Music-related questions. Most questions can probably be tagged with the name of your music player (e.g. "banshee" or "rhythmbox")
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What are ways of sharing music on ubuntu externally?
I setup a DAAP server on my server at home, mapped to my router. In ubuntu I have a variety of clients that support DAAP. In windows I couldn't find clients or easy ways of connecting to my DAAP ...
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Syncing purchased music to my mobile phone
I'm struggling to sync some of the music tracks that I purchased via the Rhythmbox onto my mobile phone. Whenever I select "download" via the Ubuntu One app, the download keeps failing. This happens ...
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Is there a paper design software for ubuntu?
Or what would you use for a such task ? Scribus ?
I wish to experiment with a new kind of music notation wich I'm developing and I need to have a customized sheet paper.
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Google Music Manager stops downloading after a while
I kept my music library, about 9000 songs, safe on Google Play Music while I was without a personal computer. Now I've got a laptop running 12.10. I've installed Google Music Manager beta and want ...
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How to make Banshee/other players recognize a folder as a music player for seamless music synchronization?
I use Webupd8's Go-mtpfs to mount Nexus 4 on Ubuntu 12.10. It mounts the folder in home directory. I use Banshee to manage my music and playlists. Banshee can't recognize the mounted folder as a music ...
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How to sort Banshee by track order?
I have several playlists containing only one artist, but multiple albums by that artist. I would like to sort these playlists so that the albums are grouped together and ordered by track number.
For ...
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unity-lens-music takes long time to retrieve information from hdd
Everytime I open the dash and go to the music lens to search for a specific title, it takes quite a while till any titles are displayed and I can hear my hdd working during the process.
I didn't copy ...
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Could I add other lyrics sources to OSD Lyrics (beside its default - ttPlayer and Xiami)?
OSD Lyrics has a very good way of displaying lyrics but its sources seem poor - compared to what I experience in Windows with Foobar and in Ubuntu with CoverGloobus.
The latter uses a small ...
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How to play realmedia / SMIL / rtsp audio references with start/end points
I'm trying to play the song referenced at A Prairie Home Companion: May 6, 2006 - Moonlight on the Colorado River lyrics. For some of my friends, the "listen" link there plays just the song whose ...
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Integrate network shares in lens results
I have movies, music and photos on a NAS that I have permanently mounted through /etc/fstab. I noticed when I go into the launcher and click on any of the music, photo and video lens, the results do ...
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iPhone music sync (iOS 6.1.2), is it possible yet?
Is it yet possible to synchronize music?
I know about questions like these:
Is it possible yet to synchronise music to an iPhone running iOS 5/6?
iPhone 4 iOS 6 sync with Ubuntu 12.04
Is it ...
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Why do my speakers randomly shut off but my headphones work?
Whenever im listening to rhythmbox my speakers will shut off after about 45 seconds and wont come back on until i restart my computer. But my headphones work whenever they shut off. Does anyone know ...
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Setting Plex media server on Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop?
I just installed the Plex media server from the Ubuntu Software Center, and opened the web interface. I want to stream my video , movies and music to my ps3 . I do lots of scratched and applied same ...
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mp3 files copied to ntfs partition not showing up in music library
I have recently installed Ubuntu and have removed any trace of Windows from my PC. I haven't formatted my partitions to ext though because I don't have a spare drive to take backups.
My problem is ...
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How do I choose M4A format music downloads in the Music Store?
The albums in the Ubuntu Music Store are shown to be available as mp3 or M4A files. How can I decide which format to download? I am not using Mac but I would prefer to download M4A.
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How to buy music from Ubuntu One using PayPal?
I'm about to purchase some albums from Ubuntu One Music, but the payment options doesn't provide PayPal. It requires a Credit Card, so is there any option for using PayPal?
Here is the album: ...
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Random lags in music when playing on any music player
When ever I play a track I experience certain issue, like the track just skipped a second or two.
This happens occasionally, but at least 4-5 times whenever I play any music track.
The actual thing is ...
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Dash music lens doesn't play music files
After installing 12.10 music lens in Dash worked not for a long time.
After a little while buttons "Open in directory" and "Play" (or whatever there was) just dissapeared.
The only thing I can notice ...
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How do I import a large music collection hosted on a smb share?
I'm trying to stream music from a CIFS share hosted on a local FreeNAS server, other Windows based PCs will also be streaming music from this share.
This share is currently around 50GB and will only ...
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Rhythmbox shows old thumbnail
When I listen to a playlist in Rhythmbox, whenever a new song starts, a message will pop up in the top right of the screen, with the title of the song, but the thumbnail of the previous song.
When I ...
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Unity Music Lens duplicates entries on Ubuntu 12.04
I had been using Clementine and its clementine-scope for a while, but a week ago I decided to switch back to Rhythmbox (better Unity integration, easier to use). The problem is that now the music lens ...
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Rhythm box won't find new music?
I have ripped some albums to the music folder.
I have 'look for new music' checked so I think it is supposed to find stuff when added.
Even when I scan music manually, or even, the specific album ...
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Can't get music to play in Doomsday 1.10.2 in Ubuntu Precise
I had an older version of the Doomsday engine, and I got the music and sound effects just fine. I recently upgraded to the 1.10.2 version with all the extras and although I have the sound effects, ...
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How to install ruby ripper? or another ripping program that does mps through a gui
I have tried to install ruby ripper various times (raring) using code pasted from the internet. everytime i get to sudo apt-get install rubyripper, i get this back:
E: Unable to locate package ...
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Finding the average Db (decibel) rating of a mp3, ogg, or flac file
I want to use ReplayGain to normalize the volume of all the music in my library, but I cannot change or add ReplayGain data in my purchased Ubuntu One music.
