#981278 subdownloader: Crashes when trying to download subtitle

Package:
subdownloader
Source:
subdownloader
Submitter:
Pelle Hjek
Date:
2026-10-01 17:24:02 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#981278#5
Date:
2021-01-28 16:21:03 UTC
From:
To:
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
From:
To:
This defeats the purpose of the program. As upstream has abandoned the
software I suggest to remove it from Debian.

#981278#21
Date:
2026-10-01 17:23:07 UTC
From:
To:
Dear submitter,

as the package subdownloader has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1149037

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.

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