cddb not working

[Hadmut Danisch]

Hi,

banshee does not query the cddb databases for CDs, it just says "Could not fetch track information"

regards

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: banshee 2.0.1-1ubuntu1~natty2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 31 11:39:19 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: banshee
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (1 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Marcello Romani (marcello-romani)]

Banshee doesn't use cddb, but musicbraintz.

I see the error in 2.4.0 (just installed from developers' ppa).

[Rob Hills (rhills)]

I've experienced this problem with 2 CDs today. Both are present in the MusicBrainz database. I suspect the problem is that both CDs have "unusual" file/partition layouts.

One is this one (MusicBrainz link) http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/ca08ae46-d5ce-4587-b3f4-45a532f767b8 . When I insert it into the CD on Ubuntu 11.10, automount pops up 2 mount points, one the usual music CD and the other is named "David Hobson" (the artist's name) and contains a Windoze executable. From instructions on the CD jacket, one can download an extra song using this.

The other CD is "Human Nature" "Counting Down" (http://musicbrainz.org/release/0ea44d06-51cb-4f5c-8a4f-87256956b5fe). This CD includes some image files and also causes Ubuntu to create two different Automounts, one for the music and one for the images.

Could these atypical CD layouts be tripping up banshee? If a developer needs an .iso of one of these CDs to test with, I can supply.

[Rob Hills (rhills)]

Googling this issue shows it's long been a problem for Banshee that seems to reappear intermittently.

It would be nice if a permanent "workaround" could be built in, enabling a user to specify a MusicBrainz URL or an album Catalog number that Banshee could then use to retrieve metadata. Then when Banshee can't retrieve this automatically, at least the user can do something to help.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On 25/08/2012 17:09, Rob Hills wrote:
> Googling this issue shows it's long been a problem for Banshee that
> seems to reappear intermittently.
>
> It would be nice if a permanent "workaround" could be built in, enabling
> a user to specify a MusicBrainz URL or an album Catalog number that
> Banshee could then use to retrieve metadata. Then when Banshee can't
> retrieve this automatically, at least the user can do something to help.
>

What does `banshee --debug' say when presented with the problematic audio disk?

--
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On 27/08/2012 07:34, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
> On 25/08/2012 17:09, Rob Hills wrote:
>> Googling this issue shows it's long been a problem for Banshee that
>> seems to reappear intermittently.
>>
>> It would be nice if a permanent "workaround" could be built in, enabling
>> a user to specify a MusicBrainz URL or an album Catalog number that
>> Banshee could then use to retrieve metadata. Then when Banshee can't
>> retrieve this automatically, at least the user can do something to help.
>>
>
> What does `banshee --debug' say when presented with the problematic audio disk?
>

  status incomplete
--
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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