Configuration

Kdenlive offers a wide variety of settings to adapt the application to your individual preferences and workflow.

General configuration settings for Kdenlive are available through Menu ‣ Settings ‣ Configure Kdenlive.

The Configure Kdenlive window has a search function making it easy for you to find the setting(s) you are searching for.

Search function in the Configure Kdenlive window

While typing, Kdenlive highlights any phrase or section the search term matches.

Sections that do not contain the search term are hidden from view.

The configuration settings are divided into the following sections:

Misc	This section contains settings for the general behavior of Kdenlive, how to handle clip import and effects, and the default duration for the various clip types.
Project Defaults	Kdenlive uses these settings for creating a new project (see Menu > File > New, or when Kdenlive starts and the option for opening the last project is not checked). To change the parameters for a currently open project, use the Project Settings. Please note that while changing parameter for the open project is possible, it is not recommended as it may break things like keyframes and cuts.
Proxy Clips	This section contains settings pertaining to enabling and managing proxy clip generation.
Timeline	This section controls certain aspects of the timeline
Tools	Currently, this section contains only the setting for cutting subtitles.
Environment	This section contains settings pertaining to proxy and transcoding jobs, cache data, third party application and tools, and default folders and apps
Colors and Guides	This section defines which colors to use for thumbnails, guides and markers, and monitor overlays, as well as grid spacing. Here you can also manage the categories for guides and markers.
Speech to Text	This section is used to manage the various models used for VOSK and Whisper
Playback	This section contains settings for playback during editing and external displays
Capture	This section contains settings for screen captures, the Blackmagic DeckLink system, and audio recording
JogShuttle	This section contains the settings for certain attached jog shuttle devices
Transcode	This section contains all the available profiles for transcoding video sources that are not in an edit-friendly format, for example have been recorded with a variable frame rate

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Clicking Restore Defaults will reset every setting in every section to the default value! It is not restricted to the current, selected section.

One exception: A deleted category for Guides and Markers cannot be restored!