Yes it is strange, I don't know where M comes from. The divider key is set from the sort text, but the sort text is the same as composer unless composer sort is set.

Hard for me to figure out since I can't reproduce it, but if someone else can reproduce it, here is where it needs to be debugged:

https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/02d76f17f7f4a862019c360d4f8f61dbb0978208/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp#L1322

@205gti
The author posted in May on https://github.com/mattl/hacienda/discussions/117 that "I have taken the decision in light of recent events to close Libre.fm permanently.", then he changed this statement several times, but until recently it has been pretty clear that libre.fm was more or less closed. Apparently he changed his mind in the last few days and relaunched a new site replacing the bare bone strange site that was in place of the original site.
But this doesn't change the fact that libre.fm has been unstable for years, hardly anyone uses it, and seem to be pretty much a one-man project going nowhere. I've also pretty much lost my trust in libre.fm.
We already got both last.fm and listenbrainz as an alternative, I see no point in adding it back.

@jonas
I have already gone through my library and removed all entries in the "Album Artist Sort" tag using a tagging tool to mass delete these entries.
The behaviour I saw was if there was an entry in the "Album Artist Sort" tag that did not agree with the "Album Artist" tag, the Sort tag was given priority when sorting the tracks. On my playlist I use the Album Artist tag to sort and do not have the Album Artist Sort tag displayed.

As for the second issue; https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/topic/1431/album-synced-to-various-artists-folder-incorrectly

What was found in that issue strawberry was taking into account tracks that were not on the playlist when copying tracks over.

@jonas That did not take long.

I don't see anything obvious. What am I looking for.

