Hi I have the same in Linux mint Maya 64bits (based ob ubuntu 12 precise Pangolin.
I didn't understand https://answers.launchpad.net/openshot/+faq/2197 Openshot worked well untill decembre 2013 but now there is no way it can strart. I did the second procedure : jl@TRICASSE-linux ~/Bureau $ sh openshotdebug.sh Kernel ------ Linux TRICASSE-linux 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Architecture ------ x86_64 OS Version ------ Linux Mint 13 Maya ffmpeg Version ------ ffmpeg version 0.10.11-7:0.10.11-1~precise1 built on Feb 6 2014 16:53:05 with gcc 4.6.3 configuration: --arch=amd64 --disable-stripping --enable-pthreads --enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-version='7:0.10.11-1~precise1' --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --enable-bzlib --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --enable-libopencv --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-vaapi --enable-vdpau --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-zlib --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-libcdio --enable-x11grab --enable-libx264 --shlibdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-shared --disable-static libavutil 51. 35.100 / 51. 35.100 libavcodec 53. 61.100 / 53. 61.100 libavformat 53. 32.100 / 53. 32.100 libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100 libavfilter 2. 61.100 / 2. 61.100 libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100 libswresample 0. 6.100 / 0. 6.100 libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100 openshot Version ------ openshot 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 ffmpeg Version ------ ffmpeg 7:0.10.11-1~precise1 melt / mlt Version ------ MLT melt 0.7.7 Version libreria MLT ------ ii libmlt++3 0.7.6+git20120204-2 MLT multimedia framework C++ wrapper (runtime) ii libmlt-data 0.7.6+git20120204-2 multimedia framework (data) ii libmlt4 0.7.6+git20120204-2 multimedia framework (runtime) Version libreria libav ------ ii libav-tools 7:0.10.11-1~precise1 Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder (transitional package) ii libavahi-client3 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi client library ii libavahi-client3:i386 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi client library ii libavahi-common-data 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi common data files ii libavahi-common-data:i386 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi common data files ii libavahi-common3 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi common library ii libavahi-common3:i386 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi common library ii libavahi-core7 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi's embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD library ii libavahi-glib1 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi glib integration library ii libavahi-gobject0 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi GObject library ii libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 0.6.30-5ubuntu2.1 Avahi GTK+ User interface library for GTK3 ii libavc1394-0 0.5.3-1ubuntu2 control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices ii libavc1394-0:i386 0.5.3-1ubuntu2 control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices ii libavcodec53 7:0.10.11-1~precise1 FFmpeg codec library ii libavdevice53 7:0.10.11-1~precise1 FFmpeg device handling library ii libavfilter2 7:0.10.11-1~precise1 FFmpeg video filtering library ii libavformat53 7:0.10.11-1~precise1 FFmpeg file format library ii libavutil51 7:0.10.11-1~precise1 FFmpeg utility library Then i made : jl@TRICASSE-linux ~ $ python Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2013, 20:03:06) [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import mlt >>> mlt.Factory().init() No LADSPA plugins were found! Check your LADSPA_PATH environment variable. <mlt.Repository; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'Mlt::Repository *' at 0x7fe743470a20> > >>> In case of i installed Steve harris's ladspa plugins http://plugin.org.uk/ found in Mint software manager Then i tried sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ffmpeg Absolutely no effect. Hoping there is enough intel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243428 Title: OpenShot don't work in Ubuntu13.10 (Run normally in 13.04) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/1243428/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs