GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 158356
[PATCH] rhythmbox doesn't accept wav files
Last modified: 2005-07-07 12:41:57 UTC
This bug has been reported here: https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/3704 "Running rhythmbox -d, import a directory with nothing but wav files: [0x10219930] [rb_metadata_load] rb-metadata-gst.c:560 (16:16:33): ignoring file file:///home/khc/Music/wav/What%20a%20Wonderful%20World%20(Single).wav with detected type audio/x-wav [0x10219930] [rhythmdb_add_song] rhythmdb.c:945 (16:16:33): unsupported file"
Same problem, same messages using rhythmbox -d when trying to import from director containing wav files. Using recently installed and updated FC3 versions of rhythmbox-0.8.8.1, gstreamer-0.8.7-3, gstreamer-plugins-0.8.5-1. I was able to play wav files with gstreamer itself, according to suggested test in README. Ogg files work as expected.
Is it possible to get useful metadata from wav files? Or wouldn't you mind having files with Unkown artists and albums in your library?
for my part I don't mind getting unknown fields, if you just use the filename for the title that should be fine
Created attachment 46711 [details] [review] Patch to 0.8.8
Actually I don't know why not simly fix this bug. That should be very simple, as you can see. Of course, there are problems with metadata, but that is generic problem of rhythmbox, not the problem of wav format. Good music player should work with any file no matter have it metadata or not.
2005-07-07 Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> * metadata/rb-metadata-gst.c: (rb_metadata_init): support wave files in the library (Closes: #158356)