1:45:03.121612943 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<abin>.[00m query 0x5f72f7680500 result 1 1:45:03.121620130 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<abin>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.121636731 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child audiotee is not sink 1:45:03.121645550 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child streamsynchronizer1 is not sink 1:45:03.121653469 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<playsink>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.121661692 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<playsink>.[00m query 0x5f72f7680500 result 1 1:45:03.121669127 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<playsink>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.121678322 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m child uridecodebin3 is not sink 1:45:03.121686180 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.121694065 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m query 0x5f72f7680500 result 1 1:45:03.321152494 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m query gstquery.c:680:gst_query_new_custom:.[00m creating new query 0x5f72f5609880 position 1:45:03.321195304 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element pipeline-2-pipeline 1:45:03.321228002 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f5609880 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.321242323 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m child playsink is sink 1:45:03.321254302 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element playsink 1:45:03.321264259 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<playsink>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f5609880 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.321273865 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child abin is sink 1:45:03.321319023 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element abin 1:45:03.321329866 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<abin>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f5609880 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.321341723 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<abin>.[00m child aconv is not sink 1:45:03.321353307 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<abin>.[00m child aqueue is not sink 1:45:03.321362720 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<abin>.[00m child audiobin is sink 1:45:03.321371183 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element audiobin 1:45:03.321380760 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<audiobin>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f5609880 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.321390886 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child capsfilter31 is not sink 1:45:03.321400579 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child capsfilter30 is not sink 1:45:03.321410283 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-ebur128_volume is not sink 1:45:03.321419240 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-volume_sw is not sink 1:45:03.321429244 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-audiosinkconverter is not sink 1:45:03.321438310 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-audioqueueconverter is not sink 1:45:03.321447751 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-audioqueue is not sink 1:45:03.321457063 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-autoaudiosink is sink 1:45:03.321466099 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element pipeline-2-autoaudiosink 1:45:03.321475888 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f5609880 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.321489434 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m child pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse is sink 1:45:03.321498120 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse 1:45:03.321516107 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5447:default_element_query:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m position query in format time 1:45:03.321528441 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5225:gst_base_sink_get_position:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m in paused, using start time 0:37:23.033983000 1:45:03.321546443 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5265:gst_base_sink_get_position:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m in PLAYING using last 0:03:57.897133937 1:45:03.321565287 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5344:gst_base_sink_get_position:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m now 0:37:23.033983000 - base_time 0:33:25.315843174 - base 0:33:25.315843174 + time 0:00:00.000000000 last 0:03:57.897133937 1:45:03.321580216 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5360:gst_base_sink_get_position:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m res: 1, POSITION: 0:03:57.718139826 1:45:03.321590845 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5566:default_element_query:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m query position returns 1 1:45:03.321600164 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.321609573 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.321618796 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m query 0x5f72f5609880 result 1 1:45:03.321626921 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.321635790 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<audiobin>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.321644423 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<audiobin>.[00m query 0x5f72f5609880 result 1 1:45:03.321652394 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<audiobin>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.321661042 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<abin>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.321670294 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<abin>.[00m query 0x5f72f5609880 result 1 1:45:03.321678255 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<abin>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.321692267 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child audiotee is not sink 1:45:03.321701991 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child streamsynchronizer1 is not sink 1:45:03.321710877 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<playsink>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.321719636 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<playsink>.[00m query 0x5f72f5609880 result 1 1:45:03.321727665 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<playsink>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.321737553 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m child uridecodebin3 is not sink 1:45:03.321746067 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.321763334 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m query 0x5f72f5609880 result 1 1:45:03.520461539 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m query gstquery.c:680:gst_query_new_custom:.[00m creating new query 0x5f72f66a8720 position 1:45:03.520528731 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element pipeline-2-pipeline 1:45:03.520546349 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f66a8720 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.520560477 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m child playsink is sink 1:45:03.520577184 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element playsink 1:45:03.520588278 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<playsink>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f66a8720 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.520604360 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child abin is sink 1:45:03.520613052 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element abin 1:45:03.520622252 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<abin>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f66a8720 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.520632395 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<abin>.[00m child aconv is not sink 1:45:03.520643739 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<abin>.[00m child aqueue is not sink 1:45:03.520652638 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<abin>.[00m child audiobin is sink 1:45:03.520661363 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element audiobin 1:45:03.520673954 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<audiobin>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f66a8720 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.520691404 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child capsfilter31 is not sink 1:45:03.520699752 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child capsfilter30 is not sink 1:45:03.520709020 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-ebur128_volume is not sink 1:45:03.520717612 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-volume_sw is not sink 1:45:03.520726837 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-audiosinkconverter is not sink 1:45:03.520735494 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-audioqueueconverter is not sink 1:45:03.520744392 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-audioqueue is not sink 1:45:03.520760301 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<audiobin>.[00m child pipeline-2-autoaudiosink is sink 1:45:03.520807979 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element pipeline-2-autoaudiosink 1:45:03.520818388 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4311:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m Sending query 0x5f72f66a8720 (type position) to sink children 1:45:03.520827844 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m child pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse is sink 1:45:03.520836256 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;37;41m GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:2098:gst_element_query:.[00m send query on element pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse 1:45:03.520852652 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5447:default_element_query:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m position query in format time 1:45:03.520869444 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5225:gst_base_sink_get_position:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m in paused, using start time 0:37:23.033983000 1:45:03.520878555 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink gstbasesink.c:5265:gst_base_sink_get_position:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink-actual-sink-pulse>.[00m in PLAYING using last 0:03:57.897133937 1:45:03.520895980 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00m basesink 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1:45:03.520943657 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m query 0x5f72f66a8720 result 1 1:45:03.520951953 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<pipeline-2-autoaudiosink>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.520960430 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<audiobin>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.520968509 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<audiobin>.[00m query 0x5f72f66a8720 result 1 1:45:03.520975800 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<audiobin>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.520983759 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<abin>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.520991625 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<abin>.[00m query 0x5f72f66a8720 result 1 1:45:03.520999009 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<abin>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.521016741 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child audiotee is not sink 1:45:03.521028890 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<playsink>.[00m child streamsynchronizer1 is not sink 1:45:03.521039239 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<playsink>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.521047445 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<playsink>.[00m query 0x5f72f66a8720 result 1 1:45:03.521054864 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4134:bin_query_position_fold:<playsink>.[00m got position 237718139826 1:45:03.521063998 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01;31m GST_STATES gstbin.c:1957:bin_element_is_sink:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m child uridecodebin3 is not sink 1:45:03.521072163 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4152:bin_query_position_done:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m max position 237718139826 1:45:03.521080294 .[33m 2.[00m 0x5f72f54778a0 .[37mDEBUG .[00m .[00;01m bin gstbin.c:4334:gst_bin_query:<pipeline-2-pipeline>.[00m query 0x5f72f66a8720 result 1

