No Error Messages when Server Uncontactable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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picard (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: picard
Having tried Picard a few times and never scored a hit, I thought the fingerprinting algorithm must be rubbish. What I didn't know was that my queries were not reaching the MusicBrainz server. No error messages ever popped up and the "Log" window was perfectly blank. Occasionally the bottom status bar would flash up "No matching tracks for file xyz.mp3" for a few milliseconds... another miss!
Failure to reach the server could be for any number of reasons:-
- no MusicBrainz account
- login details not entered into the options panel
- typo' in login details
- firewall, proxy or other network blockage
- incorrect server address or address format
- temporary MusicBrainz server outage.
People who haven't used Picard before are unlikely to have accounts at MusicBrainz, so that's probably surprised quite a few newbies. :)
A couple of error messages to cover these situations would really help.
[Picard 0.9.0-2 on Xubuntu Hardy]
Changed in picard (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
One thing that was fixed upstream are missing or incorrect login details. If the user fails to login on actions that require a MusicBrainz login Picard will show a login dialog. This will be in the next release.
See http:// bazaar. launchpad. net/~musicbrain z-developers/ picard/ trunk/revision/ 823