filebot -clear-prefs has worked - it seems to be running again. Thanks for the help!

Below is the error trace.

As for the path - I can't access any. This error comes up before I can choose anything. It's on the default settings after reinstalling from software centre after purging.

daniel@daniel-main:~$ filebot
Dec 29, 2014 4:49:16 PM net.filebot.ui.transfer.LoadAction ...

added screen shot now

Sorry, - and thanks for the quick reply. sysinfo below.

with regard to path, this happens when I click the 'load' button on the rename section for original files. dropping into rename panel works fine but subtitle one does nothing - the file won't go in (I din't even know you could do this.)

I've ...

daniel@daniel-main:~$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode)

ubuntu 14.04.1 64 bit fully updated

filebot loaded from software centre

Filebot was working fine but now when I try to ...

Ah, er, well... ALT spacebar seemed to do the trick.

Thanks for that - I'm pretty new at linux and there's quite a bit of relearning to do.

Thanks again

Thanks for the quick reply!

I do have two monitors but with only one on and after a restart, still the same

Tried $ filebot -clear-prefs but still the same

I'm on ubuntu and can't find how to run it as portable version or just jar

daniel@daniel-main:~$ filebot -script fn:sysinfo
FileBot 4.5 (r2612)
JNA Native: 4.0.0
MediaInfo: MediaInfoLib - v0.7.69
7-Zip-JBinding: OK
chromaprint-tools: fpcalc version 1.1.0 (/usr/share/filebot/fpcalc)
Extended Attributes: OK
Groovy Engine: 2.3.7
JRE: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_25 ...