Hi,

I've had quite a few problems with amarok 2+, and I actually gave up on the program. Alas, I have found no other alternative, so I have to come back to amarok.

The last problem that turned me off was the fact that I cannot scan my collection. Absolutely no songs are available in amarok from my collection.

I started amarok in debug mode and this is what it says:

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amarok:    ERROR: Database temporary table setup did not complete.  This is probably a result of no directories being scanned.

I though this issue has something to do with some sort of database which is corrupted somewhere, so I deleted the amarok folder in .kde/shar/apps/, .kde/shar/apps/ and usr/share/kde4/apps. This did nothing.

Any ideas?

Oh, and and when I start amarok and go into the settings concerning my collection, the checkmark is set to the right folder, although it is dashed. The Music folder also has a dashed checkmark but inside that folder, no other folder is marked with a dashed or solid checkmark. When I try to import (copy or move files to collection) the collection directory is a folder which does not exist anymore, inside my Music folder.

Could you maybe start by telling us which exact Amarok version you are using, which KDE version and which distribution you have?

Also, where is your collection located? On a local mounted disk, an ntfs share, a remote NAS?

Form your description it sounds as if the collection location was not accessible.

certainly:

using amarok 2.2.0, kde 4.3.2, ubuntu (not kubuntu). My collection is in my home directory.

wiggie wrote:certainly:

using amarok 2.2.0, kde 4.3.2, ubuntu (not kubuntu). My collection is in my home directory.

Please upgrade to 2.2.1 (or even better: 2.2.2-Beta), they come with many bug fixes:

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/amarok-2.2.1
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.4-beta-2

thanks markey,

i have done that. I get the same problems as above. if i use an external db such as mysql, but i get the same result. if i checkmark the music folder, click apply and ok, it won't remember that i did it, when i go back to the settings.

in debug mode i get this message when either mysql or msyqle is used:

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amarok:   BEGIN: virtual OSDWidget::~OSDWidget()
amarok:   END__: virtual OSDWidget::~OSDWidget() - Took 0.00011s
amarok:    Success. Committing result to database.
amarok:    Database temporary table setup did not complete due to no directories needing to be processed.
amarok:   BEGIN: virtual ScanResultProcessor::~ScanResultProcessor()
amarok:   END__: virtual ScanResultProcessor::~ScanResultProcessor() - Took 4.1e-05s


wiggie wrote:thanks markey,

i have done that. I get the same problems as above. if i use an external db such as mysql, but i get the same result. if i checkmark the music folder, click apply and ok, it won't remember that i did it, when i go back to the settings.

in debug mode i get this message when either mysql or msyqle is used:

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amarok:   BEGIN: virtual OSDWidget::~OSDWidget()
amarok:   END__: virtual OSDWidget::~OSDWidget() - Took 0.00011s
amarok:    Success. Committing result to database.
amarok:    Database temporary table setup did not complete due to no directories needing to be processed.
amarok:   BEGIN: virtual ScanResultProcessor::~ScanResultProcessor()
amarok:   END__: virtual ScanResultProcessor::~ScanResultProcessor() - Took 4.1e-05s


Try this, while Amarok is not running, and use the internal DB (it's actually MySQL Embedded):

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mv ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/mysqle ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/mysqle-backup

Hey Markey,

thanks for the reply. I have tried it, but it wasn't successful. What I did try, however, was to uncheck "Scan folders recursively" and "Watch folders for chagne" in the Settings / Collection tab. I then hit Apply and voila, magic! It sacnned only the files in my Music folder. After that I checked "Scan folders recursively" and it scanned all my folders in my Music folder.

Now my collection is back on track.

Perhaps there was a problem with folders being checked that were deleted manually outside of amarok.

Thanks for your help, Mamarok and Markey.

Cheerio