url dispatcher doesn't seem to be triggering music to play in the music app when music is on the SD card

[Dave Morley]

STEPS:
PREREQUISITE: Music on sdcard
1. Swipe to the music scope
2. Select a track
3. Click on play in Music App

EXPECTATION:
I expect the music to start playing in the music app

ACTUAL:
The button changes to the depressed view and then raises again.

[Dave Morley (davmor2)]

The piece of music can be played in the music app by opening the music app and then selecting the piece of music in the app. It can also be played by pressing the play button in the scope. However it can't be played by clicking the play in music app button.

[Ted Gould (ted)]

Hmm, works for me. What I did:

1) Flash/wipe with image 31
2) Copy Music to the device using MTP
3) Click on the album
4) Click on "Play in Music Play"

Music player started and started playing the album.

[Ted Gould (ted)]

Thought that perhaps it was because I selected an album. Instead I selected an individual track and then clicked on play in music app, that worked as well for me.

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

This all works totally fine for me, sorry - cannot reproduce

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Correction - if I load the music on the SD card it is reproducible

[Dave Morley (davmor2)]

Ted it turns out that is might just be music that is on the sdcard. Brendan has confirmed it now doesn't work for him.

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Immediately after running the test case there is a crash in unity8 - this bit seems to be pertinent to the problem:

BadURL: file:///media/phablet/4D3E-F9E1/Smashing%20Pumpkins/Mellon%20Collie%20and%20the%20Infinite%20Sadness/1-10%20Cupid%20de%20Locke.m4a

[James Henstridge (jamesh)]

I just checked, and ubuntu-rtm currently has version 0.2+14.10.20140828.1-0ubuntu1 of this package. The fix to use music:/// URIs to only went in in version 0.2+14.10.20140903-0ubuntu1, which would fix launching music-app for songs on the SD card.

That release has not been copied to ubuntu-rtm yet, due to a regression in the in-preview playback (bug 1367334). The fix for that bug is currently making its way through CI Train, and when it lands in Utopic can be copied to ubuntu-rtm.