Denominator of the frame-rate. |
width |
1920 |
Width of the video. |
height |
1080 |
Height of the video. |
progressive |
0 |
0 = Interlaced, 1 = Progressive |
sample_aspect_num |
1 |
Numerator of pixel ratio. |
sample_aspect_den |
1 |
Denominator of pixel ratio. |
display_aspect_num |
16 |
Numerator of display aspect ratio. |
display_aspect_den |
9 |
Denominator of display aspect ratio. |
OpenShot has over 40 predefined profiles / project types available. However, if you can not find a profile that works for your project, you can also create your own. Locate the /openshot/profiles/ folder. Copy and rename an existing profile. Edit the profile with your favorite text editor. Next time you launch OpenShot, you will be able to choose your new profile.