Openshot 1.4.3 continually crashes when saving and working too soon

[Richard J Hanson]

64 Bit Ubuntu 14.10
PC = AMD 8 Core, 16 GB RAM, AMD 2 GB video
Laptop = AMD 4 Core, 4 GB RAM, AMD 1 GB video

OpenShot
    Installation = I think it is daily ?
    Version: 1.4.3-1.1 = both machines

Melt
    Version: melt 0.9.3+git20141005.22abed67-0ubuntu0~sunab~utopic1

libavcodec
    libavcodec-extra-56, version 3:11-1

OK, here is the weird issue:

Creating videos with using only m4v file format, works perfectly, no lockups, no crashes

Creating video with either jpg, png, svg images and mp3 audio
    When I save and then try to start working quickly ( you have no saving window, might want to add that) Openshot will crash instantly, both computers
    When I save, wait about 8 seconds or so, no crash and I can continue working

From my limited understanding maybe you have an issue with data entered during the saving period is corrupting something?

[rdgreenlaw (rgreenlaw)]

I use 64 Bit Ubuntu 14.10 also. Using OpenShot randomly crashes my system or simply closes OpenShot losing my work but leaving an unloadable project file on my system. Any attempt to open the project file crashes OpenShot. I didn't realize that working after saving may be the cause. I have a very short auto-save time (1 minute). I'm going to increase the autosave time or turn it off, then try again, manually saving project as I make changes to the project.

This will severly impact the length of time it takes me to create video so I would really like to see this fixed in the next version of OpenShot.

Thanks for great software. Hope it keeps getting better!