Pitivi wont start TypeError: function takes at most 0 arguments (1 given)

[sam tygier]

Pitivi fails to start with the following backtrace

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pitivi", line 136, in <module>
    _run_pitivi()
  File "/usr/bin/pitivi", line 123, in _run_pitivi
    sys.exit(ptv.main(sys.argv))
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py", line 416, in main
    ptv = StartupWizardGuiPitivi(debug=options.debug)
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py", line 362, in __init__
    self.projectManager.newBlankProject(emission=False)
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py", line 419, in newBlankProject
    project = Project(_("New Project"))
  File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pitivi/python/pitivi/project.py", line 559, in __init__
    Gst.Caps("application/ogg"),
TypeError: function takes at most 0 arguments (1 given)

Looks like same as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109481 and https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730596

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: pitivi 0.93-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-11.16-generic 3.16.1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 31 12:00:53 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-09 (21 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu MATE 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140731)
SourcePackage: pitivi
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo)]

AFAICT this is a bug in the gst-python overrides for gobject introspection, which has been fixed upstream. In theory, Ubuntu could provide an update for this.

[Thibault Saunier (saunierthibault)]

The fix is here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-python/commit/?id=4c08c3396c3cdadc939a9889f1e4664f938921a0

The problem was introduced in PyGobject in that particular commit: https://git.gnome.org/browse/pygobject/commit/?id=3a2bfc8bf01fcae386355bc3652780e198e54d49

Please at least add that patch in gst-python so that pitivi can be used with default packages on ubuntu.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[sam tygier (samtygier)]

seems fixed with 0.93-4ubuntu1