Re: [Banshee-List] Importing media

[perj62 <perj62 yahoo no>]

Thanks a lot. I will try to store meta-data with my files. Probably that will
solve my problem.


Steven Coté wrote:
> 
>>
>> I have ripped some of my CDs on one machine, and it works fine. Then I
>> move
>>
>  the folder and file structure for this artist to my other machine, to the
>> library folder, and run "Import Media". The result is that Banshee
>> imports
>> "Unknown Artist" and no album structure.
> 
> 
> If I had to guess, I'd say that all of the meta-data wasn't actually saved
> in the files. When you ripped the CD using Banshee, it stores all that
> information in it's own database. If it wasn't saved to the file as well,
> it
> wouldn't be preserved when you move the files to a new machine.
> 
> I don't have a copy of 1.4.3 handy, so I can't check the exact wording,
> but
> if you look at the application options, there'll be one that says
> something
> like "write meta-data to files". Make sure that one is checked.
> 
> Now, having checked it (assuming that actually is the problem), you'll
> need
> to provoke it into writing the meta data to the files. There may be a
> better
> way of doing this, but what I tend to do is select a bunch of files, edit
> them en masse by adding a character to what ever data item they have in
> common and then changing it back. It's a labor intensive process, but
> it'll
> work. Hopefully someone here can suggest a better way of doing it.
> 
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