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rhythmbox package

Transferring songs from iPod to local drive does not copy extension (ie, .mp3), confusing some portable devices

Bug #654105 reported by nicholas
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Rhythmbox
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

I used Rhythmbox to transfer the contents of my iPod to my local drive, by dragging all songs to the Music icon. The files transfer well, and Ubuntu is smart enough to know what kind of file they are. However, as the extension (.mp3, .ogg etc) is not copied over, when transferring songs to another device (in this case, an HTC Desire, also using rhythmbox), the device is confused by a lack of extension.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: rhythmbox 0.13.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 3 15:32:36 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox

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nicholas (nicholasmanojlovic) wrote :
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nicholas (nicholasmanojlovic) wrote :

Also, transferring songs directly from the iPod to the HTC Desire (all done in Rhythmbox), works correctly.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631233

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Changed in rhythmbox:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

upstream bug was marked duplicate of https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=625054

Changed in rhythmbox:
importance: Medium → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

nicholas: the upstream bug seems to be marked fixed. I have build rhythmbox with the fix that was committed for this bug in my ppa can you please try rhythmbox from this ppa https://launchpad.net/~om26er/+archive/unity/ to see if the bug is actually solved.

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nicholas (nicholasmanojlovic) wrote :

Omer, thanks for your help.

I've tried rhythmbox from your ppa and the problem is still not solved.

Browsing the iPod with Nautilus displays the .mp3 extension, however these are not copied onto the local drive.

I do not have the lame decoder package installed.

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Changed in rhythmbox:
importance: Unknown → High
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

nicholas, I have commented on the upstream bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631233 that I reported, which was later marked as duplicate that this bug is a little different from the duplicate. waiting for the reply from the developers before changing things here.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

this has been fixed at: http://git.gnome.org/browse/rhythmbox/commit/?id=65f1adbce1bee06edb57dc1960f4a7e2e05fad0e

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Please provide output from 'rhythmbox -D encoder' showing this problem occurring.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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