crashes with `ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available`

[bedokaram187]

description:

• The pre-built binary fails immediately when i run it from the terminal.
• i get "you are not authorized to execute this file" error when i run it from dolphin

error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 6, in <module>
  File "fileconverter/cli.py", line 162, in main
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "pyimod02_importers.py", line 457, in exec_module
  File "fileconverter/ui/progress_window.py", line 10, in <module>
  File "gi/__init__.py", line 150, in require_version
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
[PYI-4801:ERROR] Failed to execute script '__main__' due to unhandled exception!

environment:

• OS: Arch linux
• DE: KDE

[AlexDevFlow]

Thanks for reporting this! Fixed in v1.0.1.
The binary was crashing because GTK 4 typelibs weren't found on your system, and the error wasn't being caught properly.
With the fix, the converter will now run in headless mode (no progress window, but conversions should complete fine). If you'd like the GUI progress window, install GTK 4:

sudo pacman -S gtk4 libadwaita

Regarding the "not authorized to execute" error in Dolphin, that's a file permissions issue. After downloading, just make sure the binary is executable:

chmod +x fileconverter

However since i am not on the OS, if you find other issues let me know!

[bedokaram187]

thank you for clarifying.

• i guess i don't need the progress bar that much, so i didn't install gtk 4.
• that previous error regarding the missing gtk4 does not appear again .
• after installing the new version, i made sure that the binary is executable. then after i run it i noticed something: i get "File Converter 1.0.0" message. shouldn't it be 1.0.1 ?? i guess you forgot to update the version number in "fileconverter/__int__.py" right?
• however, i got another error:

$ fileconverter --conversion-preset "To Gif" ~/Videos/test/anime_girl_sunset.mp4 --verbose
GTK not available, running headless.
FAILED: anime_girl_sunset.mp4 — ffmpeg error: [in#1 @ 0x55b7c8907300] Error opening input: No such file or directory

• the error "not authorized to execute this file" still exists even though the binary has the right permissions :

$ ls -l /home/bedo/fileconverter
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bedo bedo 11380536 Apr 12 15:42 /home/bedo/fileconverter

[AlexDevFlow]

My bad! The GIF conversion issues should be fixed now, please re-download the binary from the release page.

About the Dolphin error: the file permissions look correct, so this is likely a KDE security policy that blocks binaries downloaded from the internet. You can try stripping the extended attributes by running:

cp fileconverter fileconverter2 && mv fileconverter2 fileconverter

Let me know if the error persists after that :D

[AlexDevFlow]

Just pushed 1.0.2 if you want to check it out, any update?

[bedokaram187]

sorry, i've been busy for the past two days.

The mp4 to Gif conversion now works with no errors in the terminal, but the Dolphin error "you are not authorized to execute this file" is still present, even after "cp fileconverter fileconverter2 && mv fileconverter2 fileconverter".

[AlexDevFlow]

Glad to hear that! About the error: I’ll try to take a look in the next few days (maybe someone finds a fix in the meantime). Thanks for the feedback, and yeah… enjoy what works for now! :D

[Nathan22211]

this might be something specific to dolphin, I'll have to try in nemo.

[AlexDevFlow]

Thanks! Let us know!