Fix xml-clip producer regression in 1ddb9c6

Also fixes constructing a producer through the factory with a null
profile.

Author: ddennedy

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14...3.31)
 
 project(MLT
-  VERSION 7.36.0
+  VERSION 7.36.1
   DESCRIPTION "Multimedia Framework"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://www.mltframework.org"
   LANGUAGES C CXX

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 MLT Release Notes
 -----------------
 
+Version 7.36.1
+  - Fixed construcing a new producer with a null profile.
+  - Fixed constructing a `xml-clip` profile.
+
+
 Version 7.36.0
 
 Framework

docs/melt.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.38.4.
-.TH MELT "1" "December 2025" "melt 7.36.0" "User Commands"
+.TH MELT "1" "December 2025" "melt 7.36.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 melt \- author, play, and encode multitrack audio/video compositions
 .SH SYNOPSIS

src/framework/mlt_factory.c

@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ mlt_producer mlt_factory_producer(mlt_profile profile, const char *service, cons
 {
     mlt_producer obj = NULL;
 
-    if (!mlt_profile_is_valid(profile))
+    if (profile && !mlt_profile_is_valid(profile))
         return obj;
 
     // Pick up the default normalizing producer if necessary

src/framework/mlt_version.h

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #define LIBMLT_VERSION_MAJOR 7
 #define LIBMLT_VERSION_MINOR 36
-#define LIBMLT_VERSION_REVISION 0
+#define LIBMLT_VERSION_REVISION 1
 #define LIBMLT_VERSION_INT \
     ((LIBMLT_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) + (LIBMLT_VERSION_MINOR << 8) + LIBMLT_VERSION_REVISION)
 #define LIBMLT_VERSION \

src/modules/xml/producer_xml-clip.c

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * producer_xml-clip.c -- A wrapper for mlt XML in native profile
- * Copyright (C) 2024 Meltytech, LLC
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Meltytech, LLC
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ mlt_producer producer_xmlclip_init(mlt_profile profile,
                                    const char *id,
                                    char *arg)
 {
-    mlt_profile native_profile = calloc(1, sizeof(struct mlt_profile_s));
+    mlt_profile native_profile = mlt_profile_init(NULL);
     mlt_producer xml_producer = mlt_factory_producer(native_profile, "xml", arg);
     mlt_producer self = mlt_producer_new(native_profile);