Access music on external drive in Banshee

Jompa89 · 2012-06-07 18:33:57

Hi.
I use Banshee 2.4.0 on Gnome 3.4. I can access the music on my home partition easily, but it won't play the music I have on a external drive. The drive automounts so I can see the files. Here is the output I get in the terminal when trying to play a song that is on the external drive:

[jonpeder@arch_jonpeder ~]$ banshee
[Info  20:25:56.240] Running Banshee 2.4.0: [ArchLinux (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2012-03-22 17:47:11 UTC]
[Info  20:25:58.165] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Info  20:25:58.195] All services are started 1,54372
[Info  20:26:01.373] nereid Client Started
[Info  20:26:01.582] GStreamer version 0.10.36.0, gapless: True, replaygain: False
[Warn  20:26:01.680] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null. (in `mscorlib')
  at System.Int32.Parse (System.String s, NumberStyles style, IFormatProvider provider) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Int32.Parse (System.String s, NumberStyles style) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Hardware.Gio.UsbDevice.GetVendorId (IUsbDevice device) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Hardware.Gio.UsbDevice.get_VendorId () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Dap.MassStorage.DeviceMapper.Map (Banshee.Dap.MassStorage.MassStorageSource source) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Dap.MassStorage.MassStorageSource.DeviceInitialize (IDevice device) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Dap.DapService.FindDeviceSource (IDevice device) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
System.ApplicationException: Could not find org.freedesktop.Avahi
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.AvahiDBus.DBusManager.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.AvahiDBus.ZeroconfProvider.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.GetProviders () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Warn  20:26:01.729] Failed to start DAAP client - System.Exception: No Zeroconf providers could be found or initialized. Necessary daemon may not be running. (in `Mono.Zeroconf')
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.GetProviders () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.get_DefaultProvider () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.get_SelectedProvider () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.ServiceBrowser..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Daap.ServiceLocator.Start () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Daap.DaapService.ThreadedInitialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Error 20:26:13.065] GStreamer resource error: NotFound
[Error 20:26:13.356] GStreamer resource error: NotFound
[Error 20:26:13.638] GStreamer resource error: NotFound
[Error 20:26:13.921] GStreamer resource error: NotFound
[Error 20:26:14.204] GStreamer resource error: NotFound
[Warn  20:26:24.001] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index (in `mscorlib')
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<GetEnumerator>c__Iterator1[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<Best>c__Iterator0[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Lookup () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MetadataServiceJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Warn  20:27:59.839] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index (in `mscorlib')
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<GetEnumerator>c__Iterator1[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<Best>c__Iterator0[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Lookup () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MetadataServiceJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Warn  20:29:36.574] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index (in `mscorlib')
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<GetEnumerator>c__Iterator1[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<Best>c__Iterator0[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Lookup () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MetadataServiceJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Warn  20:31:08.325] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index (in `mscorlib')
  at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1[MusicBrainz.Release].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<GetEnumerator>c__Iterator1[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at MusicBrainz.Query`1+<Best>c__Iterator0[MusicBrainz.Release].MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Lookup () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz.MusicBrainzQueryJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Metadata.MetadataServiceJob.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

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Last edited by Inxsible (2012-06-07 18:35:01)

Inxsible · 2012-06-07 18:35:10

Jompa, welcome to the forums. Please use code tags when pasting long snippets as they provide scrollers.

Notice the difference?

Jompa89 · 2012-06-07 19:26:17

Ah, sorry. I'll remember that in the future.

Throne777 · 2012-06-07 19:50:12

Jompa89 wrote:

Hi.
I use Banshee 2.4.0 on Gnome 3.4. I can access the music on my home partition easily, but it won't play the music I have on a external drive. The drive automounts so I can see the files. Here is the output I get in the terminal when trying to play a song that is on the external drive:

Same. Do you also find that you can't transfer files/create new ones to the external HD? I get access denied. I'm assuming there's a dependency I'm missing.

windscape · 2012-06-07 20:36:41

Hi,

It sounds like it might be a permissions issue. What are the permissions of the mount point of the external drive? Is your user able to read and write those files outside of Banshee?

Throne777 · 2012-06-07 20:52:07

windscape wrote:

Hi,
It sounds like it might be a permissions issue. What are the permissions of the mount point of the external drive? Is your user able to read and write those files outside of Banshee?

Assuming Jompa has the same issue as me (same set-up, same problem), using right click-> Properties-> Permissions:

Owner - throne777
Folder Access: Create & Delete 
File Access: --

Group - users
Folder Access: Create & Delete
File Access: --

If I change the file access on either Owner or Group it thinks for a few seconds, then goes back to '--'. So presumably there's something stopping me from changing the permissions; which is presumably a permissions issue?

Last edited by Throne777 (2012-06-07 20:52:42)

Jompa89 · 2012-06-07 20:52:11

I can transfer to and create files on the disk, but if I try to move something to the trash it says that I only can delete it. When I unmount the drive it says that it was mounted by another user and I have to enter my password to unmount.

windscape · 2012-06-07 21:21:41

Throne777 wrote:

windscape wrote:
Hi,
It sounds like it might be a permissions issue. What are the permissions of the mount point of the external drive? Is your user able to read and write those files outside of Banshee?
Assuming Jompa has the same issue as me (same set-up, same problem), using right click-> Properties-> Permissions:
Owner - throne777
Folder Access: Create & Delete 
File Access: --

Group - users
Folder Access: Create & Delete
File Access: --
If I change the file access on either Owner or Group it thinks for a few seconds, then goes back to '--'. So presumably there's something stopping me from changing the permissions; which is presumably a permissions issue?

Look and see if udisks or something similar like an automounter is installed and automatically mounting the drive for you when you connect it, with the wrong permissions.

Throne777 · 2012-06-07 21:39:37

windscape wrote:

Throne777 wrote:
windscape wrote:
Hi,
It sounds like it might be a permissions issue. What are the permissions of the mount point of the external drive? Is your user able to read and write those files outside of Banshee?
Assuming Jompa has the same issue as me (same set-up, same problem), using right click-> Properties-> Permissions:
Owner - throne777
Folder Access: Create & Delete 
File Access: --

Group - users
Folder Access: Create & Delete
File Access: --
If I change the file access on either Owner or Group it thinks for a few seconds, then goes back to '--'. So presumably there's something stopping me from changing the permissions; which is presumably a permissions issue?
Look and see if udisks or something similar like an automounter is installed and automatically mounting the drive for you when you connect it, with the wrong permissions.

How do I do that?

Jompa89 · 2012-06-13 13:14:20

I recently had to re-build my system and now I don't have this problem any more. When I think back the problem started after I installed cdemu, so maybe the problem is related to that.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-06-07 18:33:57

Access music on external drive in Banshee

#2 2012-06-07 18:35:10

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#3 2012-06-07 19:26:17

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#4 2012-06-07 19:50:12

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#5 2012-06-07 20:36:41

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#6 2012-06-07 20:52:07

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#7 2012-06-07 20:52:11

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#8 2012-06-07 21:21:41

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#9 2012-06-07 21:39:37

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

#10 2012-06-13 13:14:20

Re: Access music on external drive in Banshee

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