@Dhani_Maurer You rock man, thank you.

@jonas Good call -- I've traced it to the Linux applet Enhanced Sound, as removing that from the panel resolves it instantly! Thanks, I'll get onto claudiux about it, as I thought I'd turned off any features that involve music players...

@jonas Yes I would do so. However, the issue is gone. I had made a turbulent journey to discover 3 kde distros parallel. One of them produced the issue.
Later it showed some more issues so I deleted that on.e

At the moment I'm happy with Strawberry on Debian 13 with kde plasma and KDE neon, also with plasma.
In both distros Strawberry works like a charme.

@rik
You can use a file sharing service such as dropbox or onedrive and send me the link in a private message on the forum.

@sardior (Sorry, I'm an incurable pedant - not being rude!) Fyi, all audio formats (bar 'raw') are encoded (even stuff like FLAC). M4P files are encrypted - that's the issue (with Strawberry).

Kind Regards, Jon

@Dhani_Maurer

They changed the API to not allow localhost anymore, have to use 127.0.0.1 instead:
https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2025-02-12-increasing-the-security-requirements-for-integrating-with-spotify

I've fixed this now https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/commit/9ed89afdb2063baaac694f59e7a97d27871e7a01

I don't believe such a guide exists, at least not on the Strawberry Wiki.

I can offer a few basic suggestions for a beginner.

Strawberry plays music in playlists. No matter what the source of the song, it will always open in a playlist. Playlist management is too lengthy to get into here, but you can create, label, save and "favorite" playlists.

Strawberry can play from any folder on your computer by selecting "Files" in the sidebar.

If you go a step further and point Strawberry to a folder in Settings > Collection, it will show the songs as a "library" when selecting "Collection" in the sidebar.

I would hold off with using anything that says "Organzie Files" at first. (There are naming and sorting options that you may want to consider.)

Go through all the settings, slowly and methodically. Make a note of your changes so you can revert if necessary.

Use the tool-tip notes by hovering your cursor over icons, etc.

And use your right click to display the many options available.

@flaun

Gemini was pretty good helping me with connection issues when I was first setting up. I would suggest that first before posting here.

Good Evening
There is a column that shows the play count. Right click anywhere on the list of columns in a playlist and select "Play Count". That should be what you need.
Regards Stephen M

@strawbeson
You only need to build and install the spotify plugin if it's older than 0.14.0. meson and ninja are usually found in the package repositories if you are on Linux. macOS and Windows already have the plugin bundled with the installer.

@sigiken
What specific data do you need?
If it's only play counts and last played, it should be supported directly if they are saved to the file tags. If it's only stored in the database, you need to import it using SQL commands, if Mediamonkey uses sqlite3, it should be possible to attach both databases and import it using a single sql UPDATE command, you can use the following as reference (https://wiki.strawberrymusicplayer.org/wiki/Import_collection_library_and_playlists_from_Clementine), but you need to use UPDATE instead of INSERT.

@tricolor3377
Album art does not work with Discord because it requires a remote URL to the cover.
The moodbar only works with local files.

Bump! Still unable to properly show audio with no metadata...

@IsItWashable
I've also seen this issue for a long time, looks like Listenbrainz closes the connection too early.