Q: Why is the software called Olive?
Quote from the Discord server:
My initial conception for Olive was to make something as good as OBS, which as we all know is the de facto live streaming app now, but for video editing. Following the name trend, I was initially gonna go with OVE for Open Video Editor, but it very quickly occurred to me that it was only two letters away from Olive.
Q: The viewer panel just shows black. Is this a bug?
Make sure your graphics drivers are installed and up-to-date. Olive's display is hardware accelerated by design and most (if not all) issues like this are caused by the computer have no/outdated graphics drivers.
Q: Why does it take time for pull requests to be merged even when Travis CI has approved them?
A: Usually this is because code needs to be thoroughly vetted before it can be merged into Olive. Travis CI will only ensure that the software still compiles, it doesn't test whether the code does what it intends, whether it's good quality, or whether it inadvertently breaks a feature somewhere else. To ensure the pull request is good, the vetting process may take time before it gets merged. Be patient, and if you hear no response at all within a week, you may want to notify one of the maintainers.
Q: Can you add a translation for [this language]?
I would love to, but chances are, if it's not my native language, there's nothing I can do. Assuming you're fluent in it, you are very welcome to create and submit a translation of your own, there are even instructions how to do so on this wiki.
Q: When I export, some (or all) of the audio clips are higher or lower pitched but other times they're fine, why is this?
This is a known bug with the old 0.1.x codebase. Approaches to fixing it were largely related to the upcoming node+cache rewrite, so expect it to be fixed soon.
For the time being, the following details workarounds for this issue:
Q: Sometimes exports appear to be glitched, how do I fix this?
This appears to happen when the frame rates of your footage, sequence, and/or export aren't the same. Users have reported that ensuring these are all the same fixes this problem.
Q: How do I connect nodes?
Hold Control (or Command), then drag from a node to the target node you want to connect it to.