Re: [Banshee-List] Where is the Music Stored?

[zekopeko <zekopeko gmail com>]

Do you have the old playlist in Banshee? If so you can right click on
the song, select "Properties" and look at the Directory label. It will
show you where the music is on your computer.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Revence Kalibwani <revence27 gmail com> wrote:
> An update:
>
> I imported all the music I could find in my home directory, but there is
> some that I still do not have that was in the old playlist. :o( It
> happens to be what I am interested in. Woe is me.
>
>
> Le Lundi 22 novembre 2010 à 20:54 -0500, Michael Martin-Smucker a
> écrit :
>> I'm not quite sure what's causing the problem, but 1.4 is quite old.
>>  Do you still get crashes if you try upgrading to something newer like
>> 1.8 or 1.9?
>>
>>
>> Either way, the music files themselves shouldn't be lost.  Even if the
>> database is trashed, Banshee only uses the database for storing things
>> like ratings, play counts, playlists, etc.  The actual music files
>> themselves should be stored wherever you generally keep your music
>> (probably somewhere in your home folder).  If you were letting Banshee
>> manage the file structure automatically, then the music files should
>> be in your home folder, in a subdirectory called "Music" (or the
>> localized equivalent).
>>
>>
>> If they aren't there, let us know, and we'll probably be able to find
>> them somewhere.  Also, if it is your database that's causing the
>> problem, then upgrading your version of Banshee might not fix
>> anything.  If that's the case, then you can try renaming Banshee's
>> config folder (which contains the database), which will force it to
>> create a new, blank one.  You can do this by running the command: mv
>> ~/.config/banshee-1 ~/.config/banshee-1-bak
>>
>>
>> The next time you run Banshee, it should start with a fresh profile,
>> and offer to import music.  Hopefully when it scans, it will find
>> everything.  Again, if this doesn't work, let us know, and someone
>> will probably come along with better ideas.  :)
>>
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Revence Kalibwani
>> <revence27 gmail com> wrote:
>>         Hello, Banshee List;
>>
>>         I have just had a power problem, and it seems that a crucial
>>         Banshee file was corrupted. When I start up Banshee, I get an
>>         error message, which I shall put at the end of this mail.
>>         I tried to uninstall and re-install, and it did not help. This
>>         is Banshee 1.4.
>>         Now, I would like to salvage the music itself, so that I know
>>         I have it, even if I never get to successfully run Banshee
>>         again. These are some classics that I am certain I can no
>>         longer locate anywhere else. :o(
>>         I checked for a directory where Banshee could have been
>>         keeping the files, but alas it seems that it uses SQLite.
>>         Could I extract the files, somehow, from somewhere?
>>         Of course, it would be better if I can cure my little ape and
>>         dance again with it; if I can be helped in that, perfect. It
>>         fails at start-up, after some of the UI has loaded, but before
>>         it is populated with items.
>>
>>         Thanks in advance. The error message is here:
>>
>>         Une exception non gérée a été levée : Object reference not set
>>         to an instance of an object
>>
>>           at Banshee.Configuration.DatabaseConfigurationClient.Get
>>         (System.String namespce, System.String key) [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Banshee.Configuration.DatabaseConfigurationClient.Get[Int32]
>>         (System.String namespce, System.String key, Int32 fallback)
>>         [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Banshee.Database.BansheeModelProvider`1[Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo].CheckVersion (System.String namespce, System.String key, Int32 new_version, Banshee.Database.MigrateDel func) [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Banshee.Database.BansheeModelProvider`1[Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo].CheckVersion () [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Hyena.Data.Sqlite.SqliteModelProvider`1[Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo].Init () [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Hyena.Data.Sqlite.SqliteModelProvider`1[Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo]..ctor (Hyena.Data.Sqlite.HyenaSqliteConnection connection, System.String table_name) [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Banshee.Database.BansheeModelProvider`1[Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo]..ctor (Banshee.Database.BansheeDbConnection connection, System.String table_name) [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackModelProvider`1[Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo]..ctor (Banshee.Database.BansheeDbConnection connection) [0x00000]
>>           at
>>         Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo.get_Provider ()
>>         [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource.get_TrackProvider ()
>>         [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource.CreateTrackModelFor
>>         (Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource src) [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource.get_DatabaseTrackModel ()
>>         [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource
>>         +<CreateFiltersFor>c__Iterator5.MoveNext () [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource.DatabaseSourceInitialize
>>         () [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource..ctor (System.String
>>         generic_name, System.String name, System.String id, Int32
>>         order, Banshee.Sources.Source parent) [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.DatabaseSource..ctor (System.String
>>         generic_name, System.String name, System.String id, Int32
>>         order) [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Sources.PrimarySource..ctor (System.String
>>         generic_name, System.String name, System.String id, Int32
>>         order) [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Library.LibrarySource..ctor (System.String label,
>>         System.String name, Int32 order) [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Library.MusicLibrarySource..ctor () [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.ServiceStack.Application.Run () [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Initialize (Boolean
>>         registerCommonServices) [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor (Boolean
>>         initializeDefault, System.String defaultIconName) [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor () [0x00000]
>>           at Nereid.Client..ctor () [0x00000]
>>           at (wrapper managed-to-native)
>>         System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke
>>         (object,object[],System.Exception&)
>>           at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
>>         BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
>>         System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo
>>         culture) [0x00000]
>>         Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
>>
>>           at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
>>         BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
>>         System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo
>>         culture) [0x00000]
>>           at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags
>>         invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[]
>>         parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
>>         [0x00000]
>>           at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[]
>>         parameters) [0x00000]
>>           at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type,
>>         Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000]
>>           at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type)
>>         [0x00000]
>>           at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup () [0x00000]
>>           at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup
>>         (Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup) [0x00000]
>>
>>         .NET Version: 2.0.50727.42
>>         OS Version: Unix 7.2.0.0
>>
>>         Assembly Version Information:
>>
>>         Banshee.CoverArt (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.MultimediaKeys (1.4.0.0)
>>         Migo (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Podcasting (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.NotificationArea (1.4.0.0)
>>         Lastfm (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Lastfm (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Bookmarks (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Dap (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Daap (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.AudioCd (1.4.0.0)
>>         pango-sharp (2.12.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Widgets (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Hal (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Unix (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.GStreamer (1.4.0.0)
>>         gconf-sharp (2.24.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Gnome (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee.NowPlaying (1.4.0.0)
>>         System.Transactions (2.0.0.0)
>>         NDesk.DBus.GLib (1.0.0.0)
>>         Mono.Cairo (2.0.0.0)
>>         System.Data (2.0.0.0)
>>         Mono.Data.SqliteClient (2.0.0.0)
>>         System.Xml (2.0.0.0)
>>         gdk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
>>         Mono.Addins (0.4.0.0)
>>         atk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
>>         Hyena.Gui (1.4.0.0)
>>         Mono.Posix (2.0.0.0)
>>         gtk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
>>         Banshee.ThickClient (1.4.0.0)
>>         Nereid (1.4.0.0)
>>         NDesk.DBus.Proxies (0.0.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Core (1.4.0.0)
>>         System (2.0.0.0)
>>         Hyena (1.4.0.0)
>>         NDesk.DBus (1.0.0.0)
>>         glib-sharp (2.12.0.0)
>>         Banshee.Services (1.4.0.0)
>>         Banshee (1.4.0.0)
>>         mscorlib (2.0.0.0)
>>
>>         Platform Information:
>>
>>         Disribution Information:
>>
>>
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