OpenShot video editor doesn't open

Question

I installed OpenShot video editor by using sudo apt install openshot from the official repository, then I tried to open it by using openshot-qt command and it camed errrors, here's the output:

Compiled translation resources missing!
Loading translations from: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/language
Loaded modules from installed directory: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt
      launch:INFO ------------------------------------------------
      launch:INFO    OpenShot (version 2.4.3)
      launch:INFO ------------------------------------------------
         app:INFO openshot-qt version: 2.4.3
         app:INFO libopenshot version: 0.2.2
         app:INFO platform: Linux-5.4.0-65-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
         app:INFO processor: x86_64
         app:INFO machine: x86_64
         app:INFO python version: 3.8.5
         app:INFO qt5 version: 5.15.2
         app:INFO pyqt5 version: 5.15.2
     metrics:ERROR Error determining OS version in metrics.py
    language:INFO Qt Detected Languages: ['en-US', 'en']
    language:INFO LANG Environment Variable: en_US.UTF-8
    language:INFO LOCALE Environment Variable: 
    language:INFO OpenShot Preference Language: Default
project_data:INFO Setting default profile to HD 720p 30 fps
ZmqLogger::Connection - Error binding to tcp://*:5556. Switching to an available port.
ZmqLogger::Connection - Error binding to tcp://*:5556. Switching to an available port.
         app:INFO Setting font to Cantarell
logger_libopenshot:INFO Connecting to libopenshot with debug port: 5556
         app:INFO Setting custom dark theme
  exceptions:ERROR Unhandled Exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/openshot-qt", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('openshot-qt==2.4.3', 'gui_scripts', 'openshot-qt')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/launch.py", line 98, in main
    app = OpenShotApp(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/classes/app.py", line 157, in __init__
    from windows.main_window import MainWindow
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/windows/main_window.py", line 43, in <module>
    from windows.views.timeline_webview import TimelineWebView
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/openshot_qt/windows/views/timeline_webview.py", line 40, in <module>
    from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView
ValueError: PyCapsule_GetPointer called with incorrect name

^C      logger:ERROR Exception ignored in:
      logger:ERROR <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py'>
      logger:ERROR Traceback (most recent call last):
      logger:ERROR   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 1388, in _shutdown
      logger:ERROR lock.acquire()
      logger:ERROR KeyboardInterrupt
      logger:ERROR :

I am using UBUNTU 20.04.

You can download `Openshot` from the Ubuntu Software Center. It works fine on 20.04.2 — graham, Feb 22 '21 at 14:19
@24601, after I installed openshot with apt it says it's installed in software center. — MandiYang, Feb 22 '21 at 14:23
Oh my god - using `sudo openshot-qt` works, but not `pxexec openshot-qt`, why? — MandiYang, Feb 22 '21 at 14:26
Related: https://github.com/OpenShot/openshot-qt/issues/3890 — Hermann, May 07 '21 at 14:59
@Hermann, thanks but now it throws error RELATED TO https://github.com/OpenShot/openshot-qt/issues/3615 — MandiYang, May 09 '21 at 16:21
Does this answer your question? [Openshot not opening in Ubuntu 18.04, No module named PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1273119/openshot-not-opening-in-ubuntu-18-04-no-module-named-pyqt5-qtwebkitwidgets) — Roshin Raphel, Dec 04 '21 at 17:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 01 '23 at 14:03

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Here is how I solved this problem(openShot not launching in ubuntu 22.04)

add the OpenShot PPA repository to our Ubuntu 22.04 using the below command.
```
 sudo apt-add-repository ppa:openshot.developers/libopenshot-daily
```

When prompted, click the ENTER command to proceed with adding the PPA

Once the PPA repository is added, we can then use the apt command to fetch the openshot-qt package and install it with the below command.
```
 sudo apt-get install openshot-qt
```

And after that, openshot worked very well.

edited Feb 01 '23 at 14:03

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answered Feb 01 '23 at 13:56

Saul N mupalia

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Unfortunately this has stopped working. There is a bug-report thread: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openshot-qt/+bug/1971094 – Stephen Lawrence Feb 22 '23 at 17:55

OpenShot video editor doesn't open

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