compilation error: content_context.cpp:85:89: error: ‘class QString’ has no member named ‘toAscii’

[chmorgan]

pt -isystem /usr/include/qt5/QtCore -I../build/release/.moc/webvfx -I/usr/lib64/qt5/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o ../build/release/.obj/webvfx/content_context.o content_context.cpp content_context.cpp: In member function ‘QUrl WebVfx::ContentContext::getImageUrl(const QString&)’: content_context.cpp:85:89: error: ‘class QString’ has no member named ‘toAscii’ return QUrl::fromEncoded(QString("image://webvfx/%1/%2").arg(name).arg(renderCount).toAscii(), ^ Makefile.Release:344: recipe for target '../build/release/.obj/webvfx/content_context.o' failed make[2]: *** [../build/release/.obj/webvfx/content_context.o] Error 1

[chmorgan]

Looks like it might be due to deprecated functions in qt 5.6.

[rectalogic]

Try the mlt branch, it's been updated for qt5

[chmorgan]

Yep, that fixed it. Thanks for the pointer there. Still struggling to build shotcut, trying both by building things separately and the build script in the source repository but this helps on the separate build approach.