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    wrote on last edited by shashankx86
    #1

    Hi
    I am made a GUI application to Download songs from spotify
    But When I click on Download Button (after filling url and other things) GUI got freeze (not responding), it automatically get fixed when download completed

    I have search about it, most of them answer was to use QThread So I did but After that when i click Download button GUI gets crashed with showing any error

    INFO
    Using Pyside2
    OS: Windows 11 (preview)
    Python3.9.5
    Using Pycharm

    Code Without QThread:

    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
    
    ################################################################################
    ## Form generated from reading UI file 'mainRVYOKe.ui'
    ##
    ## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 5.15.2
    ##
    ## WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost when recompiling UI file!
    ################################################################################
    import multiprocessing
    import sys
    import os
    import time
    from PySide2 import QtCore
    from PySide2.QtCore import QRect, QCoreApplication, QMetaObject, QThread, Qt, Signal, QObject
    from PySide2.QtGui import *
    from PySide2.QtWidgets import QWidget, QLabel, QPushButton, QComboBox, QLineEdit, QMainWindow, QApplication, QGraphicsDropShadowEffect, QFileDialog
    import unittest
    
    class Ui_MainWindow(object):
        def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
            if not MainWindow.objectName():
                MainWindow.setObjectName(u"MainWindow")
            MainWindow.resize(433, 572)
            self.centralwidget = QWidget(MainWindow)
            self.centralwidget.setObjectName(u"centralwidget")
            self.drop_shadow_frame = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setObjectName(u"drop_shadow_frame")
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 431, 571))
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setStyleSheet(u"background-color: rgb(72, 72, 72);\n"
    "border-radius: 20px;")
            self.title_bar = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.title_bar.setObjectName(u"title_bar")
            self.title_bar.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 61, 571))
            self.title_bar.setStyleSheet(u"QLabel {\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);		\n"
    "	border-top-left-radius: 20px; \n"
    "	border-bottom-left-radius: 20px; \n"
    "}")
            self.btn_close = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.btn_close.setObjectName(u"btn_close")
            self.btn_close.setGeometry(QRect(20, 20, 16, 16))
            self.btn_close.setStyleSheet(u"QPushButton {\n"
    "	border: none;\n"
    "	border-radius: 8px;	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(157, 0, 0);\n"
    "}\n"
    "QPushButton:hover {	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\n"
    "}")
            self.btn_minimize = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.btn_minimize.setObjectName(u"btn_minimize")
            self.btn_minimize.setGeometry(QRect(20, 50, 16, 16))
            self.btn_minimize.setStyleSheet(u"QPushButton {\n"
    "	border: none;\n"
    "	border-radius: 8px;	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(56, 167, 82);\n"
    "}\n"
    "QPushButton:hover {	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(85, 255, 127);\n"
    "}")
            self.github_i = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.github_i.setObjectName(u"github_i")
            self.github_i.setGeometry(QRect(10, 510, 41, 41))
            self.github_i.setStyleSheet(u"")
            self.github_i.setPixmap(QPixmap(u"git-g.png"))
            self.github_i.setScaledContents(True)
            self.spotify_logo = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.spotify_logo.setObjectName(u"spotify_logo")
            self.spotify_logo.setGeometry(QRect(90, 60, 291, 291))
            self.spotify_logo.setPixmap(QPixmap(u"logo.png"))
            self.spotify_logo.setScaledContents(True)
            self.label_audioformat = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.label_audioformat.setObjectName(u"label_audioformat")
            self.label_audioformat.setGeometry(QRect(70, 400, 111, 17))
            self.label_url = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.label_url.setObjectName(u"label_url")
            self.label_url.setGeometry(QRect(70, 340, 51, 21))
            self.status_bk = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.status_bk.setObjectName(u"status_bk")
            self.status_bk.setGeometry(QRect(130, 470, 201, 21))
            self.status_bk.setStyleSheet(u"background-color: rgb(139, 139, 139);\n"
    "border-radius : 10px;")
            self.stat = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.stat.setObjectName(u"stat")
            self.stat.setGeometry(QRect(230, 470, 91, 17))
            self.Downlaodbt = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.Downlaodbt.setObjectName(u"Downlaodbt")
            self.Downlaodbt.setGeometry(QRect(146, 508, 171, 41))
            self.Downlaodbt.released.connect(self.dl)
            self.spotify_text = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.spotify_text.setObjectName(u"spotify_text")
            self.spotify_text.setGeometry(QRect(60, 20, 351, 41))
            self.select_format = QComboBox(self.centralwidget)
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.setObjectName(u"select_format")
            self.select_format.setGeometry(QRect(70, 420, 151, 31))
            self.select_format.setStyleSheet(u"border-radius: 10px;\n"
    "background-color: rgb(143, 143, 143);\n"
    "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n"
    "text-align:center;")
            self.input_url = QLineEdit(self.centralwidget)
            self.input_url.setObjectName(u"input_url")
            self.input_url.setGeometry(QRect(70, 360, 351, 31))
            self.input_url.setStyleSheet(u"border-radius: 10px;\n"
    "background-color: rgb(143, 143, 143);\n"
    "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);")
            self.status = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.status.setObjectName(u"status")
            self.status.setGeometry(QRect(170, 470, 59, 17))
            self.folder_path = QLineEdit(self.centralwidget)
            self.folder_path.setObjectName(u"folder_path")
            self.folder_path.setGeometry(QRect(230, 420, 151, 31))
            self.folder_path.setStyleSheet(u"border-top-right-radius: 10px;\n"
    "border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;\n"
    "\n"
    "background-color: rgb(143, 143, 143);\n"
    "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);")
            self.select_folder = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.select_folder.setObjectName(u"select_folder")
            self.select_folder.setGeometry(QRect(390, 420, 31, 31))
            self.select_folder.clicked.connect(self.open_folder)
            self.label = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.label.setObjectName(u"label")
            self.label.setGeometry(QRect(230, 400, 101, 17))
            MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
    
