Enjoying ELO on VLC, thank you for reminding me about media players, P.S. I downloaded this from utube... very naughty.. But every one should have a bit of ELO in their life.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phA_Jw0Q0co Regards, Phill. On 10 May 2013 21:18, Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed Rythmbox and realised quickly why I do not use it. > > I did mention of my preference for VLC. Well, Rythmbox has scoured my hard > drives for about two hours and found nothing. At this point. with you > stating that 2.99 is their final release and it does now seem to be > abandonware, if you stick with Rythmbox you will not get patches. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > > On 10 May 2013 20:28, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, like I said, I've got three machines, all set up identically with >> vanilla 13.04 64-bit ISO from the same USB stick, and AFAICS it only >> happens on one of them, which unfortunately is my favourite, an old Lenovo >> N500 with a really comfortable touchpad. Rhythmbox cannot play two albums >> in succession, even immediate succession, without being closed and reopened. >> >> I didn't acknowledge Phill's statement that he would let me know of >> guidance for installing Rhythmbox 2.99 from the FTP package. But I look >> forward to that. Thanks, Phill. >> >> By the way, do you remember I mentioned the absence of the unread mail >> indicator on the Thunderbird launcher? I reported it as a bug on >> Launchpad.net and was immediately informed it had already been reported, >> twice, and will be fixed. >> >> On 10/05/13 20:11, Neil Greenwood wrote: >> >> Top- posting because the rest of the thread is... >> >> I have rhythmbox running fine in 13.04, with 6000+ tracks (not sure how >> many albums). I've had it open since I booted, about 2 weeks ago. I suspend >> every night too. Plays fine, although I have seen problems like those >> mentioned previously. >> >> Neil. >> >> On 10 May 2013 15:19, "Phill Whiteside" <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> > >> > I use gmail, so it all appears in the correct order to me. I believe >> there is a seperate thread on the way email clients work. >> > >> > As Rhythmbox is searching my music collection, I don't want to stress >> the computer out too much - It's using 100% of one of my two CPU's. >> > >> > I'll have a look at what is needed for 2.99 and let you know. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Phill. >> > >> > >> > On 10 May 2013 15:08, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> H'mm. I've also tried reinstalling from the repository, using >> Synaptic, and it doesn't make any difference, and looking at it, the thing >> in the repository is also 2.98. But if I was to download 2.99 from the FTP >> page you indicated, wouldn't I have to do all the configuration manually? >> That would be totally beyond me. By the way, we shouldn't be top posting >> like this. It forces people to read the conversation from bottom to top as >> well as from top to bottom. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/05/13 14:44, Phill Whiteside wrote: >> >>> >> >>> 13.04 has installed 2.98 have a check on 'help --> about" >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> >> >>> Phill >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 10 May 2013 14:42, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> According to that ftp page, 2.99 was the last version they made >> before they stopped, evidently imagining it was as perfect as it could ever >> be. I assume that's what I've got, because I assume that's what's delivered >> in the complete Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit ISO, which is what I have installed. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On 10/05/13 14:21, Phill Whiteside wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Just while I install it and vlc, it is time to ask the usual silly >> question... So do forgive me! >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Have you got the latest version from >> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/rhythmbox/ >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I'm a VLC fan, but have had rhythmbox running well in the past with >> a large library. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Regards, >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Phill. >> >>>>> P.S. this is a clean 13.04 lubuntu install, so I need to 'add' >> things to it :) >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On 10 May 2013 14:07, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On 10/05/13 13:55, Alan Pope wrote: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> On 10/05/13 13:33, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> I find that in 13.04 (though not as far as I can recall, >> previously), it >> >>>>>>>> is impossible to leave Rhythmbox running after use, ie for >> instance >> >>>>>>>> having played an album to leave it running and an hour later to >> try to >> >>>>>>>> play another one. It goes berzerk. Most usually it will skip >> through >> >>>>>>>> tracks at great speed, >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> That sounds like your media is on a mounted / removable device >> which has since gone away / been unmounted? The skipping through tracks is >> often when it says "ok, what track is next, lets play it, oh, it's gone, >> ok, next track.. " etc. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Cheers, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I don't mean it looks for them one after another in rapid >> succession and doesn't find them; I mean it literally skips through each >> track, jumping e.g. thirty seconds at a time. But this is just the >> commonest immediate symptom of a general haywireness that sets in if it has >> been left running but idle for more than a few minutes. By the way, AFAIK, >> I only have this on one of my three machines, but they are all identically >> set up, with completely fresh installs of 13.04 and then all files, >> including the 1850+ albums, reloaded from an external hard drive. This >> takes an hour or two for each fresh install, but it gives me maximum free >> space, so I do it happily, rather than install the new versions keeping the >> old files and settings. >> >>>>>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> -- >> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw >> > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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