Re: [Tracker] Is metadata writeable yet?

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Edward Duffy wrote:
> Hey -
>
> I'm trying to call org.freedesktop.Tracker.Metadata.Set, but it
> doesn't seem to be working.  Here's the a simple Python script to set
> then read Audio.MBArtistID:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> import os
> import sys
> import dbus
>
> bus = dbus.SessionBus()
> obj = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Tracker', '/org/freedesktop/tracker')
> meta = dbus.Interface(obj, 'org.freedesktop.Tracker.Metadata')
>
> f = os.path.expandvars('$PWD/' + sys.argv[1])
> keys = [ 'Audio.MBArtistID' ]
> meta.Set('Files', f, keys, ['11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111'])
> print meta.Get('Files', f, keys)
>
> but in my tracker.log I get:
>
> 19 Sep 2006, 16:23:33:856 - Warning: Metadata could not be set for
> Audio.MBArtistID with value 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 due
> to Metadata is not of a writeable type

that is correct - embedded metadata cannot be edited (we have no means 
to write the embedded data to the file so we would lose it when file is 
reindexed)

You can use that interface for editable metadata like File.Rank and 
File.Description

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Mr Jamie McCracken
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