# Kdenlive Flatpak not importing clips **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** kdenlive\ **Created:** [October 5, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326 "2025-10-05T10:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![funkyskywalker](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@funkyskywalker](https://discuss.kde.org/u/funkyskywalker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/1 "2025-10-05T10:29:19Z")
Hi there, out of the blue, my kdenlive flatpak (25.08.1) stopped working. When i am importing clips the profile won’t get detected, and the clip is only rendered white in the timeline (with no thumbnails). The wierd thing is.. i was just editing the same files the other day, there where no updates on the flatpak OR the system whatsoever (i really do not know what changed). tried resetting the configuration tried clearing cache tried reinstalling the flatpak tried resetting all flatseal settings tried flatpak repair tried to get some info of the flatpak run command while importing file, but not error occurs there as well. Kdenlive Appimage or Shotcut flatpak are working perfectly (but i would rather use the flatpak) so it doesnt seem to be of any system issue. Sooo.. i am really out of ideas right now why this isnt working anymore. Thanks in advance for any help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/monomaniac/32/25897_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://discuss.kde.org/u/monomaniac)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/2 "2025-10-05T10:42:42Z")
Hey there! Having the same issue. Did you try the appimage version recently? Yesterday I installed appimage version out of curiosity and today I am having the same issue you are mentioning. Problem is yesterday I also got an update to the flatpak version so I don’t know if the problem is caused by appimage or the update. Please check my post below (sorry I can’t share links here but surely you can find my post below yours.) ---
**Author:** ![funkyskywalker](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@funkyskywalker](https://discuss.kde.org/u/funkyskywalker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/3 "2025-10-05T10:44:37Z")
I think i found the problem : There was an update just yesterday evening which i did not realize. By resetting to the previous commit it is now working again. ![Screenshot From 2025-10-05 12-41-31](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/7/f75e242b7e1e329a1949fc8b8a1da43714f678cb.png) here you can see the commit i am using now, however, this is still 25.08.01, but this one is working 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/monomaniac/32/25897_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://discuss.kde.org/u/monomaniac)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/4 "2025-10-05T10:45:59Z")
Oh thank God I thought I broke it by trying the appimage version. Okay, I don’t know how to revert commits so I’m just going to stick with appimage version for now until they fix the flatpak with an update. Appimage doesn’t support hardware encoding for some reason so flatpak would be nice to have back. ---
**Author:** ![funkyskywalker](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@funkyskywalker](https://discuss.kde.org/u/funkyskywalker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/5 "2025-10-05T10:47:07Z")
The way to revert the commit is right in my screenshot, bit i will post it here again : `sudo flatpak update --commit=9f28077f3e213194be22abf099c44bd21d1c8f57c3b296ba8583690a333dd629 org.kde.kdenlive` ---
**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/monomaniac/32/25897_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://discuss.kde.org/u/monomaniac)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/6 "2025-10-05T10:49:07Z")
Thanks a lot for that. I have just realized that appimage version is much faster when viewing timeline. In configuration wizard it also shows much more recent LLVM version than flatpak version and I mean considerably newer version. Something tells me the flatpak version doesn’t support hardware encoding either, despite saying it does. I think I will stick with appimage version for a while. appimage is: LLVM 20.1.8 flatpak is: LLVM 19.1.7 For some reason flatpak version now shows warning about subtitle functionality, which I never had before. I think they really broke it with yesterday’s update 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![funkyskywalker](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@funkyskywalker](https://discuss.kde.org/u/funkyskywalker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/7 "2025-10-05T11:05:44Z")
This was the merged pull request ![Screenshot From 2025-10-05 13-05-28](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/4/f4c6e22e1697e725521bb74ac61d6c76be99fef2.png) they updated ffmpeg and libmediainfo, i guess it has something to do with that. I think so because the clips are imported with wrong frame size (like 0x1080) ---
**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/monomaniac/32/25897_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://discuss.kde.org/u/monomaniac)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/8 "2025-10-05T11:15:51Z")
Yup, that seems to be the case. Check this out: ![4to2560](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/9/9/99ed06db1ae870858e4ffa71a4ccb20b74b79e05.png) It’s asking me to convert frame size to 4x2560 instead of 2560x1440. Ooopsie poopsies as they say 😃 They should fix it soon. ---
