https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420939
--- Comment #30 from Scott <shagooser...@gmail.com> --- Seems we had a mid-air collision and my last post was lost as it was submitted at the same time you submitted your last post, anyway to briefly recap. Firstly, just to confirm, what is the correct config setting/syntax to enable content indexing: 1/ Remove the line, only basic indexing=true, or, 2/ Include the line, only basic indexing=false Baloo is part,n parcel of Kubuntu and should work straight out-of-the-box, just like my monitor or speakers. There should be no need to install programs for baloo to work. Following your instructions I have demonstrated that the expected indexing does not occur. So we can confirm that this preceding step, to the issues you identified in an earlier post, is a problem. It is clear that baloo should index duration (the play time of a music piece) as is evidenced by the selectable field in Dolphin, Audi>Duration. As you are likely aware, issues surrounding the usability of baloo have been around for many years, I have been trying to use it for 7 years without success. This bug was originally about purging and now it throws up issues with initial indexing, which is also mentioned early on in the dialogue of the bug. I think though that someone needs to decide what baloo is supposed to do, is it supposed to collect audio/visual file metadata? If yes, it fails and that is the first bug as is amply demonstrated by the numerous bug reports about baloo and metadata information not appearing. If no, then Dolphin needs to be amended so these metadata fields are not accessible. If I have to install extra software so baloo might work I am not really interested, I can do what I have done and install other software that gives me durations which are also visible from remote computers which baloo cannot do. >From the information in this post it is clear that multiple people have an issue with baloo not indexing correctly. Is it possible to just fix that issue first and then revisit the other downstream issues? Better yet, why don't we use a file manager that can read metadata and give baloo the heave-ho. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
