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MLT Profiles

Share your MLT profiles!
Here is the list of the existing MLT profiles. If you are logged in, you can click on a profile name to edit it, or create a new profile. Check our profile description before that.

Installing a profile in Kdenlive (requires Kdenlive >= 0.7.3)
To install one of these profiles, start Kdenlive and go to the menu "menu Settings > Download New MLT Profiles...". You will then see a list of all profiles, just select the one you need and click Install.

Profile name summary Frame width Frame height Frame rate num Frame rate den Display aspect ratio num Display aspect ratio den Pixel aspect ration num Pixel aspect ration den Scanning Name Updated Approved
1920x1080

DRD> not approved, redundant

1920 1080 25 1 1 1 16 9 Progressive praetorian 2010-12-29 No
640 x 360 widescreen

Format for web-videos in widescreen (640x360)

640 360 25 1 16 9 1 1 Progressive ufx 2010-04-25 Yes
Amv 1

My first amv lets hope it works out
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DRD> AMV = Anime Music Video. There is nothing in web search that shows 500x350 is the preferred resolution for sharing AMVs, and the framerate is not sane. Not approved.

500 350 123 123 1 1 1 1 Progressive vocaloidess 2011-08-27 No
DV PAL 4/3

non-square pixel variant of SD 4:3 progressive PAL

720 576 3000 101 4 3 100 80 Progressive lumardi 2010-12-29 Yes
DV PAL widescreen

DV PAL widescreen
DRD> not approved, redundant

720 576 30 1 16 9 100 80 Interlaced the-admin 2011-08-27 No
hd480

Low bandwidth HD

854 480 24 1 16 9 1 1 Progressive testtest 2010-12-29 Yes
HDV 1080i

DRD> not approved, redundant

1440 1080 25 1 16 9 4 3 Interlaced IngeSv 2010-12-29 No
HDV 720 24p

This format is commonly used during lossless HD production from film or film like sources (such as 3D rendered content).

A higher equivalent exists as ATSC 1080 24 p.

1280 720 24 1 16 9 1 1 Progressive joetainment 2009-04-04 Yes
Htc Hero 320x240

Profile for importing 3gp video files created with Htc Hero smartphone.

(See details: http://www.kdenlive.org/forum/automatic-mlt-profiles#comment-14612)

320 240 40 1 4 3 1 1 Progressive benderamp 2011-08-27 Yes
Ipod 320 - 30p 320 240 30 1 4 3 1 1 Progressive jmpoure 2009-04-04 Yes
Ipod 320 25p 320 240 25 1 4 3 1 1 Progressive jmpoure 2009-04-04 Yes
Ipod 640 - 25p 640 480 25 1 4 3 1 1 Progressive jmpoure 2009-04-04 Yes
Ipod 640 - 30 p 640 480 30 1 4 3 1 1 Progressive jmpoure 2009-04-04 Yes
Olympus E-PM1

Profile for video made by camera Olympus E-PM1 in FullHD Fine mode.

1920 1080 60 1 16 9 1 1 Interlaced mesc 2011-12-21 No
pal

DRD> not approved, redundant and incorrect aspect ratios

720 576 25 25 1 1 1 1 Interlaced Vitalicus 2011-08-27 No
Screencast HD

Profile for HD screencasts, for example to upload on blip.tv

1280 720 15 1 16 9 1 1 Progressive j-b-m 2009-03-06 Yes
YouTube HD Widescreen (16/9)

This is to make it easier to create a YouTube HD project to upload to YouTube. The resolution is 1280x720 and the aspect ratio is 16/9.

DRD> not approved - interlaced and strange pixel aspect ratio

1280 720 30 1 16 9 32 27 Interlaced xtremek 2010-12-29 No