Updating Amarok's database
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Apr 26 12:39:39 UTC 2012
On 04/26/2012 07:28 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 14:31 +1000, Jim Dean wrote:
>> There are a number of amarok* files under .kde/share/config/, not sure
>> if renaming them will fix your issues but worth a try.
>
> [Please check the list Guidelines regarding top-posting]
>
> I tried that, in fact I again moved everything Amarok-related to one
> side, logged out and in again, and fired up the app. It asked me where
> my music collection was, rescanned it, and *still* doesn't find the new
> material I added the other day. Which BTW is simply a CD ripped to MP3,
> as are many of my other files which do work.
One handy related tool in amarok is the commandline
amarokcollectionscanner (see end for usage)
You could try running:
amarokcollectionscanner /path/to/dir/with/ripped_cd/
and see what happens. this tool should be fairly verbose in it's
findings and listing any possible errors or problems it encounters.
-- rex
-------------------------------------------------------
$ amarokcollectionscanner --help
Amarok Collection Scanner
Scans directories and outputs a xml file with the results.
For more information see http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Batch_Mode
Usage: amarokcollectionscanner [options] <Folder(s)>
User-modifiable Options:
<Folder(s)> : list of folders to scan
-h, --help : This help text
-v, --version : Print the version of this tool
-r, --recursive : Scan folders recursively
-i, --incremental : Incremental scan (modified folders only)
-s, --restart : After a crash, restart the scanner in its last
position
--idlepriority : Run at idle priority
--sharedmemory <key> : A shared memory segment to be used for
restarting a scan
--newer <path> : Only scan directories if modification time is
new than <path>
Only useful in incremental scan mode
--batch <path> : Add the directories from the batch xml file
batch file format should look like this:
<scanner>
<directory>
<path>/absolute/path/of/directory</path>
<mtime>1234</mtime> (this is optional)
</directory>
</scanner>
You can also use a previous scan result for that.
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