Newbie problems (3rd try)

[Ofir Klinger]

I think that Amarok organize tracks by their tags, and if there no tags it
uses the filename.

I suggest you to go file after file and fill their tags (by right-click and
"Edit track information" than choose the "Tags" tab).

About the "missing" file, try to add it to the playlist, maybe it has some
problem?

If Amarok plays it, try to right-click on the song (while in playlist) and
choose "Manage Files"->"Organize File" verify that the location Amarok
specifies is fine with you, and click OK.

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On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:28 PM, JWHFerguson <jwhferguson at zoology.up.ac.za>wrote:

> Hi (Ama)rockers,
>
> I started using Amarok 1.4.9.1 on Ubuntu 8 (with Gnome, not KDE) a week
> ago, and find it hard to operate. I installed Amarok from the default Ubuntu
> Universe library. I found the manual at
> http://docs.kde.org/development/en/extragear-multimedia/amarok/index.html
> but this is very basic indeed. I use Amarok to operate an iPod Classic.
>
> My main issue is that I do not understand how Amarok constructs the
> Collection. Attached are two images, the Nautilus file manager list and the
> Amarok collection representation. One of the files is missing (1st track on
> Nautilus list). I cannot manage to get the collection to reflect the
> contents of the folder with the audio files. Highly irritating.
>
> Secondly, I cannot use the collection manager to move audio files between
> lists on the left-hand side of the collection view in order to get the two
> lists to match. What gives?
>
> Rescanning the collection using the Tools icon in the toolbar does not
> solve the problem. Is there a rational explanation anywhere that will help
> me to get the collection to reflect the files in the collection folder? What
> is the logic followed when constructing a collection?
>
> If the above URL is indeed the main reference for Amarok, I volunteer to
> generate some documentation about interacting with an iPod (USB as well as
> Bluetooth), but this assumes that I can get Amarok to operate in a stable
> way.
>
> I have not managed to find any other docs that could address the problem.
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
> Willemf
>
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