Strawberry doesn't see new files

[scubaboyc]

Good Evening,

Sorry if this is a repeat. I tried searching for 20min and nothing came up.

I just added 4 new albums to my computer. I opened Strawberry and they're not there.
I rescanned the database twice. I closed Strawberry twice and rebooted the computer once.
Still they don't show up in my Collection.

Is there a size limit to how many files Strawberry can see?

Like I said, I searched about 10 different ways and couldn't find a similar thread to save my line.

Any suggestion on what I'm doing wrong?
Running version 1.0.23 (not sure why I'm not up to date) on Linux Mint 22.

Thanks & Happy Holidays!!! :):):)

[TakeFive]

I would check first if the files are OK. Can they be played normally with other programs? If yes, can you inspect the track properties and tell if the media types match the file extensions, or if the tracks lack extension? Applications like MediaInfo, or simply "file" in Linux will help.

What happens if you copy one of them to a folder that's included in the collection? Or the inverse: copy a recognized track to those folders. Use Tools/Update-changed-collection-folders if necessary. Try also adding their folders to the collection.

These tests may narrow the problem.

[scubaboyc]

@TakeFive - Thanks for the advice.

I tried Clementine and everything is visible and plays on it.

As far as I can tell, all files are mp3's and formatted correctly.

I moved one of the folders to a band that 's already seen by Strawberry; did a rescan and reboot and still wasn't seen.

One of the artists was ripped via Windows Media Player and the other 2 by MediaMonkey.
The MediaMonkey files are named: "#-Artist-trackname.mp3". That's the only difference I could find.

When I open Strawberry I get the following errors:

Hope this helps.
Thanks,

[Gustavo L Conte]

@scubaboyc compare the fields of metadata of a working file with a problematic one. I believe there's a specific field missing thats part of the SQL constraint

[scubaboyc]

@Gustavo-L-Conte Thanks.

I used EasyTag to check the metadata and 2 of the albums show "Dual Channel" as the mode other than stereo. That's the only difference I can find and it's not an editable field.

Not sure what else to look for, but everything else is filled in like the working files.

Thanks again & Happy New Year.

[jonas]

@scubaboyc

There is a PPA repository available with the newest version which should work on Linux mint too (https://launchpad.net/~jonaski/+archive/ubuntu/strawberry).

The error message doesn't have anything to do with metadata, it has to do with the fts_songs SQL table, either there is something wrong with the database, or it's missing. If you used version 1.1.0 or newer with the same database, then that table is automatically removed since FTS was removed, so you can't simply downgrade to 1.0.23.

Do a integrity check of the database: https://wiki.strawberrymusicplayer.org/wiki/Database_integrity_check

Also check that songs_fts exists with:

sqlite3 ~/.local/share/strawberry/strawberry/strawberry.db .tables

[scubaboyc]

@jonas Thank you so much!!!

Ha!!! So i tried the PPA thing you mentioned and it didn't work, not sure why.

However, I went back into the Software Manager and found that Strawberry shows up twice, once as 1.0.23 and once as 1.2.3. So I somehow obviously downloaded the wrong version.

I uninstalled 1.0.23 , installed 1.2.3 and did a system reboot.
Now it sees everything in the collection.

My only issue now is that for some reason, one of the albums is duplicated in the Collection.
When I search by File, the files are only there once, so I don't understand why it's duplicated in the collect. As far as I can tell it's only the one album.
I did both a collection rescan and an update to changed collection folders.

Here's a pic just for reference:

Than you again for all the help.

[scubaboyc]

Nevermind, I'm a complete idiot and i forgot that's the album I duplicated to test TakeFive's suggestion.

I'm just a dork.

Thanks again everyone for your time and help.

Happy New Year!!!