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--- video-editing [2016/12/28 05:14]
tdem [Lightworks]
+++ video-editing [2016/12/28 05:29]
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 ==== Moving tracks in Shotcut ====
 One feature Shotcut appears to be missing is reordering tracks. That is, if you insert a new track it is always before the current track, which can be very annoying.
+However, it **is possible** to move tracks in Shotcut! But you need to do it from outside the program.
+Basically open up your projects save file (projectname.mlt) file in a text editor, or even better an editor with syntax highlighting like Geany.
+Find the blocks of xml that define your tracks. They will look something like this:
+<code xml>  <playlist id="playlist0">
+    <property name="shotcut:video">1</property>
+    <property name="shotcut:name">V2</property>
+    <blank length="00:01:10.040"/>
+    <entry producer="producer39" in="00:00:00.000" out="00:00:24.400"/>
+  </playlist>
+</code>
+Note the shotcut:name property which helps you identify which "playlist" is which track. Now all you need to do to reorder your tracks is swap the id of your two tracks!
+In my case I changed playlist0 to playlist1 and vice versa.
+Next time you load this file the changes are applied. Needless to say you should create a backup of the file first! This procedure has not really been tested extensively, but seems to work so far.