Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: picard
Having tried Picard a few times and never scored a hit, I thought the
fingerprinting algorithm must be rubbish. What I didn't know was that
my queries were not reaching the MusicBrainz server. No error messages
ever popped up and the "Log" window was perfectly blank. Occasionally
the bottom status bar would flash up "No matching tracks for file
xyz.mp3" for a few milliseconds... another miss!
Failure to reach the server could be for any number of reasons:-
- no MusicBrainz account
- login details not entered into the options panel
- typo' in login details
- firewall, proxy or other network blockage
- incorrect server address or address format
- temporary MusicBrainz server outage.
People who haven't used Picard before are unlikely to have accounts at
MusicBrainz, so that's probably surprised quite a few newbies. :)
A couple of error messages to cover these situations would really help.
[Picard 0.9.0-2 on Xubuntu Hardy]
** Affects: picard (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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No Error Messages when Server Uncontactable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277943
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