Banshee does not write song metadata

[Youssef]

While using Banshee, i noticed that it has a problem with song tags. So i did a little test, i changed the tags of a song, copied it's file to another location, and played it with another music player, and the song tags were the same, nothing seems to have changed when i chnaged the song information in Banshee. This leads me to believe that Banshee is not writing the tags to the file, although i had already checked the option to "write metadata to files" as the player said. Could someone look into this please ?!

[Albert Damen (albrt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in banshee.

[Maciej Strzelecki (mstrzele)]

I'm confirming this bug. Banshee is not writing the tags to the MP3 files.

[venkaya (venkaya)]

same problem here. I noticed after changing info on approx 200 tracks.....

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

Can you check on this upstream bug to see if it's related? http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476366

[David M. (dmeireles)]

Same problema here (Ubuntu 7.10). The workaroung provided by Andre Conkling didn't work, the program still doesn't write metadata, while it's configured to do so...

[David M. (dmeireles)]

Don't know if it's related, but I've just discovered that rhythmbox doesn't save metadata too...

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

Well, post back if you can pinpoint this as a Banshee-specific bug.

[Béné (bene-d)]

This *is* the same bug as: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476366

My output (attained from "banshee --debug"):

Setting IO Backend to Banshee.IO.Unix.IOConfig (unix)
** Scheduler: Job scheduled (Banshee.Base.SaveTrackMetadataJob, Highest)
** Scheduler: execution thread created
** Scheduler: Job started (Banshee.Base.SaveTrackMetadataJob)
** Scheduler: Job threw an unhandled exception: System.ArgumentException: Cannot specify OpenFlags.O_CREAT without providing FilePermissions. Use the Open(OpenFlags, FilePermissions) method instead
  at Mono.Unix.UnixFileInfo.Open (OpenFlags flags) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Unix.UnixFileInfo.Open (FileMode mode, FileAccess access) [0x00000]
  at Banshee.IO.Unix.DemuxVfs.get_WriteStream () [0x00000] in /build/buildd/banshee-0.13.1+dfsg/src/Core/Banshee.Base/IO/Unix.cs:209
  at TagLib.File.set_Mode (AccessMode value) [0x00000]
  at TagLib.NonContainer.File.Save () [0x00000]
  at Banshee.Base.SaveTrackMetadataJob.Run () [0x000da] in /build/buildd/banshee-0.13.1+dfsg/src/Core/Banshee.Base/StreamTagger.cs:192
  at Banshee.Kernel.Scheduler.ProcessJobThread () [0x000a5] in /build/buildd/banshee-0.13.1+dfsg/src/Core/Banshee.Base/Banshee.Kernel/Scheduler.cs:232
** Scheduler: execution thread destroyed, no more jobs scheduled

Wade's workaround in the Gnome Bugzilla also didn't work for me.

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

Béné, thanks for confirming that.

[Béné (bene-d)]

I am just trying out Banshee-1 from the Banshee team's PPA and metadata is still not written to the files. I don't get output related to this problem from "banshee-1 --debug" though...

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Béné <email address hidden> wrote:

> I am just trying out Banshee-1 from the Banshee team's PPA and metadata
> is still not written to the files. I don't get output related to this
> problem from "banshee-1 --debug" though...

I do believe the functionality hasn't been added to SVN trunk yet, and in
general bugs shouldn't be reported at all on the development version until
it's available in Ubuntu.

[Béné (bene-d)]

This bug has been fixed upstream and I can confirm that writing metadata to files indeeed does work now.

I am using the banshee-1 package from the Banshee Team's PPA. https://edge.launchpad.net/~banshee-team/+archive

I am closing this bug now. Thanks for all your help!

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

This bug should remain open until someone can confirm that the package included in Intrepid works as well. It's probably a semantic difference, but a worthwhile one.

[Greg A (etulfetulf)]

In Intrepid, whilst this is fixed for MP3 tag editing it is not for OGG tag editing. Please can someone confirm if this is an upstream issue or not, so I know whether to report upstream.

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

This is an upstream bug, as indicated: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476366. That bug was fixed, and should be fixed in Banshee-1 as well (which is available in Intrepid). Marking this as fixed. If you're having another issue, please file a new bug, as it will be perhaps related but not affecting everyone already subscribed to this bug.

[tonfa (bboissin)]

I'm still experiencing this problem with ogg files. Should this be reopened ?

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

No, please open a new bug; that way we can target OGG files specifically.

[tonfa (bboissin)]

Sorry I was wrong, I forgot to check a box in the preferences.

regards,

Benoit

[Xandi (launchpad-net-20-taube)]

For me the problem still exists. I am using version 1.4.2 under Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) from the ppa (https://edge.launchpad.net/~banshee-team/+archive/ppa).

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

Alexander, do you have "Write metadata to files" checked in Banshee's Preferences?

[Alex (dinesh-email)]

I have the same problem : i write the tag but i don´t have the changes in the mp3 ( or mp4) file.
I checked the flag in the preferences.
I found the only way for committing changes is open banshee, DON´T listening to any song and do the changes to tags.

this seems to me pretty weird
ALex

ps.: i work on a 8.10 ubuntu with banshee core 1.2.1.17586

[molecule-eye (niburu1)]

Still experiencing this problem using Banshee daily builds in 32-bit Karmic.

[Alex (dinesh-email)]

molecule-eye: I have no more problem about banshee. They fix this with an upgrade.
I´m using the banshee version installed via apt-get and i already checked it works.
Did you remember to check the enable on the "write meta-data" tag? I post my screen-shot for you

bye
Alex