Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Tag writing, musicbrainz, cover art

[Grant <emailgrant gmail com>]

> >>>> http://live.gnome.org/Rhythmbox/FAQ
> >>>> http://live.gnome.org/Rhythmbox/TagWriting
> >>>>
> >>>> You edit tag by selecting a track and choosing "Properties" from
> >>>> the "Music" menu and changing the tags in the dialog.  You can do
> >>>> the same for multiple tracks by selecting more than one.
> >>
> >> G> That doesn't seem to be working for me with either flac or mp3.
> >> G> The properties text doesn't change when I try to overwrite it.  I
> >> G> did compile with tagwriting enabled and I have
> >> G> gst-plugins-good-0.10.6 installed.  From the document you linked
> >> G> to, it looks like I need to have id3v2mux and flactag installed.
> >> G> Gentoo doesn't have a package with either name, so are there files
> >> G> I can check my system for to see if those are installed?
> >>
> >> You need to make sure that the taglib library (which provides
> >> id3v2mux) is installed at the time you compile gst-plugins-good.  You
> >> can tell if your gst-plugins-good is compiled with taglib by running:
> >
> > Almost there.  I needed to install gst-plugins-taglib.  Now I can edit
> > tags and edits are reflected in the program, but then about 5 seconds
> > later it pops back to the way it was.  Very weird.  Permissions are
> > good and I recompiled gst-plugins-good and restarted rhythmbox with
> > the same results.
>
> For gentoo specific problems, please use gentoo's bugzilla first (http://bugzilla.gentoo.org
> , a bug for this was filled not so long ago) or visit us on #gentoo-
> desktop for general desktop problems.
>
> I also experienced this strange behavior. Edit a tag, select next song
> and go on. The song will appear twice for a while, once with the old
> tags and another one with the new tags (with 0.11.2, I didn't gave a
> shot at 0.11.3 yet).

I'm able to edit MP3s but FLAC still does the edit/revert thing.  I
guess I need flactag?  Does anyone know what package it is a part of
on any distro?

- Grant