astraweb exits with error code 1

[Niels Egberts]

Binary package hint: amarok

When I open the Amarok Script Manager and try to use the "astraweb" plugin under Lyrics it exits with error code 1 immidiately as it tries to download a lyric. I'm running Intrepid (currently alpha 2) with amarok 2:1.4.9.1-2ubuntu3.

The details button gives me:

/usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.rb:57:in `fetchLyrics': undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
 from /usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.rb:56:in `each'
 from /usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.rb:56:in `fetchLyrics'
 from /usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.rb:139
 from /usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.rb:125:in `loop'
 from /usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.rb:125

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

Hmm, the Astraweb plugin was removed from Amarok back in 1.4.1-beta1 for being poorly functioning and unmaintained [1]. I guess it's still available via Amarok's plugin installer, though...

Since no one is maintaining the Astraweb plugin anymore, this bug has a very low chance of actually being fixed. I'm going to go ahead and close it. If you require Astraweb over Lyrc or other lyric-providing plugins, please reopen the bug.

[1] http://www.sfr-fresh.com/unix/privat/amarok-1.4.10.tar.gz:a/amarok-1.4.10/ChangeLog -- search text for "Astraweb"

[Klaus S. Madsen (ubuntu-hjernemadsen)]

The script is still availble in a default installation of Kubuntu 8.10:

$ apt-get source amarok
$ cd amarok-1.4.10
$ find . -iname \*astra\*
./amarok/src/scripts/lyrics_astraweb
./amarok/src/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.rb
./amarok/src/scripts/lyrics_astraweb/lyrics_astraweb.spec

[Klaus S. Madsen (ubuntu-hjernemadsen)]

Changing to confirmed, as the script needs to be purged from the Kubuntu amarok packge.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

It isn't there in the Amarok 2.0.1.1 packaging in Jaunty.