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CDDB plugin for Rhythmbox

Asked by aein on 2009-03-24

I found this plug-in (http://fabien.carrion.free.fr/Rhythmbox.html) for Rhythmbox that would allow it to access the CDDB and update the ID3 tags for my tracks; or at lest I'm under the impression it will. In any event, I download the plug-in, go to /usr/lib/.gnome2/rhythmbox/plugins but I cannot copy the plug-in into the directory because I don't have ownership. Is there a temporary way around this or any other way to install the plug-in? I don't want to take ownership permanently, I just need to install this plug-in.

Also if someone can suggest another way for Rhythmbox to get the CDDB information I'm open for that as well; however, I'm not interested in a software to just get ID3 information. I just want a media player to do what media players do. Manage my music in a simple and efficient manner.

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2009-03-25
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2009-03-24
Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : #1

You can install it off the reposn instead of compiling

sudo apt-get install cddb

sudo apt-get install python-cddb

aein (scottsheldon) said : #2

I gave this a shot but all of my files are still showing up unknown for artist, album, year, etc... but the plug-in isn't showing up in Rhythmbox so perhaps I'm not activating it properly. Was there anything specfic I needed to do beyond the above commands to enable the feature?

Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : #3

Hmm ... Did you compile/untar the package correctly?

aein (scottsheldon) said : #4

I just used the apt-get you posted above, I haven't managed to install the plug-in I found because I "don't have permission" to copy a file into that directory.

aein (scottsheldon) said : #5

Alright, I managed to finally figure this one out. I tried the above apt-get solution but for some reason it did not work for me; however, I have not removed those packages so it isn't to say they aren't being used somewhere in the chain by the plug-in that I'm using. The plug-in I found was the CDDB (http://fabien.carrion.free.fr/Rhythmbox.html) plug-in, but when I would copy it into the directory /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins I would get a permission error. The simple solution came when I started looking more in dept in Rhythmbox and found that you could add a "plugins" directory into your $HOME directory. Just browse to $HOME/.gnome2/rhythmbox and add the directory "plugins" if it isn't already there, then copy and paste the plugin into the new directory. Restart Rhythmbox and look under the Tools menu. Now I have CDDB access which correctly labels the ID3 tags.

Bl4cK_$h4Rk (black-shark001) said : #6

have you tried to paste the file through the shell using :
sudo cp /whereThe/pluginWas/extracted/* /usr/lib/.gnome2/rhythmbox/plugins
It must work

aein (scottsheldon) said : #7

I had not tried that but the solution I posted above is working well so I really haven't bothered to venture into this again. It isn't broke anymore so I'm not trying to fix it.

cameleon (el-cameleon-1) said : #8

I try to extract it to /usr/lib/.gnome2/rhythmbox/plugins and then restart rhythmbox, but I do not see any change. I have missed something?
I don't understand why this is not done by default in rhythmbox...