#981278 subdownloader: Crashes when trying to download subtitle

Package:
subdownloader
Source:
subdownloader
Submitter:
Pelle Hjek
Date:
2026-05-04 18:31:02 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#981278#5
Date:
2021-01-28 16:21:03 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

When Subdownloader starts, there's a dialog:
any film (like Plan 9 from Outer Space but it happens with any film), selecting
the [English (US)] subtitle, right clicking on the listing and choosing
Download and then finally clicking on the Choose button causes Subdownloader to
crash with the following error in the terminal:

```
Traceback (most recent call last):  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
packages/subdownloader/client/gui/widgets/searchNameWidget.py", line 181, in
onButtonDownloadByTitle
    data_stream =
sub.download(provider_instance=self.get_state().get_OSDBServer(),
callback=callback)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/subdownloader/provider/SDService.py",
line 682, in download
    return BytesIO(subs[0])
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
```
#981278#14
Date:
2026-05-04 18:29:17 UTC
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To:
This defeats the purpose of the program. As upstream has abandoned the
software I suggest to remove it from Debian.