So, how would I figure out what the ...
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Can't enable Rhythmbox's Google Music Plugin
I tried to install Google Play Music Plugin for Rhythmbox.
I ended up by getting the plugin installed but I can't enable it. :c
I have:
Ubuntu 13.04 x32
Gnome 3.8
Thanks in advance
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Stream can't be encoded in rythmbox while playin' “absolute classic rock radio”
does anyone have idea how to fix my bug in rythmbox.
While I trying to play absolute classic rock radio, it starts, and after minute or 2,
it closes, entire rythmbox with error:
STREAM CAN NOT BE ...
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Connect and transfer files to ubuntu
When I connect my Motorola Electrify M to the computer I can't view all of my files. How do I get Ubuntu 12.10 to see them? I am running android version 4.1.2.
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If I have a CD or ipod can I put the music on it on to Ubuntu one?
I have a CD and ipod with a bunch of music that I would like to have put on to Ubuntu one is there any way I could do that so I do not have to go back to windows or mac to uses my ipod.
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Ipod scrobbling with Amarok 2.5.0
Like the Title says, i want to know how to scrobble my Ipod with Amarok 2.5.0. I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 and don't get any proper information if Amarok even supports Ipod scrobbling.So my questions are:
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Importing iTunes Music Library in Rhythmbox
I have a extensive music library in iTunes on my Mac. I have found a dozen import scripts to import the metadata (ratings, play count) to Rhythmbox. But the comments I have found all indicate that ...
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Music Store Missing Tracks / Artists
Is there some where we can report Artists Albums and tracks which are not available in the music store so they can be potentially added, i only ask because i prefer to use the music store know that ...
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Music Files Missing
Fortunately, I synced all of my music with my Google account because recently multiple folders have disappeared. Everything from A-I is there but from J-Z is gone. Nothing is in the trash. What could ...
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Sample based music software, like Magix Music Maker or Garage Band, not necessarily for realtime recording
There are many questions looking for alternatives to Garage Band and Magix Music Maker on Linux. LMMS is the #1 answer to this question, with Audacity being a not too distant second. Imho, most of ...
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iPod Nano 6th Generation Ubuntu 12.04 32bit Issues
This is my first post. I love Linux and the ideas behind it, but sometimes I really wish I had a Mac or Window's PC, simply for the ability to easily manage my music on my laptop and my iPod. I've ...
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My Ipod shows no artists in rhythmbox/Banshee
My Ipod shows no artists in rhythmbox/Banshee after using the drag and drop function in rhythmbox to get the music from my ipod unto my system76 running 12.04. My ipod definitely still has its music ...
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Why is gmusicbrowser not showing all songs?
I have 746 songs on my computer. Gmusic browser says I have 647 songs. How can I fix this?
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How to stop gmusicbrowser from changing songs when using the search box
I am using gmusicbrowser in the "Make it look like -> Rhythmbox" theme and every time i search for a song in the search box it changes songs.
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Streaming music from server using cmus/ssh
I got a server running at home,
and I want to stream music from it at work.
I dont want to mount a samba-folder or something.
Is it possible to playback music via cmus (running on server) and ssh ...
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Small lags when playing music
First of, let me start by saying I did search for related answers, but they not the same.
Now to the problem:
Often when I play music (happens with both rhythmbox, lastfm-client and other players so ...
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UbuntuOne Music (PC) Recognizes 2/3 of Stored Music as “Unknown” Song and Artist
I have just joined UbuntuOne Music and uploaded a couple of hundred (legitimately purchased) tracks. All of the tracks uploaded are MP3 format; further, all of the tracks are recognized within ...
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No Sound at all using Ubuntu 12.04
I am a programmer and I am trying to switch to Ubuntu. I am finding some difficulties in this.
I am getting no sound at all in my system (I use a VAIO that is showed in this page -> Vaio Support). ...
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How do I put a photo to the album cover in music files?
I want to put the photo to all the songs from the album. I already downloaded a program but I don't know how to use cover and thumbnailer.
(Interpreted, not translated, sorry if I am wrong, ...
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Google Music Player doesn't work
I'm trying to log in on Google Music Player application but doesn't work. I get the message below:
Login Failed
Could not identify your computer. Learn More
On Google Help it says that it ...
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Why do I get different search results in the online music store compared to RhythmBox?
Why for instance when I search for Bob Dylan in the UbuntuOne music store in RhythmBox do I find his latest Album Tempest, yet it doesn't appear in the search results for the online store via the web?
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Music Library in Clementine
For some reason Clementine doesn't scan my files for music, I've set up the folders to be scanned and I know the music is in there, but it just doesn't scan for the music. The only way I can play the ...
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Accessing my Mac's music folder files from Rhythmbox is denied
a have set up a Ubuntu dual boot on my Mac. I want to access my Mac music library from Rhythmbox. When I browse to the folder, I get a permission denied message. When I try to sudo chown/chmod, I am ...
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Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04 and Ipod touch
I don't know if anyone else is experiencing something similar to this.
I have an Ipod touch bought 3.5 years ago. It received the last software update a year ago.
After that update I had no problems ...
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Sounds Program to Randomize Velocity
I am working with a MIDI track that sounds rather flat and I would like to randomize the velocity (volume) of all of the notes. I cannot seem to do this in LMMS or Ardour, are there any other studio ...
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How can I get cover art on showing on Ubuntu One?
I've been busy ripping and uploading my CD collection to the UB1 cloud. Many of my albums don't have cover art once uploaded. I investigated and it appears UB1 only displays cover art if there is an ...
