global application clipboard

components/AlbumArtGraphicsView.py

@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ class AlbumArtGraphicsView(QGraphicsView):
         if not self.scene().items():
             return  # dont care if no pic
 
-        clipboard = self.qapp.clipboard()
+        clipboard = self.qapp.clipboard
         pixmap_item = self.scene().items()[0]
         if hasattr(pixmap_item, "pixmap"):
             clipboard.setPixmap(pixmap_item.pixmap())
 
     def paste_album_art_from_clipboard(self):
         """Handles pasting album art into a song via system clipboard"""
-        clipboard = self.qapp.clipboard()
+        clipboard = self.qapp.clipboard
         mime_data = clipboard.mimeData()
         # Check if clipboard data is raw data or filepath
         pixmap = None
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ class AlbumArtGraphicsView(QGraphicsView):
             pixmap = clipboard.pixmap()
         # Put image on screen and emit signal for ID3 tags to be updated
         if pixmap is not None:  # Add pixmap raw data image
-            try:
-                self.scene().clear()
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+            # try:
+            #     self.scene().clear()
+            # except Exception:
+            #     pass
             self.scene().addPixmap(pixmap)
             # Create temp file for pic
             temp_file, file_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".jpg")

main.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import (
     QRunnable,
 )
 from PyQt5.QtMultimedia import QMediaPlayer, QMediaContent, QAudioProbe
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QCloseEvent, QPixmap, QResizeEvent
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QClipboard, QCloseEvent, QPixmap, QResizeEvent
 from utils import (
     scan_for_music,
     delete_and_create_library_database,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Worker(QRunnable):
 class ApplicationWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
     playlistCreatedSignal = pyqtSignal()
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, clipboard):
         super(ApplicationWindow, self).__init__()
         global stopped
         stopped = False
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class ApplicationWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.probe: QAudioProbe = QAudioProbe()  # Gets audio data
         self.audio_visualizer: AudioVisualizer = AudioVisualizer(self.player)
         self.current_volume: int = 50
+        self.clipboard = clipboard
         self.tableView.load_qapp(self)
         self.albumGraphicsView.load_qapp(self)
         self.config.read("config.ini")
@@ -601,9 +602,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.path.append(project_root)
     # Start the app
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+    clipboard = app.clipboard()
     # Dark theme >:3
     qdarktheme.setup_theme()
     # Show the UI
-    ui = ApplicationWindow()
+    ui = ApplicationWindow(clipboard)
     ui.show()
     sys.exit(app.exec_())