Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: rhythmbox
I am reporting this here because GNOME's bugzilla is broken - searching
for 'directory' returns a blank page.
When you rename a directory in the Music library while RhythmBox is
open, it thinks that the files are completely new. This causes all the
tracks to lose their ratings, metadata, etc. The old tracks are still
seen but are now unplayable, and when Rhythmbox restarts it then removes
the old tracks as being unavailable.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Open rhythmbox with at least one directory of music files in the Library
directory.
2) Rename that directory.
What should happen:
3) Nothing changes - the tracks remain the same, their metadata is
preserved, and the paths to them are corrected in Rhythmbox's library.
What does happen:
3) The new directory is detected and the files are scanned, creating new music
tracks in the directory.
4) The existing tracks are still present but unplayable.
5) When Rhythmbox is restarted, the existing tracks and their metadata is
removed.
Package and OS info:
This is present in Rhythmbox 0.11.6.
I use Fedora 10, but the bug is present in versions of Ubuntu that ship with
this version of Rhythmbox - e.g. 8.04
I have logged this bug here because it is not possible to search the GNOME
bugzilla for this bug. I am applying for an account with their bugzilla in the
hope that I can log this problem there as well.
** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Renaming music directory causes loss of metadata
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394095
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