Upgrade to 1.4.7 & Build Collection = Incorrect Mapping

Rich rich at hq.vsaa.lv
Thu Sep 27 10:54:51 UTC 2007


can you reproduce the same problem using sqlite ?
unless somebody knows where the problem is already, that will help to 
locate it faster.

On 2007.09.27. 13:51, Brian Hanks wrote:
> First, let me say that I'm relatively new to using Amarok. That said, I
> have had it working before, and I do have a long Linux history.
> 
> My problem is that I have recently upgraded from FC6 to F7 which brought
> along an upgrade to Amarokk 1.4.7.  After the OS upgrade, I set up
> Postgresql as my DB and I started Amarok.   Once connected to
> Postgresql, I ran the Build Collection function.  Everything seemed to
> go fine until I noticed that there were a significant number of my files
> that were mapped to the incorrect ID3 info.  A little research and I
> found that the entries in the database were mapped incorrectly.  That is
> the file pointers were somehow mixed up.  It seems as though this
> problem afflicts 20% - 30% of my 60GB collection.  I've rebuilt the
> entire Amarok DB after removing the ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok directory.
> And, I've tried about every setting that I can think of.  
> 
> 1.  Build and Re-Build of Collection produces same error consistently.
> 2.  Running the Manage Files=>Organize Files option fixes the problem,
> but writes the files off to a different location.  Running this option
> on the entire collection has entered my mind as an option, but it seems
> like a long process.  Any thoughts about whether this would be a good
> option?
> 3.  Running Rescan Collection and Update Collection does not fix the
> problem.
> 
> 
> If you need any additional info, just let me know.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the insight, 
> -- Brian
-- 
  Rich



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