Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Nomad Jukebox Plugin...

[Robert Connolly <rob_connolly mailshack com>]

Jonathan Matthew wrote:
> > I have now got to a point where my plugin will detect the device (either
> > on rhythmbox startup or via a dbus message) and will create a source for
> > the device. This all seems to work fine except I get an error message on
> > the debug output:
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/home/robert/.gnome2/rhythmbox/plugins/rbnjb/__init__.py", line
> > 120, in __init__
> >     rb.RemovableMediaSource(self, *args, **kwargs)
> > TypeError: could not convert parameter 'entry_type' of type
> > 'RhythmDBEntryType'
> >     

> > I'm not sure what's going on here, but it suggests that your entry
> > type isn't being created properly, or maybe there's something wrong in
> > the python bindings.
> >     
Thanks, I guess it could be a bug in the python bindings. Is there
anywhere I can report it?
> > (rhythmbox:7426): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: source 0x883cc88 has no group
> >     
>
> This means you need to specify a source group for your source. The
> "devices" group is the one you should be using. Find the source group
> like this:
>
>   group = rb.rb_source_group_get_by_name('devices')
>
> and pass it in to the source constructor as the 'source_group' argument.
>   
Cheers, that works!
> I'm not sure why you're passing the constructed source name through
> _() - this would attempt to get a translation for "Rob's Jukebox" (for
> example), which isn't likely to exist. Maybe you want '_("%s's
> Jukebox") % (njb_device.GetOwnerString()' instead
Thanks for that, I've changed it now.

Matt wrote:
> I have no idea with regards to code, but, I'm very interested in there
> being njb support in RB (although, I think I upgraded my firmware and
> use MTP now...).  IN any event, if I can be of help testing things, I
> have a Zen Micro player, and would love RB to actually work with it,
> instead of crashing and freezing constantly.
I was actually surprised that there wasn't, seem like one of the easiest
to implement given t here are python bindings for it!
Thanks for the offer, I might take you up on it but if you upgraded your
firmware it won't work will it?

Cheers,

Rob