OpenShot will not run

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Unable to get OpenShot to run.

when started the output looks like:

Loaded modules from: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/openshot_qt
INFO sentry: No sentry_sdk module detected (error reporting is disabled)
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app: Wed Jul 15 18:48:45 2026
INFO app: Starting new session
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app: OpenShot (version 3.5.1)
INFO app: ------------------------------------------------
INFO app: openshot-qt version: 3.5.1
INFO app: libopenshot version: 0.4.0
INFO app: platform: Linux-7.1.3-1-default-x86_64-with-glibc2.43
INFO app: processor: x86_64
INFO app: machine: x86_64
INFO app: python version: 3.13.13
INFO app: qt5 version: 5.15.19
INFO app: pyqt5 version: 5.15.10
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/openshot_qt/launch.py”, line 229, in main
app = OpenShotApp(argv)
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/openshot_qt/classes/app.py”, line 130, in init
self.settings.load()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/openshot_qt/classes/settings.py”, line 129, in load
default_settings = self._apply_runtime_defaults(
self.read_from_file(self.defaults_path)
)
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/openshot_qt/classes/settings.py”, line 70, in _apply_runtime_defaults
“omp_threads_number”: lib_settings.DefaultOMPThreads(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: ‘Settings’ object has no attribute ‘DefaultOMPThreads’

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/openshot-qt”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point(‘openshot-qt==3.5.1’, ‘gui_scripts’, ‘openshot-qt’)())
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/openshot_qt/launch.py”, line 231, in main
app.show_errors()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘show_errors’
INFO app: OpenShot’s session ended
INFO app: Wed Jul 15 18:48:45 2026
INFO app: ================================================
bob@Osprey:~>

It looks like a python module is missing but it’s a bit sketch as to which.

Bob Taylor

2

Hi, See https://github.com/OpenShot/openshot-qt/issues/6015

3

So there is to be no actual update rpm for this application? Understood. Video editing software that I used last summer no longer working on the same machine after all sorts of software was updated so Factory is dropping support.

The PPA stuff is from the developer directly. I’ve never heard of this method of application installation and now I’m forced to trust another repository.

I may have to relearn yet another program for video editing as a result.

Never mind then.

4

The QT6 option is there? Where is the rpm version coming from?

Edit, what about the flatpak version installed as your user?

flatpak search openshot
Name                        Description                                                                  Application ID             Version      Branch      Remotes
OpenShot Video Editor       An easy to use, quick to learn, and surprisingly powerful video editor       org.openshot.OpenShot      3.5.1        stable      flathub