It looks like Strawberry can handle .svg icons for some portions of the application, as I select "Use system theme icons" in the "Appearance" settings -- and my system uses Papirus-Dark, which has .svg icons. The sidebar, however, persists in using the original Strawberry icons.

Using the QT configuration tool (qt6ct), I am able to make my Strawberry look pretty nice in Linux Mint, but it won't do anything with the sidebar, and the stock Strawberry icons look so old and dated. Hence, my plans for a full alternative icon set.

So, would I be wasting my time by creating a .svg icon set? And if I can't use .svg, are there any plans to support .svg fully in the future?

Right click on a song and select "Edit track information". There should be a number in the "Track" field at the right. Don't change anything yet, until you figure out the root of your problem, but if there is no number, that might be of concern.

Hope that helps.

I installed it on a Linux system and upon trying to check/set a different skin, when I click apply nothing changes.

I also tried each skin and restart application.

Then I went to check its config file and I see when I choose any skin and click apply, it does change in config, never changes Strawberry's appearance though

Thanks
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PS Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit

Can anyone else confirm if Spotify still works or not?

For albums that don't have the exact same artist name for every song, (but are not "Various Artists" compilation albums) put the name of the primary artist there.

Then, in the "Group By" setting, select one of the options that sorts by "Album Artist". It seems that with this configuration, albums that don't have an "Album Artist" entry will still be sorted by "Artist".

While one could use the "Album Artist" tag for all albums, I only use it for exceptions, like the example given in the original post.

Side Note (regarding compilations, aka "Various Artists":

For compilations, while some prefer to use "Various Artists" as the "Album Artist" entry, I prefer to check the "Compilation" checkbox instead, and leave "Album Artist" blank. Strawberry honors that tag, and will create a "Various Artists" heading in the library.

This is a hold-over from my years of experience with iTunes, which uses that "Compilation" tag. This may not be a universal solution, but in Strawberry, at least, it works for me.

../ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c(5031): gst_ogg_demux_loop (): /GstPlayBin3:pipeline-2-pipeline/GstURIDecodeBin3:uridecodebin3/GstURISourceBin:urisourcebin1/GstParseBin:parsebin1/GstOggDemux:oggdemux3: streaming stopped, reason not-negotiated (-4)

(I do also have strawberry installed on my desktop but that uses Bazzite so I'm struggling to find a way to install it with libgpod compiled in the files though I did try to connect my iPod to it today when the problems started, just on the off chance. And I had no luck with that.)

I've been using Strawberry since just before new years, and I love the program. A lot of programs lock you into a specific style choice, but Strawberry allows you to greatly customize your UI, and rather intuitively too.

But there is one thing I can't seem to do: I can't change the color or style of the stars in the rating column. They are grey and blobby, and since I'm using album covers as my background they often blend into parts of the art. Does anyone know how to change their style (or an alternative solution)?I've checked out qt6ct, but that's a rabbit hole I'm lost in.

Is there a way of syncing playlists with my Android phone and also sharing a playlist with someone without using Spotify? I've been looking into alternatives but the best I've found so far is Ampache and I can't see a way to integrate that into Strawberry.

Failing that, just a way to sync my playlists across my devices would help; every time I add a song to my gym/workout playlist, I have to manually add it on my Android phone. I think the music sync option worked in the past (copying the songs to the phone and converting if needed) but I think Google broke it with an update a while ago.

Thanks

For some artists, I am unable to add sort tags to their songs. This is only for some artists, for most others I have no difficulties. This is especially frustrating to me as someone who listens to a lot of Japanese msuic.

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