File formats for media device bug

[guyvdb]

Binary package hint: amarok

I'm trying to transfer my collection to an external hard disk through the devices interface. I have selected the destination directory with the "Generic Audio Player" option.

When configuring the media device you have to select which file types can be transfered. Only aac, mp3 and wma can be chosen here. Any other file type will have an "&" in the name. When you close and open the configuration dialog those entries will be removed.
The "&" is somehow related to the underlined shortcut indication in the dropdown menu.

The resulting problem is that it's impossible to transfer some formats.

[James Troup (elmo)]

I'm seeing the same thing on Gutsy.

[James Troup (elmo)]

The version in gutsy-backports doesn't have this problem.

[Lydia Pintscher (lydia-pintscher)]

This is fixed in Amarok 1.4.8

[Robert Persson (ireneshusband)]

The problem still exists in 1.4.9.1 for monkey's audio. In other words "ape" is still misspelled "a&pe", meaning that it cannot be chosen as an option. That said, Amarok doesn't recognise Monkey's Audio files anyway, at least when using xine as a back end, so I guess this isn't massively urgent.

[Lydia Pintscher (lydia-pintscher)]

You are right. I will look into this as soon as I can.

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

It's been a long time since anything has happened on this bug. Can anyone confirm that it's still an issue?

Please include your findings and the version of Amarok -- (''apt-cache policy amarok'')

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as requested in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the "Status" column, and change the status back to "New". Thanks again!