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Andarkan

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From: Germany, Wiesbaden

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 7

tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

Strange,
when I try to start tagtool, this error occurs:

I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/$user/.tagtoolrc"

** (tagtool:19769): WARNING **: Failed to read preferences file

When I create this .tagtoolrc file, it becomes this:

/home/$user/.tagtoolrc:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
/home/$user/.tagtoolrc:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^

** (tagtool:19777): WARNING **: Failed to read preferences file

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

A warning is typically non-fatal (unlike an error). Presumably this isn't the reason that the application is not starting.

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fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

It starts fine here -- with or without the .tagtoolrc file (it does produce the warning when started without the config file but starts ok nevertheless).

Andarkan

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From: Germany, Wiesbaden

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 7

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

I forgot to mention that at the end of the error message it says something like "memory access error".
I'm sure that this is the true reason. But why?

Last edited by Andarkan (2008-04-09 15:38:11)

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

No idea, sorry, but it tagtool doesn't work I'd recommend trying something like easytag instead -- I actually prefer easytag and use it myself, even though I'm the maintainer of tagtool package in AUR.

Andarkan

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From: Germany, Wiesbaden

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 7

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

I don't like Easytag. Tagtool does EXACTLY what I want.

khaoohs

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Registered: 2008-02-18

Posts: 10

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

[khaoohs@T60: /usr/share/tagtool]$ tagtool
/home/khaoohs/.tagtoolrc:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
/home/khaoohs/.tagtoolrc:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^

** (tagtool:25105): WARNING **: Failed to read preferences file
4a948c43-5840-d7d7-37fffaf2-221bdb44 is dumped

I get this error when trying to use tagtool. Can someone post an example .tagtoolrc file? I don't see any documentation on the app's website.

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

I just tried and in my case the .tagtoolrc file was created automatically during the first time I run the program on my computer -- I only got the warning on the first run, afterwards it starts up without any messages.

Anyways, here is the file that was created on my system: http://pastebin.ca/980451

khaoohs

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Registered: 2008-02-18

Posts: 10

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

Thanks, that's the file I needed to get it to work.

But it doesn't do what I want, too minimal for me. Easytag works pretty well, but I really like Tag&Rename for windows, but this ain't windows and I'm not going to wine it.

Andarkan

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From: Germany, Wiesbaden

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 7

Re: tagtool (Audio Tag Tool) doesn't start

@fwojciec

Wow, now it works, thank you very much.