Rhythmbox tries to open non-audio files and crashes.

[Shelagh]

When there are .mood files left over from Amarok or Clementine sometimes Rhythmbox will crash. I have to find what file Rhythmbox was trying to play and go to that folder and delete the (corrupted .mood file).
In the --debug logs the mood file is being read as a pixbuf file. I'm guessing that this means the file has somehow been corrupted. My file manager also shows the file in question as being an image file. I think mood files are supposed to be simple text files.
My real question is why does Rhythmbox just not ignore files which are not audio files rather than crashing?
I'm using Rhythmbox 2.96
and I'm happy to post a debug log next time it happens if you like.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time. Your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates.

It would help us a lot if you could test on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once in a terminal:

apport-collect 1310887

and then change the status of the bug back to "New".

Please add any additional information that you think might be relevant. Alternatively, please confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the bug report. If we do not hear from you this bug report will expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you again

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Shelagh (shelagh-manton)]

Hi Paul, I don't use Rythmbox any more. I will not be testing this bug
again, so please feel free to close the report.
Regards
Shelagh

On Tue., 3 Dec. 2019, 22:16 Paul White, <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to
> look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some
> time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.
> Your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates.
>
> It would help us a lot if you could test on a currently supported Ubuntu
> version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the
> updated logs by running only once in a terminal:
>
> apport-collect 1310887
>
> and then change the status of the bug back to "New".
>
> Please add any additional information that you think might be relevant.
> Alternatively, please confirm that this is no longer a problem and that
> we can close the bug report. If we do not hear from you this bug report
> will expire in approximately 60 days time.
>
> Thank you again
>
> Paul White
> [Ubuntu Bug Squad]
>
> ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
> Rhythmbox tries to open non-audio files and crashes.
>
> Status in rhythmbox package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> When there are .mood files left over from Amarok or Clementine sometimes
> Rhythmbox will crash. I have to find what file Rhythmbox was trying to play
> and go to that folder and delete the (corrupted .mood file).
> In the --debug logs the mood file is being read as a pixbuf file. I'm
> guessing that this means the file has somehow been corrupted. My file
> manager also shows the file in question as being an image file. I think
> mood files are supposed to be simple text files.
> My real question is why does Rhythmbox just not ignore files which are
> not audio files rather than crashing?
> I'm using Rhythmbox 2.96
> and I'm happy to post a debug log next time it happens if you like.
>
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[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thanks for your prompt reply Shelagh.

As no one else has confirmed the issue and without any further testing of rhythmbox with files left over from the specified applications this bug report is no longer valid.