Re: [Banshee-List] Why am I getting permission denied errors on podcasts I downloaded within Banshee

[Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz gmail com>]

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Martin G <ebisumartin gmail com> wrote:
> Banshee list,
>
> First, I go to the Podcasts section and add a new feed and download
> some episodes. I have about 50 podcasts downloaded.
>
> Then I connect my Android device, select to "Sync entire library" for
> podcasts, then I hit the "Sync" button.
>
> 28 don't transfer, and in the error report, it says "Error opening
> file... permission denied".
>
> How is it possible that I do not have permission to copy a file to my
> device within Banshee when I used Banshee to get the file in the first
> place?
>
> More importantly, how do I solve this?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.

This might be caused by the fact that Banshee marks podcast files as
read-only, and so they end up as being also read-only on the device.
Changing the permissions on the device might help.

See the following bug for more information :
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631987


-- 
Bertrand Lorentz