** Summary changed:
- Automatic library rescan should not be performed on startup
+ Library rescan functionality should be more controllable
** Description changed:
Tested on:
- Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64)
+ 1) Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64)
rhythmbox 0.13.3-0ubuntu6
- Ubuntu 11.10 (amd64)
+ 2) Ubuntu 11.10 (amd64)
rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1
- ***
+ ---
- (It can be not a serious bug, but just a feature with a little noisy
- behaviour).
+ 1) rhythmbox 0.13.3
+ It has a feature with a little noisy behaviour.
Rhythmbox automatically rescans the library on startup, which makes a
lot of small filesystem operations and takes some time if there are many
files have been moved or deleted from the locations which they where
imported to library from.
Anyway, with rescan functionality, Rhythmbox is better than Banshee
which ignores any library changes like missing items.
+ 2) rhythmbox 2.90.1
+ Library doesn't reacts on items removal automatically, though on play these
removed items are removed from play queue and marked with red marks in the
library.
+ Unfortunately, there is no Missing files section.
+
+ Still better than banshee which doesn't marks anything removed when
+ trying to play it.
+
+ ---
+
I think, the optimal solution is to to turn off the automatic rescan by
- default and make a Rescan library button.
+ default, make a Rescan library button and get back the Missing Files
+ section.
- The rest of rescan process should remain the same (after library
- rescanning, the missing items should be moved to Missing Files
- section, where unneeded songs can be manually removed; on the next
- rescan, songs from Missing Files that have become available, should be
- moved back to the library, the others should remain in Missing items).
+ After library rescanning triggered with a Rescan library button (or
+ trying to play the missing song), the missing items should be moved to
+ Missing Files section, where unneeded songs can be manually removed;
+ on the next rescan (or trying to play the songs from Missing Files
+ section), songs from Missing Files that have become available, should
+ be moved back to the library, the others should remain in Missing
+ items).
** Description changed:
Tested on:
1) Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64)
rhythmbox 0.13.3-0ubuntu6
2) Ubuntu 11.10 (amd64)
rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1
---
1) rhythmbox 0.13.3
It has a feature with a little noisy behaviour.
Rhythmbox automatically rescans the library on startup, which makes a
lot of small filesystem operations and takes some time if there are many
files have been moved or deleted from the locations which they where
imported to library from.
Anyway, with rescan functionality, Rhythmbox is better than Banshee
which ignores any library changes like missing items.
2) rhythmbox 2.90.1
Library doesn't reacts on items removal automatically, though on play these
removed items are removed from play queue and marked with red marks in the
library.
Unfortunately, there is no Missing files section.
- Still better than banshee which doesn't marks anything removed when
+ Still better than Banshee which doesn't marks anything removed when
trying to play it.
---
I think, the optimal solution is to to turn off the automatic rescan by
default, make a Rescan library button and get back the Missing Files
section.
After library rescanning triggered with a Rescan library button (or
trying to play the missing song), the missing items should be moved to
Missing Files section, where unneeded songs can be manually removed;
on the next rescan (or trying to play the songs from Missing Files
section), songs from Missing Files that have become available, should
be moved back to the library, the others should remain in Missing
items).
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Library rescan functionality should be more controllable
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