Comments on: People changing things that don’t need changing http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:09:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Max Howell http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1071 Max Howell Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:28:57 +0000 http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1071 I have to agree with you, this seems like a stupid decision and change. Amarok lacks quality control. I have to agree with you, this seems like a stupid decision and change. Amarok lacks quality control.

]]> By: Seb Ruiz http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1041 Seb Ruiz Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:31:44 +0000 http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1041 Be careful when you do this, you could get yourself into some more trouble :). You need to prepend the device path which can be determined from the device id in the tags table. For example, you might have two paths which look pretty similar: ./music/file1.mp3 ./music/file2.mp3 However, if the device ids are different, it means they are stored somewhere completely different: eg: /home/music/file1.mp3 /media/usb/music/file2.mp3 Be careful when you do this, you could get yourself into some more trouble :).

You need to prepend the device path which can be determined from the device id in the tags table. For example, you might have two paths which look pretty similar:

./music/file1.mp3
./music/file2.mp3

However, if the device ids are different, it means they are stored somewhere completely different: eg:

/home/music/file1.mp3
/media/usb/music/file2.mp3

]]> By: Martin Aumueller http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1040 Martin Aumueller Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:33:38 +0000 http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1040 This change was not for no reason: since 1.4.2, Amarok has a feature called 'dynamic collection'. This means that file systems may be added and removed to Amarok's collection without a full collection rescan. However, e.g. USB connected drives might not be mounted at the same mount point each time they are connected. Thus, only the path relative to the file system root is stored in the collection, not an absolute path. This change was not for no reason: since 1.4.2, Amarok has a feature called ‘dynamic collection’. This means that file systems may be added and removed to Amarok’s collection without a full collection rescan. However, e.g. USB connected drives might not be mounted at the same mount point each time they are connected. Thus, only the path relative to the file system root is stored in the collection, not an absolute path.

]]> By: Max http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1039 Max Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:15:20 +0000 http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1039 The only people who decide what needs changing in Amarok's database are the Amarok devs. If you want to use Amarok's database, you have to use the schema we decided on. And there was a good reason to change the way URL's are stored, Dynamic Collection. We are happy to help you solve your problem. Just ask us what we changed and what you have to do to get Katapult running again by e-mail or in #amarok. But please don't expect us to remove Dynamic Collection just because it breaks Katapult. The only people who decide what needs changing in Amarok’s database are the Amarok devs. If you want to use Amarok’s database, you have to use the schema we decided on. And there was a good reason to change the way URL’s are stored, Dynamic Collection.

We are happy to help you solve your problem. Just ask us what we changed and what you have to do to get Katapult running again by e-mail or in #amarok. But please don’t expect us to remove Dynamic Collection just because it breaks Katapult.

]]> By: Louis http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1038 Louis Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:43:35 +0000 http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1038 Yes, I was wondering why Katapult was starting the wrong song :-) I do understand your frustration, and I hope you won't be discouraged from continued development; Katapult is a favorite of mine, and I'll patiently wait for the fix. Thanks for your work. Yes, I was wondering why Katapult was starting the wrong song :-) I do understand your frustration, and I hope you won’t be discouraged from continued development; Katapult is a favorite of mine, and I’ll patiently wait for the fix. Thanks for your work.

]]> By: Ian Monroe http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1037 Ian Monroe Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:14:33 +0000 http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/42#comment-1037 Um, dynamic collection? Hello McFly? Um, dynamic collection? Hello McFly?

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