Re: [Bug 1340907] Re: cannot edit tags in m4a files

2014-09-04 Thread Bruce Culbertson
Yes, there is a better work-around than I first realized.  What I recently
learned is that, every time Rhythmbox starts running, it checks the
date-modified of every track and compares it to the date of its database.
 If the track has been updated, it reads the metadata from the track and
updates its database.  So, you can use a music tagging program (I like
EasyTag)  to change a track's metadata and then the changes will show up in
Rhythmbox when you restart it.  I've done this successfully a number of
times.  In the past, I've somehow gotten Rhythmbox's database hopelessly
corrupted, so I don't entirely trust it, but this procedure has worked
fine.  It would be more convenient, though, to be able to make changes
directly in Rhythmbox.


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:50 AM, gcincilla 1340...@bugs.launchpad.net
wrote:

 I have the same problem here using Ubunto 14.04 and Rhythmbox 3.0.2.

 Please, is there any workaround?

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   cannot edit tags in m4a files

 Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu:
   Confirmed

 Bug description:
   Rhythmbox cannot edit m4a tags.

   For example, I right-click on a song and the properties window
   opens.  I change a field, for example title, and then click close.
   A window opens saying Error while saving song information.  File
   corrupted during write.  The title is unchanged in the song, as can
   be seen in the Rhythmbox window and can be verified with another
   program like Easytag.

   Additional details that might be useful:
   * The permissions on the m4a file are -rw-rw-rw-
   * Though the error window says the File corrupted during write, the
 m4a file is in fact not even modified
   * There is no problem with mp3 files; for example, the process described
 above can be used successfully to change the title of an mp3 song
   * I used to be able to edit m4a tags in Ubuntu 12.10; this problem arose
 when I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

   Although there exist other programs to tag m4a files, they do not
   provide a useable work-around.  If you use such a program to change an
   m4a tag, then the music library comes inconsistent with Rhythmbox's
   rhythmdb.xml database.

   Thanks for your help.

   ProblemType: Bug
   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
   Package: rhythmbox 3.0.2-0ubuntu2
   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.55-generic 3.13.11.2
   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
   Architecture: amd64
   CurrentDesktop: Unity
   Date: Fri Jul 11 11:42:44 2014
   ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-25 (77 days ago)
   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr - Release amd64
 (20140417)
   ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=set
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
   SourcePackage: rhythmbox
   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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[Bug 1340907] Re: cannot edit tags in m4a files

2014-08-12 Thread Bruce Culbertson
Is it simple to install the qtdemux plugin?  Would this cause other
problems?

How can we get qtdemux back into current Ubuntu releases?  Are there
political/philosophical obstacles?

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[Bug 1340907] Re: cannot edit tags in m4a files

2014-08-12 Thread Bruce Culbertson
I am the person who originally reported this bug and I continue to be
unable to edit m4a tags with Rhythmbox.  I appear to have qtdemux
installed on my 14.04 system (although I did nothing to explicitly
install it) so perhaps qtdemux (or its absence) is not causing this bug.
I ran gst-inspect qtdemux and it said qtdemux is in /usr/lib/x86_64
-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstisomp4.so, which indeed exists on my
computer and seems to include qtdemux.

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[Bug 1340890] [NEW] Ripping to m4a format produces files that cannot be played by VLC and Rhythmbox

2014-07-11 Thread Bruce Culbertson
Public bug reported:

I used bugzilla to file a bug against sound-juicer.  The sound-juicer
team debugged the problem and sent me the following note:

This is a bug in gstreamer that has been fixed in version 1.3.91.
Bruce you could trying filing a ubuntu bug to see if they will patch
gstreamer for you (commit e8d176c for gst-plugins-base).

According to the sound-juicer debuggers, an m4a file is produced that is
nearly correct, differing from a playable m4a at only a handful of byte
locations.

This bug matters to me because I cannot use Rhythmbox (which uses sound-
juicer) to rip CDs to m4a, one of the most common and efficient audio
formats.

Thanks for your help.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: sound-juicer 3.5.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.55-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jul 11 10:58:00 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/sound-juicer
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-25 (77 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=set
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sound-juicer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: sound-juicer (Ubuntu)
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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[Bug 1340907] [NEW] cannot edit tags in m4a files

2014-07-11 Thread Bruce Culbertson
Public bug reported:

Rhythmbox cannot edit m4a tags.

For example, I right-click on a song and the properties window opens.
I change a field, for example title, and then click close.  A window
opens saying Error while saving song information.  File corrupted
during write.  The title is unchanged in the song, as can be seen in
the Rhythmbox window and can be verified with another program like
Easytag.

Additional details that might be useful:
* The permissions on the m4a file are -rw-rw-rw-
* Though the error window says the File corrupted during write, the m4a file 
is in fact not even modified
* There is no problem with mp3 files; for example, the process described above 
can be used successfully to change the title of an mp3 song
* I used to be able to edit m4a tags in Ubuntu 12.10; this problem arose when I 
upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Although there exist other programs to tag m4a files, they do not
provide a useable work-around.  If you use such a program to change an
m4a tag, then the music library comes inconsistent with Rhythmbox's
rhythmdb.xml database.

Thanks for your help.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: rhythmbox 3.0.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.55-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jul 11 11:42:44 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-25 (77 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=set
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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