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I've been using AviDemux for years. Sometimes, I'd like to go back to a previous edit... is there some file that it produces, where I'd be able to find previous edit points, so I don't have to start from scratch to re-edit? If not, some kind of simple edit list, in a future version, would be a great addition.
Thanks for any help!!!

You can save the current edit with
File menu / Project Script / Save As Project...

Later you can load it by
File menu / Project Script / Run Project...

Quote from: burf on November 29, 2022, 06:02:33 AMSometimes, I'd like to go back to a previous edit... is there some file that it produces, where I'd be able to find previous edit points, so I don't have to start from scratch to re-edit?

If you meant "the previous state of editing of the currently loaded file within the current Avidemux session", Undo/Redo actions accessible from the "Edit" menu or via keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y might be what you are looking for.

Quote from: burf on November 29, 2022, 06:02:33 AMI've been using AviDemux for years. Sometimes, I'd like to go back to a previous edit... is there some file that it produces, where I'd be able to find previous edit points, so I don't have to start from scratch to re-edit? If not, some kind of simple edit list, in a future version, would be a great addition.
Thanks for any help!!!

As mentioned by szlldm above, to see the edit points in the application, you'd need to save the edit as a project first. Other than saving the project before hand and re-running the project, not really. Since you want to edit the cut points in the GUI side of the application, you'd need to plan ahead.

I will say this though, and this is very "behind the scenes"/"use at your own risk", but there are job files automatically created in your AppData folder, and if you wanted to change any parameters of a job, leaving the cut points exactly as they were before, I actually do this all the time. If you go to c:\Users\(yourusername)\AppData\Roaming\avidemux\jobs and look at the job files, you can change certain parameters in the text file, for example, let's say you meant to encode with RF20 instead of RF22, then just change that value, and save the file. Then in the avidemux job control application, set the job to "Ready" and re-run the queue. Keeping in mind it will overwrite your previous file. You could technically also change the cut points with the segments and markers, but it would be very difficult to do, and I wouldn't advise it. If you want to change the job's output filename, you can do that in the SQLite database using "DB Browser" from https://sqlitebrowser.org, and use it to edit the jobs.sql file.

Thanks for the replies. The saving project script I use often, as well as undo.
@datatracer: Interesting... I don't have a 'jobs' folder, or any jobs files, other than 'jobs.sql'. Also, where exactly, is the "job control application?" Is that part of avidemux, or a separate app, as I don't see it in the program itself?

As far as my OP, just a simple list of previous edits in a session, in-points & out-points, duration, etc, would be helpful. The project script itself, is great to save settings, but not the edits themselves.
Anyway, thanks again for the suggestions!

Quote from: burf on December 01, 2022, 10:01:33 AMAlso, where exactly, is the "job control application?

avidemux_jobs.exe, you will find it in the same directory as avidemux.exe.

While Avidemux Jobs uses project scripts, using project scripts doesn't require Avidemux Jobs.

Quote from: burf on December 01, 2022, 10:01:33 AMjust a simple list of previous edits in a session, in-points & out-points, duration, etc, would be helpful.

As Avidemux has no idea of a list of edits (all it knows is segment layout), this task is not really trivial. Maybe someone writes a parser for project files to create human-readable cut lists.