            self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
    
            QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
    
        # setupUi
    
        def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
            MainWindow.setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"MainWindow", None))
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setText("")
            self.title_bar.setText("")
            self.btn_close.setText("")
            self.btn_minimize.setText("")
            self.github_i.setText("")
            self.spotify_logo.setText("")
            self.label_audioformat.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"AUDIO FORMAT:", None))
            self.label_url.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"<html><head/><body><p><span style=\" font-size:9pt;\">URL:</span></p></body></html>", None))
            self.status_bk.setText("")
            self.stat.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"NONE", None))
            self.Downlaodbt.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Downlaod", None))
            self.spotify_text.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"<html><head/><body><p align=\"center\"><span style=\" font-size:18pt; font-weight:600;\">Spotify Downloader</span></p></body></html>", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(0, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"mp3", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(1, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"wav", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(2, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"flac", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(3, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"ogg", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(4, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"m4a", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(5, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"opus", None))
    
            self.status.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"<html><head/><body><p><span style=\" color:#ffffff;\">STATUS:</span></p></body></html>", None))
            self.select_folder.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"...", None))
            self.label.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"OUTPUT PATH:", None))
        # retranslateUi
    
    
        def open_folder(self):
            path_fol = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory()
            print(path_fol)
            self.folder_path.setText(path_fol)
    
        def dl(self):
            self.Downlaodbt.setEnabled(False)
            print("Your URL: " + self.input_url.text())
            audio_format = self.select_format.currentText()
            os.system(
                "spotdl " + "--output-format " + audio_format + " " + "-o " + self.folder_path.text() + " " + self.input_url.text())
            print("Done!")
            self.Downlaodbt.setEnabled(True)
    

    Code With QThread:

