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What does Olive 0.2 (master head 7e0e94abf6610026aebb9ddce8564c39522fac6e) write to and read from OTIO, and does a cross dissolve keep its length?

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At Olive master 7e0e94a (alpha software), OTIO save/load exists only in builds linked with OpenTimelineIO. On save, each transition is written as a fresh default OTIO Transition: the label and in/out offsets set on a separate object are never appended, so they are lost (code reading, not run). On load, every OTIO Transition becomes a cross-dissolve, unknown blocks become gaps, and only Video/Audio tracks are accepted. Curator qualifications: Code read 2026-10-22; Olive not built; no OTIO file written or read. Effect on an actual exported file not observed; OTIO default Transition offsets assumed zero (OTIO library not read). Release status and licence (GPL-3.0) per producer. Limitations: Code read 2026-10-22; Olive not built; no OTIO file written or read. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "note": "app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp L172-188 at 7e0e94a; app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp L158-209; CMakeLists.txt L202-207"
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      "note": "app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp L172-188 at 7e0e94a; app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp L158-209; CMakeLists.txt L202-207"
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] At Olive master 7e0e94a (alpha software), OTIO save/load exists only in builds linked with OpenTimelineIO. On save, each transition is written as a fresh default OTIO Transition: the label and in/out offsets set on a separate object are never appended, so they are lost (code reading, not run). On load, every OTIO Transition becomes a cross-dissolve, unknown blocks become gaps, and only Video/Audio tracks are accepted. · locator: app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp L172-188 at 7e0e94a; app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp L158-209; CMakeLists.txt L202-207 source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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