This is more of a request than a bug. I would very much prefer it if Noise did not automatically scan my Music folder on first (or any) launch.
Failing that request, if the scan must be kept, I would prefer that the first three options:
- Keep Music Folder Organized
- Write Metadata to File
- Copy Imported Files to Library
...be disabled by default.
The reasons are simple: the first is a complex and time-consuming operation that more often than not impacts the entirety of a system's performance and (usually, in my case) locks up Noise. I don't think a user will be expecting when they just want to launch a jukebox-type program.
The second is that the mentioned objects change (or have the potential to change) one's data, without any real input. If I understand them correctly, the first allows Noise to change the names of files and folders; the second allows Noise to change the tag data in music files; and the third allows Noise to create copies of files (which, in my case, could take up *considerable* space, given a nearly 100G collection).
In tandem, these things can be a powerful one-two punch of unintended consequences: by simply clicking on an orange box with a music note in it, my system *immediately* becomes very busy and kind of slow; all the while, my hard drive space might be diminishing and my data might be getting renamed and moved around, all from just *clicking one icon*.
At best, I would like *both* the automatic first scan *and* all three options to be "off" until I get a chance to look around and turn them on. But having the scan automatically start wouldn't be so bad if those options were off by default -- after all, the first thing anyone's probably going to want to do is import a library (as a music player isn't of much value without one).
If anyone is curious: I found out about this because my particular dual-boot setup exposed the problem. Most of my drive space belongs to windows, and I simply remap my /home/Music folder to a symlink of the one in my Windows account's iTunes folder. Imagine my surprise when subtle changes to filenames and tag data rendered a considerable amount of my iTunes database incorrect.
I agree absolutely.
This just made me panic while I was doing a new backup of my music files (as the old backup disk was defect) using the new Luna installation. While the backup was running I clicked on an mp3 in "Files" which made "Music/Noise" open to play the file but also start importing data. When checking the "Settings" in "Music" I was shocked to see these options - potentially modifying my music files (without me wanting it - and before I had a new backup).