Rhythmbox needs to re-scan my iRiver H320 every time I plug it in.

[Flamekebab]

I have an iRiver H320. Rhythmbox recognises it and slowly but surely detects all the music on there. However, being a 20GB DAP, this takes quite some time, even over USB2. This isn't a problem in itself - the problem comes in that EVERY TIME I plug the iRiver in, Rhythmbox has forgotten its previous contents and needs to rescan it. A rather long and laborious process, to say the least!

[Simon Law (sfllaw)]

This appears to be a Rhythmbox design feature. Doesn't it do exactly the
same for local music when it starts up?

[Flamekebab (flamekebab)]

Hmm, I'm not certain, I don't have the space on my laptop to keep local
music (I keep it all on my iRiver). However I've had music on a different PC
using rhythmbox and it didn't take an age to scan all the content.

I just thought Rhythmbox might maintain a database of some sort so it
wouldn't need to refresh the entire contents of the portable device every
time it's plugged in. To be honest, I think "design feature" is a bit, well,
it reminds me of the old saying "it's not a bug, it's a feature!"..

On 25/08/06, Simon Law <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> This appears to be a Rhythmbox design feature. Doesn't it do exactly the
> same for local music when it starts up?
>
> ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>
> --
> Rhythmbox needs to re-scan my iRiver H320 every time I plug it in.
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/57711
>

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

that's a known feature request and duplicate of bug #38759