“Display → Show Waveform” does not work

[Timwi]

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Right-click on a video clip
2. Select Display → Show Waveform

Expected behavior:

1. The display should change to show the waveform.
2. When saving the file, this change should be remembered and restored on open.
3. The mouse cursor should remain normal.

Actual behavior:

1. The display of the video clip does not change.
2. When saving the file the following information was added to the JSON: "ui": { "audio_data": null } — I suspect that the null value is indicative of a bug.
3. The mouse cursor permanently changes to the hourglass and can only be reverted to normal by exiting and restarting OpenShot.

System Details:

• OpenShot Version: 3.1.2
• Operating System: Windows 10

[Colorjet3]

Hello @Timwi

I am running Windows 11 Pro and just tested this and I am unable to reproduce this issue. When I right click on a video clip and choose Display | Show Waveform, the waveform only is displayed on the clip on the timeline. Once in a while the mouse turns to an hour glass but as soon as I move it to another track it returns to the normal arrow. I tried this with both a .mov and a .mp4 video/audio file without any issues.

You may want to perform a clean installation of v3.2.1 and try again:

1. Close openshot if running.
2. go to add or remove programs and uninstall Openshot. If you see multiple entries of OpenShot uninstall them all. This could be leftover from v2.x.x.
3. Make a backup of c:\users\username.openshot_qt folder.
4. Delete c:\users\username.openshot_qt folder.
5. Download v3.2.1 from openshot.org.
6. Install and try again. You may want to start with a test project, import a few video files and see if that works before you test your project that you are having the issue with.

[Timwi]

I have done all of that. On a clean reinstall with a default .openshot_qt folder, the behavior persists.

[Timwi]

I am willing to look around the source code and debug this (and other issues) myself; however, I’m a little unfamiliar with Python and I have never used PyQt5. If you have a Discord server or some other online community where somebody might be willing to get me up and running with Visual Studio Code, I might well be interested in joining the development effort.

[Colorjet3]

I am willing to look around the source code and debug this (and other issues) myself; however, I’m a little unfamiliar with Python and I have never used PyQt5. If you have a Discord server or some other online community where somebody might be willing to get me up and running with Visual Studio Code, I might well be interested in joining the development effort.

@jonoomph Please connect with @Timwi regarding this issue.

[Timwi]

Still stuck on this. I managed to get the debugger working in VSC so I can step through the code. I get an Exception saying that a module called openshot cannot be found. I can see that this module is present in src/classes/legacy/openshot but I can’t seem to get VSC or Python to recognize it there. I’ve tried a couple suggestions I found online but it stubbornly repeats this error every time. I need someone to help me set this up so that I can start debugging the application.

Do you guys not have an online community where I can talk to any of the other developers?

[Colorjet3]

The lead developer just started a Discord channel for OpenShot. You will probably be able to connect with him there.

[Colorjet3]

Hello @Timwi Please give the latest dev daily build a try. If you are running Linux be sure to download the AppImage.