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Bug 336859 - Can't edit metadata for remote files
Can't edit metadata for remote files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 76524
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: general
0.9.3
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-04-01 18:20 UTC by Gavin Brown
Modified: 2006-04-01 21:45 UTC
See Also:
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Description Gavin Brown 2006-04-01 18:20:41 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
My music library is stored on a server on my network at home. I use Rhythmbox to
listen to it over an sftp connection.

However, when I want to edit the metadata for a song (by selecting it and
clicking  "Properties" in the context menu), the text inputs in the resulting
dialogue are not editable.

I've not tried to edit the properties of a song on the local hard disk, so I'm
assuming that it is possible to do so for local files.

If it is not possible to edit the metadata for remote files, the inputs should
be insensitive. But ideally it should be possible :)

Steps to reproduce:
1. Import songs from a remote server over sftp
2. Select, right-click and select "Properties"
3. Properties dialogue contains inputs that are not editable


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Alex Lancaster 2006-04-01 21:45:00 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Please describe the problem:
> My music library is stored on a server on my network at home. I use Rhythmbox
> to
> listen to it over an sftp connection.
> 
> However, when I want to edit the metadata for a song (by selecting it and
> clicking  "Properties" in the context menu), the text inputs in the resulting
> dialogue are not editable.
> 
> I've not tried to edit the properties of a song on the local hard disk, so I'm
> assuming that it is possible to do so for local files.
> 
> If it is not possible to edit the metadata for remote files, the inputs should
> be insensitive. But ideally it should be possible :)

Tag editing is very experimental.  It needs to be specially enabled with the "--enable-tag-writing" tag at configure/build-time and only works for ID3 tagged audio (i.e. MP3, not for OGG: bug #335635).  
Also, currently it is lossy, see bug #334375.

Most distributions supplying rhythmbox don't enable the tag editing because it is experimental, but if it is enabled it should work on remote shares accessed via gnome-vfs, unless they are read-only (see also bug #152334).  If tag editing is enabled the dialog allows modifications but not if it not enabled.

Closing as a dupe of bug #76524.  If you get a build with tag editing enabled and it works locally, but not remotely (over gnome-vfs) then feel free to reopen bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 76524 ***