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I can't figure out how to fix this: doing info-list-view on my mp3
folder no longer lists the artist, album, etc. If I do "view |
view-as" it doesn't even give me the option for mp3...

My file association seems fine. If I click on the .mp3 file it opens
in Amarok correctly.

If I pause the pointer over the .mp3 filename, the pop-up window
doesn't list the artist, album, etc. any more.

It seems to have forgotten that .mp3 files can have metadata.

Any help would be appreciated!

Greg

Greg wrote:

> I can't figure out how to fix this: doing info-list-view on my mp3
> folder no longer lists the artist, album, etc. If I do "view |
> view-as" it doesn't even give me the option for mp3...
>
> My file association seems fine. If I click on the .mp3 file it opens
> in Amarok correctly.
>
> If I pause the pointer over the .mp3 filename, the pop-up window
> doesn't list the artist, album, etc. any more.
>
> It seems to have forgotten that .mp3 files can have metadata.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Greg


check if you have "kdemultimedia3-jukebox"
if not install --> log out --> log in ;-)
--
EOS
www.photo-memories.be
Running KDE 3.5.9 / openSUSE 10.3

EOS wrote:

> Greg wrote:
>
>> I can't figure out how to fix this: doing info-list-view on my mp3
>> folder no longer lists the artist, album, etc. If I do "view |
>> view-as" it doesn't even give me the option for mp3...
>>
>> My file association seems fine. If I click on the .mp3 file it opens
>> in Amarok correctly.
>>
>> If I pause the pointer over the .mp3 filename, the pop-up window
>> doesn't list the artist, album, etc. any more.
>>
>> It seems to have forgotten that .mp3 files can have metadata.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Greg
>
>
> check if you have "kdemultimedia3-jukebox"
> if not install --> log out --> log in ;-)
I also have this problem and have (and have had) kdemultimedia3-jukebox
installed. I think the meta data it worked until kde 3.5.9 (though it could
be a Suse 10.3 issue).

PS - long ago there was post in the OpenSuse forums that addressed but did
not resolve this.
--
Suse 10.3 x64, Kde 3.5.9, Gnome 2.20.0, Opera 9.x weekly

On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:55:30 GMT, Bill P <Bill@nada.com> wrote:

>EOS wrote:
>
>> Greg wrote:
>>
>>> I can't figure out how to fix this: doing info-list-view on my mp3
>>> folder no longer lists the artist, album, etc. If I do "view |
>>> view-as" it doesn't even give me the option for mp3...
>>>
>>> My file association seems fine. If I click on the .mp3 file it opens
>>> in Amarok correctly.
>>>
>>> If I pause the pointer over the .mp3 filename, the pop-up window
>>> doesn't list the artist, album, etc. any more.
>>>
>>> It seems to have forgotten that .mp3 files can have metadata.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>
>>> Greg
>>
>>
>> check if you have "kdemultimedia3-jukebox"
>> if not install --> log out --> log in ;-)

I installed it, but it didn't help. Thanks for the suggestion though,
especially the reminder to log out to restart KDE after each attempted
fix. I installed every package beginning with kdemultimedia3 - also
no fix.

>Bill P wrote:
>I also have this problem and have (and have had) kdemultimedia3-jukebox
>installed. I think the meta data it worked until kde 3.5.9 (though it could
>be a Suse 10.3 issue).
>
>PS - long ago there was post in the OpenSuse forums that addressed but did
>not resolve this.

It's depressing to hear that this has been raised before with no
resolution... I believe that this happened right after I installed
Realplayer 10. Uninstalling it didn't help though. This problem
occurs for all users, so it's not something wrong in my ~/.kde. It
makes sense that package management has screwed something up. I would
think that it is something to do with my mp3-decoder software, but I
can still play mp3s, so that must be ok. It seems that removing and
re-installing kdemultimedia should fix it. I'm not too knowledgable
with package management though, so I think I'll wait until I've done a
backup to try that. :-)

If I were using what another poster called a "toy OS" I'd just
reinstall everything from scratch (the usual solution). But that's no
way to learn anything!

Thanks for the replies.

