Updating Amarok's database -- SOLVED

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 07:39 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> 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.

Thanks Rex, I'll keep that in mind. However I had a brainwave in the
meantime. It turns out the ID3 tags on the new material were incorrect,
so Amarok was showing the files in a different part of the forest.

Amarok is declared innocent until further notice.

But I still think it's too complex and baroque.

Thanks again to all who tried to help, and apologies for the noise.

poc