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Project profile vs. Render profile: What is the difference, how to chose correctly?

File Structure

As already pointed out in the Quickstart, we suggest to use a different project folder for each project. Kdenlive will generate the following folders for caching in the project folder:

ladspa/
proxy/ for the proxy clips that have been generated
thumbs/ for thumbnails to all used clips
titles/

These directories can be deleted if not required anymore (for example for saving space on the harddrive). Kdenlive will create them again when you load the project the next time. Attention: The titles/ directory is the default directory for saved .kdenlivetitle title files. Make sure that you did not save any important files in there before deleting it.

Source clips can be located anywhere. Still, some thoughts about their location:

Material (images, clips, audio) that is used for one project only can be put into a subdirectory of the project folder as well. This keeps all important file together, and searching for the files takes less time.
Material that is used by multiple projects. I’ve got a video collection the same way that I have a photo collection.

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-* Where should a project be created? (own directory because of the thumbs/ladspa/proxy directories that will be created, and because it just works™)
-* What are the thumbs/ladspa/... directories good for? Can they be deleted? (→ Yes, just don't delete the titles directory if some .kdenlivetitle files were saved in there. Deleting the thumbs directory can sometimes be the solution to crashes when loading a project.)
 * Project profile vs. Render profile: What is the difference, how to chose correctly?
-* How to use proxy clips, and why (better speed due to lower resolution and less decoding)
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 * <code>thumbs/</code> for thumbnails to all used clips
 * <code>titles/</code>
+These directories can be deleted if not required anymore (for example for saving space on the harddrive). Kdenlive will create them again when you load the project the next time. ''Attention:'' The <code>titles/</code> directory is the default directory for saved <tt>.kdenlivetitle</tt> title files. Make sure that you did not save any important files in there before deleting it.
 Source clips can be located anywhere. Still, some thoughts about their location:
 * Material (images, clips, audio) that is used for one project only can be put into a subdirectory of the project folder as well. This keeps all important file together, and searching for the files takes less time.
 * Material that is used by multiple projects. I’ve got a video collection the same way that I have a photo collection.