I cannot stop Rhythmbox from scanning XDG_MUSIC_DIR

[Andrew]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

I want Rhythmbox to use only ~/akorg✽/music✽/library✽ as its Library Location.

What I did:

1) Delete ~/Music.
2) Plug in my MP3 player, and choose to run Rhythmbox when prompted.
3) Close and re-open Rhythmbox.
4) In Edit -> Preferences -> Music, set the Library Location to ~/akorg✽/music✽/library✽.
5) Close and re-open Rhythmbox.

Rhythmbox is now scanning my entire home folder. This is bad. In Edit -> Preferences -> Music, the Library Location is now displayed as "Multiple locations set". When I tried setting the Library Location back to ~/akorg✽/music✽/library✽, the "Music files are placed in:" field displayed "file:///home/ak/akorg✽/music✽/library✽" for a split-second and then changed back to "Multiple locations set".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: rhythmbox 0.13.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 17 10:27:31 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Thanks for your bug report. I think rhythmbox always scans the standard music folder (~/Music). If you delete this folder without changing the settings for the standard folders (Documents, Music, etc.), the music folder is simply set to ~.

Try changing the setting for XDG_MUSIC_DIR in the file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs with a text editor. If this makes the problem go away, please set this bug to invalid.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for rhythmbox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Andrew (andrewkvalheim)]

I'll argue that users shouldn't have to edit a cross-application hidden text file to use what appears as a straightforward setting in Rhythmbox Preferences. Either the Library Location preference should be authoritative and completely override the default location, or Rhythmbox Preferences should explain that XDG_MUSIC_DIR will always be scanned and that the user has no control over this.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #> and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for rhythmbox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]