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josemaria.alkala

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Registered: 2012-12-07

Posts: 34

melt plays black screen

I am trying to use melt, but I am failing so far.

I installed the package by means of:

yay -S mlt-git

> Note: `mlt` 7.2 has an issue about not being properly linked to Xlib.

When I run:

$ melt somevideo.mp4

the CLI shows like the video is playing, but it only opens a black window.

I own a Lenovo laptop with Nvidia proprietary drivers.

I am able to execute kdenlive-appimage which is based on the mltframework project, but it obviously goes with is own libraries.

Any clue about what could go wrong?

Last edited by josemaria.alkala (2021-11-09 22:25:30)

josemaria.alkala

Member

Registered: 2012-12-07

Posts: 34

Re: melt plays black screen

Furthermore, my laptop is a Lenovo Legion:
* AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
* NVidia GeForce RTX 3060

I have observed that I can switch in the BIOS the graphic device, between "Switchable Graphics" and "Discrete Graphic".

MELT does not work in "Discrete Graphic" but it does under "Switchable Graphics".