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Configuration

By default, red saves projects to $HOME/red_data and prompts you to navigate to a media folder each time you open a video.

To override either, create ~/.config/red/config.json:

{
  "media_folder": "/nfs/exports/ratlv",
  "project_folder": "/nfs/exports/ratlv/fetch_runs"
}

Recognized keys:

  • media_folder — default folder shown in the "open videos" dialog.
  • project_folder — default save location for .redproj projects.