Bug #721
tags not updated until folder renamed
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Description
I seem to encounter this issue with FLAC files:
If I modify the FLAG tags in EasyTAG, save the files, click on Refresh library in Audacious; however the tags will still not show as updated in Audacious.
I tried doing this with Audacious closed, opening/closing Audacious, to no apparent success. The only thing that will force the Library to update the tags seems to be renaming the folder containing the FLAC files.
Would there be a way to make sure that updated tags are automatically detected? (Using GIT code.)
History
#1
Updated by John Lindgren over 7 years ago
Updated by Did you refresh the playlist (F5) or just scan for new files?
#2
Updated by Liviu Andronic over 7 years ago
Updated by I scanned for new files, then closed the playlist and created a new one. The changes are not mirrored either in the Library pane or in the new playlist.
#3
Updated by John Lindgren over 7 years ago
Did you refresh the playlist (F5)?
#4
Updated by Liviu Andronic over 7 years ago
I've now tried F5 and it works, partly. When I do F5 the correct tags are being retrieved and populated in the album playlist. However, this doesn't seem to affect the Library pane at all. Whether I search or create a new playlist, the old tags are still being used.
Things are different though if I do F5 in the Library tab (which I now realize is what you were probably enquiring all along). F5 in Library tab has fixed the tags in the Library pane. Is this something that could be triggered automatically along with clicking the Library Refresh button?
#5
Updated by John Lindgren over 7 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
They are separate commands because refreshing all the metadata involves reading every file and is a much slower operation than just checking for new files.
What we really need is a user manual, not sure how many people would read it though since you all seem to conclude that anything you can't immediately figure out must be a bug.
Closing.
#6
Updated by Liviu Andronic over 7 years ago
This is most certainly a bug, even if it were documented, as Audacious doesn't correctly detect changes in its Library.
They are separate commands because refreshing all the metadata involves reading every file and is a much slower operation than just checking for new files.
Perhaps the way to approach this would be for Audacious to check time stamps in addition to path changes. This way the F5 operation can be run only on folders that include files that have been changed since the last scan.
#7
Updated by John Lindgren over 7 years ago
Liviu Andronic wrote:
This is most certainly a bug, even if it were documented, as Audacious doesn't correctly detect changes in its Library.
No, this is the way it is designed to work.
