Dynamic Collection: Conflicting Mount Points

[Andrew Turner]

There ideas for how to solve it permanently:

Take a look at http://amarok.kde.org/amarokwiki/index.php/Dynamic_Collection#The_idea_behind_dynamic_collection

Not sure about quick fixes though.

Andrew

On 15/06/06, Bradley Pesicka <teknomunk at bluebottle.com> wrote:
> Maximilian Kossick wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >So Amarok removes the files on the first CD from the database after putting in
> >the second CD? I'm not quite sure why that happens at the moment. Amarok
> >currently uses the CD's label to identify it (it probably won't stay that
> >way. Dynamic Collection isn't intended to work with CDs at the moment because
> >we haven't figured out a good way to identify CDs yet). There definitely will
> >be problems when your two CDs use the same label.
> >
> >But I consider it likelier that the rescanning is the cause of your problem.
> >Amarok drops the whole tags table and scans all collection directories again
> >when you tell it to rescan the collection. Was that what you did when you
> >wanted it to scan the files on the second CD? In that case its a known
> >problem and I already have a few ideas how to solve it, but I need to talk to
> >some other Amarok devels some more. Rescanning and watching for changes in
> >directories doesn't work correctly with Dynamic Collection at the moment.
> >
> >If that is what happened I can give you a manual workaround. Otherwise please
> >tell me some more details about the CDs you use (volume label, where on the
> >CD the music is stored, and I'll try to figure it out)
> >
> >Max
> >
> >
> >
> >>have found a problem I cannot quite find a good solution for.
> >>    Last time we talked, amarok would crash whenever a cd was put in.  I
> >>was working with cd's because I have a few cd's with mp3's burnt on
> >>them.  I would like to be able to put a cd in the drive and have the
> >>songs show up in the collection.  However, when I put in a different cd
> >>in the drive, the old files are removed and the new ones are added.
> >>    As far as I can tell, this happens because, while dynamic collection
> >>in it's current state handles missing mounts by not including them in
> >>any queries, different collections or devices with the same mount point
> >>conflict with each other.
> >>    I spent a couple of hours trying to find a solution, but I think it
> >>will take a little more work than that to get it working.  Any help
> >>would be greatly appreciated.
> >>    Thanks for the help so far.
> >>
> >>    - teknomunk
> >>
> >>
> I was doing a manual rescan to get the files from the new cd to show up
> in the collection.  The volume label is, I believe, "volume_label_" for
> both cd's.  This is what shows up at the end of the hal device id.  I
> made the cd's a while ago and I think I just threw files at them.  The
> directory structure is rather hodge-podge, with files everywhere.
>
> I would be very interested in the workaround to get it working for now,
> and also your ideas on how to solve the problem permanently.
>
> - teknomunk
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