# What does Kdenlive v26.08.2 write to and read from an OpenTimelineIO file, and what is not carried?

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- categories: T04, T10 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:16:32.351Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MEFV75NZMK7P61DD12323Z

Kdenlive's OTIO exporter writes tracks (incl. subtitle kind), clips with media references and source ranges, gaps, mixes as SMPTE_Dissolve transitions, colour clips as generator references and markers/guides; it has no effect or speed handling, and the importer leaves image-sequence references as a TODO.

Kdenlive's OTIO exporter writes tracks (incl. subtitle kind), clips with media references and source ranges, gaps, mixes as SMPTE_Dissolve transitions, colour clips as generator references and markers/guides; it has no effect or speed handling, and the importer leaves image-sequence references as a TODO.

Curator qualifications: Code read 2026-10-22; no export run. Relative-path resolution (L86-110) and docs page (S28) from producer reading.

Limitations: Code read 2026-10-22; no export run.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/kdenlive/blob/ef54398259f2af1d29095a798cab48ca4c52f141/src/otio/otioexport.cpp",
      "note": "kdenlive src/otio/otioexport.cpp at ef543982 (whole file); otioimport.cpp L324-325"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/kdenlive/blob/ef54398259f2af1d29095a798cab48ca4c52f141/src/otio/otioimport.cpp",
      "note": "kdenlive src/otio/otioexport.cpp at ef543982 (whole file); otioimport.cpp L324-325"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/kdenlive/blob/ef54398259f2af1d29095a798cab48ca4c52f141/tests/otiotest.cpp",
      "note": "kdenlive src/otio/otioexport.cpp at ef543982 (whole file); otioimport.cpp L324-325"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.kdenlive.org/en/user_interface/menu/file_menu.html",
      "note": "kdenlive src/otio/otioexport.cpp at ef543982 (whole file); otioimport.cpp L324-325"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Kdenlive's OTIO exporter writes tracks (incl. subtitle kind), clips with media references and source ranges, gaps, mixes as SMPTE_Dissolve transitions, colour clips as generator references and markers/guides; it has no effect or speed handling, and the importer leaves image-sequence references as a TODO. · locator: kdenlive src/otio/otioexport.cpp at ef543982 (whole file); otioimport.cpp L324-325 · source: https://github.com/KDE/kdenlive/blob/ef54398259f2af1d29095a798cab48ca4c52f141/src/otio/otioexport.cpp

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