[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 611081] [NEW] Banshee forces transcode for mass storage device regardless of capability

[Chow Loong Jin]

On Thursday 29,July,2010 06:12 AM, themuddler wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Binary package hint: banshee
> 
> Using a mass storage device (eg Android phone), Banshee insists on
> transcoding transferred files to a nominated format even if the attached
> device can read the file being transferred.
> 
> Should be an option for user to list those types supported by the
> attached device (or a database of devices with supported codecs).
> Banshee should then transcode anything other than these file types using
> the chosen encoder.
> 
> Transcoding everything regardless of device capability is wasteful in
> terms of both quality and time.

The behaviour you have proposed is the behaviour Banshee is expected to exhibit,
though apparently it does not do so in your case. Could you provide more details
about your specific case, please? For starters, what Android phone are you
using, do you have a .is_audio_player file in the root of the volume, what
formats does it support, and from what format to what does Banshee force a
transcode for?

  affects ubuntu/banshee
  status incomplete

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Kind regards,
Chow Loong Jin


** Changed in: banshee (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Banshee forces transcode for mass storage device regardless of capability
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611081
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Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: banshee

Using a mass storage device (eg Android phone), Banshee insists on transcoding transferred files to a nominated format even if the attached device can read the file being transferred.

Should be an option for user to list those types supported by the attached device (or a database of devices with supported codecs).  Banshee should then transcode anything other than these file types using the chosen encoder.

Transcoding everything regardless of device capability is wasteful in terms of both quality and time.

Hope that's of some help :)