Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee and 1.8.0

[Sebastian Krämer <mail kraymer de>]

On 10/10/2010 05:09 PM, L Duperval wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed Banshee 1.8.0 (from the Ubuntu repository) and CDs that
> appear in Sound Juicer still aren't correctly identified in Banshee.
> 
> I ran banshee from the command line and this is what I found:
> 
> [Info  10:52:07.299] Querying MusicBrainz for Disc Release
> (ysbPBaCnL9F5Fco1o2gWjcGzL6M-)
> [Info  10:52:07.548] Query finished (success: False, 0.248575 seconds)
> 
> The disc it should have found is:
> 
> http://musicbrainz.org/release/f4a1eb94-b868-4c04-bd50-02a194f95b42.html
> 
> I don't want to use SoundJuicer because the MP3s it creates are flaky.

Won't banshee just use the gstreamer backend like soundjuicer does?

> For example, I have some audio files which are only about 90 seconds in
> length, but after conversion, MP3 players think the songs last 4-5 minutes.

You really should report this to the soundjuicer or gstreamer guys IMO.

I can't comment on the banshee issue but if you are only concerned about
written musicbrainz tags I suggest to use any ripping tool that works
for you and "post-process" (tag) your files with picard afterwards.

HTH,

Sebastian