Ok, well I changed all of the permissions on these files to read and write and I still can't change them. The files came from a cd that had wav files on it. So anyways, I guess I have to figure out a separate way to change tags on wav files? In that case, I guess RB is good on that feature. I could even see preferring this right click -> properties method over the wmp method. Thanks for the insight and I hope I didn't waste too much of anyone's time. :)
Best, Joey On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Bodnar, Jason <ja...@shakabuku.org> wrote: > mp3 supports id3 tags and flac files have their only native tag > format. wav files don't have a universal tagging format so if you can > edit wav tags in some other program that's probably because it > supports its own proprietary tags for wav files. > > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Peter > <rhythmbox-de...@maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >> Hi Joey, >> >> I can think of two reasons why RB would not be able to edit a >> track. One is file permissions (it might be read only, for example >> a shared file belonging to another user, or a CD-ROM), the >> other is the file type. I don't know enough about this to comment, >> but perhaps someone on the list will. >> >> P.S. Please CC the list. >> >> Peter >> >> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Joey Dodson <ninjawai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> Thanks for the reply. It seems that at least some files don't allow >>> for that. I just tried inside of Rhythmbox. It would not let me type >>> inside of the fields. Also, it is right click -> properties. >>> >>> Actually, I just checked. I can edit the properties with mp3s and >>> flac, but it seems I can't do anything with wav files. Any advice? >>> >>> Best, >>> Joey >>> >>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Peter >>> <rhythmbox-de...@maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >>>> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Joey Dodson <ninjawai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm not on the dev list, as I currently don't have much programming >>>>> experience. However, I thought I'd compliment you guys on the project >>>>> and give a couple suggestions. If you don't want/need suggestions, >>>>> then please ignore this email. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Editing song information >>>>> This is probably the single most troublesome aspect of using Rythmbox. >>>>> It currently seems impossible to edit meta info for a song (am I >>>>> wrong?). Rythmbox could really use some ways to alter this >>>>> information. Ideally doing this should be saved in the file (though >>>>> that could be an option in preferences). This should be doable within >>>>> the music library. I hate to say this, but windows media player is a >>>>> good example of easy and convenient library management. If you select >>>>> a song and then click a field in the song it is possible to edit the >>>>> info for that song. Another nice feature of wmp is that using tab and >>>>> up/down arrows, you can navigate through the adjacent fields. For >>>>> example, I added some files from an album to my library, but the >>>>> artist information isn't there. I can then type the artist info into >>>>> track one, copy it, then hit down arrow then paste repeatedly to fill >>>>> in the whole album's artist info in a few seconds. Anyways, I really >>>>> think there are good arguments for implementing this feature sooner >>>>> rather than later. I'm sure with a bit of creativity it would be >>>>> entirely possible to outdo wmp's functionality here. :) >>>> >>>> To edit a single song in RB, I right click on it and pick edit properties >>>> from the context menu (something like that - I'm in front of RB right >>>> now). To edit multiple songs (e.g. to rename an album), select the >>>> songs, then again use the right click edit properties menu. >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> rhythmbox-devel mailing list >> rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel >> > > > > -- > Jason Bodnar > ja...@shakabuku.org > http://www.shakabuku.org > _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