    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
    
    ################################################################################
    ## Form generated from reading UI file 'mainRVYOKe.ui'
    ##
    ## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 5.15.2
    ##
    ## WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost when recompiling UI file!
    ################################################################################
    import multiprocessing
    import sys
    import os
    import time
    from PySide2 import QtCore
    from PySide2.QtCore import QRect, QCoreApplication, QMetaObject, QThread, Qt, Signal, QObject
    from PySide2.QtGui import *
    from PySide2.QtWidgets import QWidget, QLabel, QPushButton, QComboBox, QLineEdit, QMainWindow, QApplication, QGraphicsDropShadowEffect, QFileDialog
    import unittest
    
    class Ui_MainWindow(object):
        def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
            if not MainWindow.objectName():
                MainWindow.setObjectName(u"MainWindow")
            MainWindow.resize(433, 572)
            self.centralwidget = QWidget(MainWindow)
            self.centralwidget.setObjectName(u"centralwidget")
            self.drop_shadow_frame = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setObjectName(u"drop_shadow_frame")
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 431, 571))
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setStyleSheet(u"background-color: rgb(72, 72, 72);\n"
    "border-radius: 20px;")
            self.title_bar = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.title_bar.setObjectName(u"title_bar")
            self.title_bar.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 61, 571))
            self.title_bar.setStyleSheet(u"QLabel {\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);		\n"
    "	border-top-left-radius: 20px; \n"
    "	border-bottom-left-radius: 20px; \n"
    "}")
            self.btn_close = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.btn_close.setObjectName(u"btn_close")
            self.btn_close.setGeometry(QRect(20, 20, 16, 16))
            self.btn_close.setStyleSheet(u"QPushButton {\n"
    "	border: none;\n"
    "	border-radius: 8px;	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(157, 0, 0);\n"
    "}\n"
    "QPushButton:hover {	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\n"
    "}")
            self.btn_minimize = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.btn_minimize.setObjectName(u"btn_minimize")
            self.btn_minimize.setGeometry(QRect(20, 50, 16, 16))
            self.btn_minimize.setStyleSheet(u"QPushButton {\n"
    "	border: none;\n"
    "	border-radius: 8px;	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(56, 167, 82);\n"
    "}\n"
    "QPushButton:hover {	\n"
    "	background-color: rgb(85, 255, 127);\n"
    "}")
            self.github_i = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.github_i.setObjectName(u"github_i")
            self.github_i.setGeometry(QRect(10, 510, 41, 41))
            self.github_i.setStyleSheet(u"")
            self.github_i.setPixmap(QPixmap(u"git-g.png"))
            self.github_i.setScaledContents(True)
            self.spotify_logo = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.spotify_logo.setObjectName(u"spotify_logo")
            self.spotify_logo.setGeometry(QRect(90, 60, 291, 291))
            self.spotify_logo.setPixmap(QPixmap(u"logo.png"))
            self.spotify_logo.setScaledContents(True)
            self.label_audioformat = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.label_audioformat.setObjectName(u"label_audioformat")
            self.label_audioformat.setGeometry(QRect(70, 400, 111, 17))
            self.label_url = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.label_url.setObjectName(u"label_url")
            self.label_url.setGeometry(QRect(70, 340, 51, 21))
            self.status_bk = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.status_bk.setObjectName(u"status_bk")
            self.status_bk.setGeometry(QRect(130, 470, 201, 21))
            self.status_bk.setStyleSheet(u"background-color: rgb(139, 139, 139);\n"
    "border-radius : 10px;")
            self.stat = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.stat.setObjectName(u"stat")
            self.stat.setGeometry(QRect(230, 470, 91, 17))
            self.Downlaodbt = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.Downlaodbt.setObjectName(u"Downlaodbt")
            self.Downlaodbt.setGeometry(QRect(146, 508, 171, 41))
            self.Downlaodbt.released.connect(self.dll)
            self.spotify_text = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.spotify_text.setObjectName(u"spotify_text")
            self.spotify_text.setGeometry(QRect(60, 20, 351, 41))
            self.select_format = QComboBox(self.centralwidget)
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.addItem("")
            self.select_format.setObjectName(u"select_format")
            self.select_format.setGeometry(QRect(70, 420, 151, 31))
            self.select_format.setStyleSheet(u"border-radius: 10px;\n"
    "background-color: rgb(143, 143, 143);\n"
    "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n"
    "text-align:center;")
            self.input_url = QLineEdit(self.centralwidget)
            self.input_url.setObjectName(u"input_url")
            self.input_url.setGeometry(QRect(70, 360, 351, 31))
            self.input_url.setStyleSheet(u"border-radius: 10px;\n"
    "background-color: rgb(143, 143, 143);\n"
    "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);")
            self.status = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.status.setObjectName(u"status")
            self.status.setGeometry(QRect(170, 470, 59, 17))
            self.folder_path = QLineEdit(self.centralwidget)
            self.folder_path.setObjectName(u"folder_path")
            self.folder_path.setGeometry(QRect(230, 420, 151, 31))
            self.folder_path.setStyleSheet(u"border-top-right-radius: 10px;\n"
    "border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;\n"
    "\n"
    "background-color: rgb(143, 143, 143);\n"
    "color: rgb(255, 255, 255);")
            self.select_folder = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
            self.select_folder.setObjectName(u"select_folder")
            self.select_folder.setGeometry(QRect(390, 420, 31, 31))
            self.select_folder.clicked.connect(self.open_folder)
            self.label = QLabel(self.centralwidget)
            self.label.setObjectName(u"label")
            self.label.setGeometry(QRect(230, 400, 101, 17))
            MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
    
