Re: [Banshee-List] Problems hindering from using Banshee

[Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz gmail com>]

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback, see my comments below.

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:23 PM, stef <celer2007 gmail com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Since they f-ed up Rhythmbox's playlist system and discontinued the whole
> program, I am now trying to switch to Banshee. There are two things stopping
> me:
> 1. Last.fm scrobbling won't work. I allowed access several times, but the
> error message still says "You need to allow Banshee to access your Last.fm
> account". The whole "Account Settings" is a bit unclear to me. Somehow I
> entered my account information (username, password) but I can't find the
> spot now; and I have no idea what is "Song Reporting".

"Song Reporting" is in fact scrobbling, so make sure you have it enabled.
Banshee need to be authorized to access your Last.fm account, that's
what the Account part in the preferences dialog is about.
Banshee only asks for your Last.fm login, not password, and then opens
a web page on Last.fm where you confirm you want Banshee to access you
account.
You can check whether it is the case by login in to the Last.fm
website and then going to http://www.last.fm/settings/applications
Banshee should be listed there.
If not, please go to Banshee, and follow the indications in the
Last.fm Account preferences (Click on "Log out" if it thinks you are
already logged in).

> 2. Can't drag-and-drop groups of folders. I know I can "Add media" to add
> folders, but drag-and-drop made it so much easier to handle my stuff.

Drag-and-drop should work, but I think we have a few bugs filled about
issues with it. Please search for these in our issue tracker, and file
a new one if your problem is not already listed :
http://banshee.fm/contribute/file-bugs/

> 3. Clicking on the volume button displays a slider, but it doesn't fix it's
> own position, so that when Banshee is maximised, I can't turn the volume all
> the way up (the upper part of the slider is out of reach).

The volume slider tries to position itself so that the cursor is under
the mouse pointer, allowing you to set the volume by keeping the mouse
button clicked. This causes issue when close to the screen edge.
There's already a bug filled about this:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633571

Cheers,

-- 
Bertrand Lorentz