**Author:** ![Ron](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ron](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Ron)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/9 "2025-10-05T15:30:05Z")
Yeah, this wasn’t _us_ - looks like flathub pushed out dependency updates themselves and they’ve busted stuff. It’s being looked into. Stick with the older version or the AppImage (which we entirely control so stuff like this shouldn’t happen). > [@monomaniac](#): > > Something tells me the flatpak version doesn’t support hardware encoding either Both have _some_ support for using some hardware for some operations - but there shouldn’t be any difference between our builds in that respect. It’s only if you’re using distro packages that all bets are off as to what their maintainer might have done, we can’t control that, and (sadly) very few of them ever actually interact with us or the users here. ---
**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/monomaniac/32/25897_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://discuss.kde.org/u/monomaniac)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/10 "2025-10-05T15:51:24Z")
That’s reassuring to hear. I couldn’t be sure since appimage version says “no hardware encoder is found” while flatpak version says it’s available and sets Vaapi automatically. In appimage version I cannot even select Vaapi in settings, it’s not available. However, performance is clearly better on appimage. Timeline and clip playback takes less time to initiate and scrubbing is more responsive. So I had a hunch both had hardware acceleration support somehow. Also everything seems more up-to-date somehow. LLVM version is up to date in appimage while flatpak is fairly old. So I will keep using appimage version for the reasons above. Everything seems better this way. Thanks for your response, always good to hear answers from someone involved in the project. Have a great day 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![funkyskywalker](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@funkyskywalker](https://discuss.kde.org/u/funkyskywalker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/11 "2025-10-05T16:07:06Z")
That could be a problem with the not so savvy user, that is just installing flatpaks by software center, because the updates are happening automaticly. They might not know how to revert to an older commit. Maybe it would be the best if you revert the last update on flathub if possible. ---
**Author:** ![berndmj](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/berndmj/32/2423_2.png) [@berndmj](https://discuss.kde.org/u/berndmj)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/12 "2025-10-05T16:32:06Z")
> [@funkyskywalker](#): > > They might not know how to revert to an older commit. See here: [Kdenlive Flatpak not importing clips - #5 by funkyskywalker](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/5) ---
**Author:** ![frdbr](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/frdbr/32/73_2.png) [@frdbr](https://discuss.kde.org/u/frdbr)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/13 "2025-10-06T00:37:20Z")
There should be a refresh of the latest version, try upgrading and let us know. ---
**Author:** ![funkyskywalker](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@funkyskywalker](https://discuss.kde.org/u/funkyskywalker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/14 "2025-10-06T13:30:51Z")
I can confirm, it is working fine with the latest update. ---
**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/monomaniac/32/25897_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://discuss.kde.org/u/monomaniac)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/15 "2025-10-06T13:55:02Z")
Issue seems to be fixed with the latest update. ---
**Author:** ![frdbr](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/frdbr/32/73_2.png) [@frdbr](https://discuss.kde.org/u/frdbr)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/16 "2025-10-06T15:31:35Z")
Happy to know, I downgraded ffmpeg. We are not ready for ffmpeg 8 yet… ---
**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/monomaniac/32/25897_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://discuss.kde.org/u/monomaniac)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/17 "2025-10-06T15:39:04Z")
Hi, Don’t want to hijack the topic but, can you take a look at this if you have the time, too. Appimage version does not support VAAPI Hardware Encoding for some reason. All the error log and stuff is in this post: > [@Appimage Version Does Not Support Vaapi Hardware Acceleration](https://discuss.kde.org/t/appimage-version-does-not-support-vaapi-hardware-acceleration/40377): > > Due to recent oopsie with flatpak version I had to use the appimage version for a couple of days. Despite being told: “Both have some support for using some hardware for some operations - but there shouldn’t be any difference between our builds in that respect.” in a separate topic, I have come to realize that appimage version indeed does not support hardware accelerated encoding while flatpak version does. Tried to render a project using Vaapi Av1 format and immediately had an error. My GPU i… ---
**Author:** ![Ron](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ron](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Ron)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kdenlive-flatpak-not-importing-clips/40326/18 "2025-10-06T16:46:06Z")
> [@monomaniac](#): > > Don’t want to hijack the topic Yeah really. Don’t crosspost like this. The appimage and the flatpak are maintained in different spaces and mostly need the attention of different people.