            self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
    
            QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
    
        # setupUi
    
        def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
            MainWindow.setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"MainWindow", None))
            self.drop_shadow_frame.setText("")
            self.title_bar.setText("")
            self.btn_close.setText("")
            self.btn_minimize.setText("")
            self.github_i.setText("")
            self.spotify_logo.setText("")
            self.label_audioformat.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"AUDIO FORMAT:", None))
            self.label_url.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"<html><head/><body><p><span style=\" font-size:9pt;\">URL:</span></p></body></html>", None))
            self.status_bk.setText("")
            self.stat.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"NONE", None))
            self.Downlaodbt.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Downlaod", None))
            self.spotify_text.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"<html><head/><body><p align=\"center\"><span style=\" font-size:18pt; font-weight:600;\">Spotify Downloader</span></p></body></html>", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(0, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"mp3", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(1, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"wav", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(2, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"flac", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(3, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"ogg", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(4, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"m4a", None))
            self.select_format.setItemText(5, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"opus", None))
    
            self.status.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"<html><head/><body><p><span style=\" color:#ffffff;\">STATUS:</span></p></body></html>", None))
            self.select_folder.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"...", None))
            self.label.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"OUTPUT PATH:", None))
        # retranslateUi
    
    
        def open_folder(self):
            path_fol = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory()
            print(path_fol)
            self.folder_path.setText(path_fol)
    
        def dll(self):
            self.worker = WorkerThread()
            self.worker.start()
    
    class WorkerThread(QThread):
        def dl(self):
            self.Downlaodbt.setEnabled(False)
            print("Your URL: " + self.input_url.text())
            audio_format = self.select_format.currentText()
            os.system(
                "spotdl " + "--output-format " + audio_format + " " + "-o " + self.folder_path.text() + " " + self.input_url.text())
            print("Done!")
            self.Downlaodbt.setEnabled(True)
    

    Using another python file to run it without system titlebar (using custom one)

    What I did Worng ??

    Note: I am Noob

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      SGaist
      Lifetime Qt Champion
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      Hi and welcome to devnet,

      You are using os.system which is synchronous and thus blocks Qt's event loop.

      There's no need for threads, use QProcess.

      Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
      Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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      • SGaistS SGaist

        Hi and welcome to devnet,

        You are using os.system which is synchronous and thus blocks Qt's event loop.

        There's no need for threads, use QProcess.

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        shashankx86
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        @SGaist How I Fix It ?

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          SGaist
          Lifetime Qt Champion
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          Well I wrote it in my answer:
          @SGaist said in How I fix GUI Freeze While Executing Function:

          There's no need for threads, use QProcess.

          Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
          Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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