Bug#410203: deletes id3 tags when mp3 properties are changed in
rhytmbox
Stefano Zacchiroli
zack at debian.org
Thu Feb 8 16:13:19 CET 2007
Package: rhythmbox
Version: 0.9.6-6
Severity: normal
Rhythmbox is not very friendly with respect to id3 tags. When I import
mp3 in rhythmbox it properly reads the tags and import them in its
database (as I can see in ~/.gnome2/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml).
Then, if I change the properties of some track which corresponds to an
mp3 file inside rhythmbox (e.g. artist name), the rhythmdb.xml file is
properly updated, but the tags on the mp3 file are erased! (I checked
that with 'id3v2 -l').
Since rhythmbox, if I externally change the id3 of an mp3 file, is able
to notify changes to id3 tags I can only guess a rationale for that in
avoiding "undoing" my changes the next time I ran the program. But this
is not an excuse: deleting user data just because they are internalized
in the rhythmbox database is not acceptable.
I asked a friend with another rhythmbox installation (still unstable,
same version I have) to try that and he was able to reproduce the same
mis-behaviour.
Cheers.
PS I'm not really convinced of the "normal" severity, partly this bug
can be seen as a loss of user data. That can justify an higher
severity
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages rhythmbox depends on:
ii dbus 1.0.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii gconf2 2.16.0-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.14.2-2 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gstreamer0.10-alsa [gstre 0.10.10-4 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs 0.10.10-4 GStreamer plugin for GnomeVFS
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bas 0.10.10-4 GStreamer plugins from the "base"
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-goo 0.10.4-4 GStreamer plugins from the "good"
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugl 0.10.4-4 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly"
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.4-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libavahi-client3 0.6.16-2 Avahi client library
ii libavahi-common3 0.6.16-2 Avahi common library
ii libavahi-glib1 0.6.16-2 Avahi glib integration library
ii libbonobo2-0 2.14.0-3 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.14.0-5 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.2.4-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.0.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.71-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libesd0 0.2.36-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3.4 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.16.0-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.3-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.0-4 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.6-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.6.0-3 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-media0 2.14.2-4 runtime libraries for the GNOME me
ii libgnome2-0 2.16.0-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.14.0-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.14.1-2 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.14.2-5 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii libgnutls13 1.4.4-3 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libgpg-error0 1.4-2 library for common error values an
ii libgpod0 0.4.0-0.3 a library to read and write songs
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.10-3 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.20-5 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libhal1 0.5.8.1-6 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii liblircclient0 0.8.0-9 LIRC client library
ii libmusicbrainz4c2a 2.1.4-1 Second generation incarnation of t
ii libnautilus-burn3 2.14.3-8 Nautilus Burn Library - runtime ve
ii libnotify1 0.4.3-1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.4-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.8-5 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpopt0 1.10-3 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsexy2 0.1.10-1 collection of additional GTK+ widg
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libsoup2.2-8 2.2.99-1 an HTTP library implementation in
ii libtasn1-3 0.3.6-2 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libtotem-plparser1 2.16.5-2 Totem Playlist Parser library - ru
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-5 X11 client-side library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-4 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-5 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.27.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-5 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-3 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii python 2.4.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-gnome2 2.12.4-6 Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii python-gtk2 2.8.6-8 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii python-support 0.5.6 automated rebuilding support for p
ii python2.4 2.4.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages rhythmbox recommends:
ii avahi-daemon 0.6.16-2 Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii gnome-volume-manager 1.5.15-1+b1 GNOME daemon to auto-mount and man
ii hal 0.5.8.1-6 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii notification-daemon 0.3.5-1+b1 a daemon that displays passive pop
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-12 A free electronic cataloging syste
ii sound-juicer 2.14.5-1 GNOME 2 CD Ripper
ii yelp 2.14.3-1 Help browser for GNOME 2
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