On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:25 -0400, Greg <invalid@localhost> wrote:

>On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:55:30 GMT, Bill P <Bill@nada.com> wrote:
>
>>EOS wrote:
>>
>>> Greg wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can't figure out how to fix this: doing info-list-view on my mp3
>>>> folder no longer lists the artist, album, etc. If I do "view |
>>>> view-as" it doesn't even give me the option for mp3...
>>>>
>>>> My file association seems fine. If I click on the .mp3 file it opens
>>>> in Amarok correctly.
>>>>
>>>> If I pause the pointer over the .mp3 filename, the pop-up window
>>>> doesn't list the artist, album, etc. any more.
>>>>
>>>> It seems to have forgotten that .mp3 files can have metadata.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>>> check if you have "kdemultimedia3-jukebox"
>>> if not install --> log out --> log in ;-)
>
>I installed it, but it didn't help. Thanks for the suggestion though,
>especially the reminder to log out to restart KDE after each attempted
>fix. I installed every package beginning with kdemultimedia3 - also
>no fix.
>
>>Bill P wrote:
>>I also have this problem and have (and have had) kdemultimedia3-jukebox
>>installed. I think the meta data it worked until kde 3.5.9 (though it could
>>be a Suse 10.3 issue).
>>
>>PS - long ago there was post in the OpenSuse forums that addressed but did
>>not resolve this.
>
>It's depressing to hear that this has been raised before with no
>resolution... I believe that this happened right after I installed
>Realplayer 10. Uninstalling it didn't help though. This problem
>occurs for all users, so it's not something wrong in my ~/.kde. It
>makes sense that package management has screwed something up. I would
>think that it is something to do with my mp3-decoder software, but I
>can still play mp3s, so that must be ok. It seems that removing and
>re-installing kdemultimedia should fix it. I'm not too knowledgable
>with package management though, so I think I'll wait until I've done a
>backup to try that. :-)
>
>If I were using what another poster called a "toy OS" I'd just
>reinstall everything from scratch (the usual solution). But that's no
>way to learn anything!
>
>Thanks for the replies.

Oh, I should have mentioned that I'm using standard 32-bit 10.3, with
Packman kdemultimedia.

On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:46:31 -0400, Greg <invalid@localhost> wrote:

>On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:25 -0400, Greg <invalid@localhost> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:55:30 GMT, Bill P <Bill@nada.com> wrote:
>>
>>>EOS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I can't figure out how to fix this: doing info-list-view on my mp3
>>>>> folder no longer lists the artist, album, etc. If I do "view |
>>>>> view-as" it doesn't even give me the option for mp3...
>>>>>
>>>>> My file association seems fine. If I click on the .mp3 file it opens
>>>>> in Amarok correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I pause the pointer over the .mp3 filename, the pop-up window
>>>>> doesn't list the artist, album, etc. any more.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to have forgotten that .mp3 files can have metadata.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> check if you have "kdemultimedia3-jukebox"
>>>> if not install --> log out --> log in ;-)
>>
>>I installed it, but it didn't help. Thanks for the suggestion though,
>>especially the reminder to log out to restart KDE after each attempted
>>fix. I installed every package beginning with kdemultimedia3 - also
>>no fix.
>>
>>>Bill P wrote:
>>>I also have this problem and have (and have had) kdemultimedia3-jukebox
>>>installed. I think the meta data it worked until kde 3.5.9 (though it could
>>>be a Suse 10.3 issue).
>>>
>>>PS - long ago there was post in the OpenSuse forums that addressed but did
>>>not resolve this.
>>
>>It's depressing to hear that this has been raised before with no
>>resolution... I believe that this happened right after I installed
>>Realplayer 10. Uninstalling it didn't help though. This problem
>>occurs for all users, so it's not something wrong in my ~/.kde. It
>>makes sense that package management has screwed something up. I would
>>think that it is something to do with my mp3-decoder software, but I
>>can still play mp3s, so that must be ok. It seems that removing and
>>re-installing kdemultimedia should fix it. I'm not too knowledgable
>>with package management though, so I think I'll wait until I've done a
>>backup to try that. :-)
>>
>>If I were using what another poster called a "toy OS" I'd just
>>reinstall everything from scratch (the usual solution). But that's no
>>way to learn anything!
>>
>>Thanks for the replies.
>
>Oh, I should have mentioned that I'm using standard 32-bit 10.3, with
>Packman kdemultimedia.

SOLVED! I googled with different search terms, looking for the thread
Bill P. mentioned and found the solution:

Do "Personal Settings" - "KDE Components" - "Find Filename Pattern"
mp3

The only result should be under audio: x-mp3. If there is also one
called: mpeg, remove it! No more problem. Repeat for each user.

I think something, probably Realplayer, added the bogus mpeg entry on
a global basis. I don't know how to fix it globally, but the above
solution is good enough for me...

Greg