Hi Joey, I can think of two reasons why RB would not be able to edit a track. One is file permissions (it might be read only, for example a shared file belonging to another user, or a CD-ROM), the other is the file type. I don't know enough about this to comment, but perhaps someone on the list will.
P.S. Please CC the list. Peter On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Joey Dodson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for the reply. It seems that at least some files don't allow > for that. I just tried inside of Rhythmbox. It would not let me type > inside of the fields. Also, it is right click -> properties. > > Actually, I just checked. I can edit the properties with mp3s and > flac, but it seems I can't do anything with wav files. Any advice? > > Best, > Joey > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Peter > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Joey Dodson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'm not on the dev list, as I currently don't have much programming >>> experience. However, I thought I'd compliment you guys on the project >>> and give a couple suggestions. If you don't want/need suggestions, >>> then please ignore this email. >>> >>> 1. Editing song information >>> This is probably the single most troublesome aspect of using Rythmbox. >>> It currently seems impossible to edit meta info for a song (am I >>> wrong?). Rythmbox could really use some ways to alter this >>> information. Ideally doing this should be saved in the file (though >>> that could be an option in preferences). This should be doable within >>> the music library. I hate to say this, but windows media player is a >>> good example of easy and convenient library management. If you select >>> a song and then click a field in the song it is possible to edit the >>> info for that song. Another nice feature of wmp is that using tab and >>> up/down arrows, you can navigate through the adjacent fields. For >>> example, I added some files from an album to my library, but the >>> artist information isn't there. I can then type the artist info into >>> track one, copy it, then hit down arrow then paste repeatedly to fill >>> in the whole album's artist info in a few seconds. Anyways, I really >>> think there are good arguments for implementing this feature sooner >>> rather than later. I'm sure with a bit of creativity it would be >>> entirely possible to outdo wmp's functionality here. :) >> >> To edit a single song in RB, I right click on it and pick edit properties >> from the context menu (something like that - I'm in front of RB right >> now). To edit multiple songs (e.g. to rename an album), select the >> songs, then again use the right click edit properties menu. >> >> Peter >> > > _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
