Larry Alkoff wrote: > Alex Hixon wrote: >> Simply open the music importer and select it to import from a >> directory, and point it at your Music directory. Banshee should then >> just import all your tracks. >> >> On 24/08/2008, at 11:48 AM, Larry Alkoff <labradley mindspring com> >> wrote: >> >>> I recently downloaded the most recent version of Banshee for use on >>> my Kubuntu Hardy Heron system. >>> >>> My music library is under ~/Music in the normal Artist/Album/Tracks >>> format. >>> >>> How can I find it under Banshee so I can get started? >>> >>> Larry >> > > Thanks for that information Alex. > > Is there any way to restrict the import to only my ~/Music directory? > > When I did the import there was no way to import from a specific > directory, only from 'Local Folder', 'Local Files', 'Home Directory' or > 'Alternate Media Player'. > > I selected 'Home Directory' but a lot of extra stuff was picked up from > file directories that I don't want to have in my playlist. > Even if I delete the unwanted material in Banshee, the next time I > import music they will reappear. > > I also tried changing Edit > Preferences to set the music directory to > my preference of /home/user/Music but it doesn't seem to be working. > That is, when I select import it still only gives me the 4 choices below. > > There doesn't seem to be any way to drill down to the specific directory > wanted. > > Another problem is that I deleted the entire playlist by selecting Edit >> Select All and selecting Remove. But instead of just removing the > songs, Banshee quits and, when it starts up again, the same 1346 songs > appear. > > Finally, when I start Banshee an error message appears > "Dbus is not available" and "Unable to open the session message bus". > Can you tell me what to put in a startup script (probably /etc/rc.local) > to invoke dbus-launch? I don't understand the man page at all. > What does "fix your environment" mean? > > Sorry for these newbie questions. > I'm pretty experienced with Linux but am having some trouble with the > specifics of Banshee. I'm anxious to use it however. > > > Larry > _______________________________________________ > Banshee-list mailing list > Banshee-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/banshee-list You're supposed to import from local folder, and then point it to ~/Music. Then it will recursively import files that are in ~/Music or in subdirectories inside ~/Music. -- Hyperair
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