GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 592949
rhythmbox doesn't drag & drop ogg files to portable digital audio device
Last modified: 2009-08-30 12:07:42 UTC
This bug was already reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/311296 Rhythmbox seems that doesn't drag & drop ogg files to my portable digital audio device (MAJESTIC PDR 130MP3/2G) that correctly supports ogg files (in fact audio files are correctly played from audio device if the music is transferred to it via nautilus). If I launch rhythmbox with -d debug option I see, when I try to transfer ogg files to the device from rhythmbox: "(01:36:37) [0x6aa500] [impl_paste] rb-removable-media-source.c:328: failed to find acceptable mime type for file:///home/marco/Musica/Christmas%20Songs/06%20-%20do%20they%20know%20it%20is%20christmas.ogg" In shorts it seems that rhythmbox doesn't find acceptable mime type for the ogg file. I also tryed to convert to ogg an mp3 file that correctly is transferred via rhythmbox but with no success. I think that the problem is related to ogg type. NOTE: the bug seems the same to bug #520209 but it isn't. In fact this last seems related to the fact that mp3 encoder is not installed while the issue that I'm reporting it's present either with mp3 encoder installed or not.
You probably need to add a .is_audio_player file to the root of your device to indicate it supports ogg, see http://live.gnome.org/Rhythmbox/FAQ
Christophe, if I should set a .is_audio_player file to indicate that the audio player supports ogg why with mp3 files all work ok without creating .is_audio_player. Moreover the FAQ says "How do I set the music dir in an external device?" but my player is correctly seen by rhythmbox that reads with no problems all the audio files (mp3, ogg) stored in it. I think the FAQ is related to devices that aren't correctly seens as audio player. I have found an ubuntu blueprint link (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/hal-dotfile-player-detection) that seems to explains this.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 404698 ***