Rhythmbox not reading 'year' tag

[Keith Drummond]

Ubuntu 13.04

Attempting to create an automatic playlist sorted by year.

Rhythmbox does not seem able to see the 'year' tag and does not fill out the playlist.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: rhythmbox 2.98-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-12.21-generic 3.8.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 15 11:18:02 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-10 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130309)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

Year is always shown as "Unknown" in RB & also the same seen in nautilus > properties on any properly tagged audio file (13.04

[JC (nothingness)]

I can confirm this on Ubuntu 13.04 x64 stable.

[Dimitrios Charalampidis (d-s-charalampidis)]

same here ubuntu 13.04 x64

[[e-mail] (janto-gmx)]

me too (same here Ubuntu 13.04 x64).

[Alastair Gilfillan (alastair-a)]

I'm using libmp3lame under 13.04 amd64 but this dosn't seem to be Rhythmbox-specific. As stated, it affects Nautilus as well.

* avconv -i *.mp3 also does **not** list year, if it ever did
* id3v2 -l *.mp3 displays `year` and all other fields (as does tagging software like Puddletag)

[Aleksander Śmierciak (aleksander-smierciak)]

I can confirm this bug. Rhythmbox sees any track from my library as having "Unknown" year, even though this tag is present (verified with Puddletag).

[oldmaga (oldmaga)]

Same for me (Ubuntu 13.04, 32 AND 64).
Rather annoying.....

[Josué Barroso (josue-s-barroso)]

Why does it remain unassigned?
The bug was reported on March and no solution so far!
Please someone look into it
I really miss listen my albums sorted by year

[Jenne_87 (jenne-mail-87)]

I have re-read my complete library today.
Here, I have the same problem.

All "Year" tags are displayed as "Unknown".

ubuntu 13.04 x64
rythembox 2.98

The program is unusable without "year" tags.

[Strelok (who-)]

This is known Rhythmbox bug: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/rhythmbox-devel/2013-June/msg00013.html
Here is fix commit: https://git.gnome.org/browse/rhythmbox/commit/?id=d78b2db2762becc2556c454e8ae7f12521eb8f1f

In attachment cherry-picked patch from upstream to fix this issue in Ubuntu version of Rhythmbox. Maintainers, please send patched version to repository.

To test it:
1) Download Rhythmbox source for Ubuntu:
apt-get source rhythmbox
2) Copy patch:
copy fix_metadata_read.patch (from attachment) to debian/patches/ and append to debian/patches/series line:
fix_metadata_read.patch
3) Install dependences:
sudo apt-get build-dep rhythmbox
4) Build .deb:
sudo debuild -uc -us
5) Install patched version:
sudo dpkg -i librhythmbox-core6_2.98-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb

Be careful, this instruction not full. You must know that are you doing.

This patch works for me perfectly.

[Strelok (who-)]

After install patched version, you need refresh database (readd music).

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "Cherry-picked upstream patch for 2.98 version" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

[Josué Barroso (josue-s-barroso)]

Why the status is invalid for Nautilus?
Is there any hint about when the patched version will be on the repository?

[Strelok (who-)]

> Why the status is invalid for Nautilus?
Because this bug Rhythmbox-specific. You need to open new bug to Nautilus. See Reporting Bugs rules: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
> "The rule of thumb is one report, per person, per hardware combination, per bug."
> "Please do not stack multiple issues into one report"

Sorry for this, i suppose it's obvious.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Hi Strelok,
Thanks for finding the patch, I've submitted a merge proposal which I hope will be reviewed soon.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue is fixed in the current Ubuntu version. Btw, you should subscribe ubuntu-sponsors if there is something to review

[Danillo (danillo)]

By current Ubuntu version you mean Trusty or Saucy? I'm using Saucy and the bug's still here.

[Fredda (wiegner)]

I can confirm this. Not fixed in saucy. It's still rhythmbox version 2.99.1-0ubuntu1 from May this year.
Only version rhythmbox 3.0.1-1ubuntu5 for trusty seems to be updated as this is from November 15th.

Please backport, this bug is really annoying.

[Danillo (danillo)]

I confirm it working on Rhythmbox 3.0 on Ubuntu 13.10. I guess for now we can install the newer version from the fossfreedom PPA: http://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/how-to-install-rhythmbox-3-0-in-saucy/

Plugins for the newer version can be installed from another PPA: http://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/installing-rhythmbox-3-0-plugins-the-easy-way/