[Rhythmbox-devel] import/play bug?

[km <kmcgee gmail com>]

first, thanks to everyone on rhythmbox team for all the efforts on this app!

now, the bad news. there seems to be some intermittent bug with the
way rhythmbox handles file-import, dbase management, and playback.

scenario: earlier this weekend, i loaded several thousand music files
and created 7-8 playlists. so far, so good. however, the music files
themselves are on an external drive that i do not always mount.
yesterday, someone sent me an audio file which i opened in rhythmbox
WITHOUT having the external drive mounted. result: rhythmbox a) loaded
the new file, and b) WIPED OUT my existing rhythmbox database files:

- rhythmdb.xml was replaced with ONLY the data for the new file
- playlists.xml was reduced to a list of my existing playlist names
(ie, all file name and location data associate with the lists was
removed):

  <playlist name="foo"
internal-name="&lt;playlist:1102079125:694308&gt;" type="static"/>
  <playlist name="bar"
internal-name="&lt;playlist:1102233795:898859&gt;" type="static">
etc

this morning, i have not been able to replicate this problem
(reloading some files into rhythmbox, different configurations of
mount/unmount of drive, etc.). in other words, rhythmbox seems to load
without eradicating, etc. however, i have had this problem a few weeks
ago with rhythmbox -- and simply try to remember to never start it
without having the external drive mounted. obviously, this is not
always what i want.

anyway, it might be worth looking into.

actually: does rhythmbox create playlist backups somewhere else? (i
spent a LOT of time creating those playlists with the intention of
making music CD presents for my nieces.)

(i'm running version 0.8.8 under debian, if this makes any difference.)

cheers,

kevin