I'm using Amarok Version 2.3.0 (KDE 4.4.2) with the xine backend on Ububtu 10.04. When trying to add mp3s to the local collection the program moves it into the Music folder and changes the name but does not show up in the local collection in Amarok itself. Any suggestions?

I'm using Amarok Version 2.3.0 (KDE 4.4.2) with the xine backend on Ububtu 10.04. When trying to add mp3s to the local collection the program moves it into the Music folder and changes the name but does not show up in the local collection in Amarok itself. Any suggestions?

you should upgrade to 2.3.1

do have "watch folders for changes" clicked in settings?

ps: your kde4 is a bit out of date

google01103 wrote:you should upgrade to 2.3.1

do have "watch folders for changes" clicked in settings?

ps: your kde4 is a bit out of date

I have that checked. It's when I'm trying to add it manually, by finding the folder through Amarok and clicking copy to collection, as well.

did you try "update collection" in tools? rescanning collection?

I checked and there doesn't seem to be any bugs submitted

Yeah that's what I did first before try to add them manually.

How exactly do you add those tracks?

I've tried adding them by updating the collection and then by going to files in Amarok and copying the folders to the collection neither of these worked though.

How about moving the music outside of Amarok, in Dolphin, Konqueror or whatever you are using as a file manager. Most people use ~/Music/Artist/Album to organize their music.

Once you have everything moved, go to Settings > Configure Amarok > Collection and check that your Music folder (and only your Music folder) has a black, solid check mark next to it. Then choose Fully Rescan Entire Collection.

Once Amarok is done scanning, quit Amarok and restart it. Now your entire collection should be available to you in your Local Music section.

Does that work for you?

Valorie

That isn't working either.

Can you tell us more about what isn't working? Reading back over the whole thread, I see you never mention whether or not you have the codecs you need to listen to mp3s. If codecs aren't installed, the Collection won't display the tracks it can't play.

http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/MP3:Kubuntu will give you all the details you need, if this is indeed the situation.

All the best,

Valorie

I have the xine codecs and it will play mp3s. Its just not adding to the local collection.

I haven't tried scanning while running Amarok from the console, but it might be worth a shot. Use

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amarok -d --nofork

and see what output you get while Amarok is "completely rescanning entire collection." I'm running out of ideas.

Valorie

Let's just be clear on that: you do use KDE, don't you? Because if you installed Amarok in Ubuntu 10.04 on Gnome, you probably lack some libmysql packages, due to a dependency problem in the Ubuntu Amarok package. KDE has these libraries already installed, Gnome doesn't.

What packages do I need for gnome?