Newbie problems

[Christie Harris]

I think people sometimes get confused when their emails don't show up  
on the list immediately. It's not the first time someone has reposted  
because their message didn't appear for 12-24 hours or so...

Christie

On 02/09/2008, at 5:00 PM, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:

> Why do you send your mails multiple times? We already answered your
> previous mail
>
> Regards
>
> Myriam
>
> 2008/9/1 Willem Ferguson <willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za>:
>> 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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