Topics created by silver-sun

@PeterB
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE 6) seems to do the trick. That version of Linux Mint actually has qt6ct in the software channel, although an older version, 0.7-3. I installed your newer version, 0.9-2, and it seems to work fine for the most part.

Interestingly, it would not allow me to set the font as Ubuntu Regular; instead insisting on Ubuntu Light Italic. It allowed me to use Noto Sans, which is close enough. But any insight on that font issue would be appreciated.

Thanks again for helping me out with this!

@silver-sun Thanks for the reply.
I've already tried that option but it didn't do the job about the EBU. By the way, I keep it unchecked because Strawberry becomes unresponsive for 1-2 seconds when it detects changes and begins to scan.
I'm also using the replay gain (often using the "Ex Falso" app to scan mp3s and write the replay gain tags), I just wanted to test the EBU R 128 feature out of curiosity.

@silver-sun
These settings are for the file watcher/scanner, not for the search, so changing them to a higher priority will probably make it worse since the GUI might lag.

@jonas Ah, I see. Probably a good idea. Maybe it's possible to change the tool-tip wording for the uninitiated?

@jonas I realize I'm replying to an old post, but I didn't see any reason to make a new one. I would like to revisit this issue of the wrong bit depth being reported by GStreamer when an aac file is playing (32 bits instead of 16 bits). Where can I report this to the GStreamer developers? Or is it something you can report? I have GitHub and GitLab accounts, but I am just a Linux hobbyist. I report bugs, but I don't have the deep technical knowledge that would enhance my reporting. Thanks.

Ahh, I'll bet this is related to Issue #511 on GitHub, "Songs added to playlist are not sorted as they should".

I guess you can't please everyone, but I actually found the lack of sorting new playlist items useful, as I built playlists. Often I would add items and then decide I didn't want them in the playlist. By having them all at the end of the playlist, in the order that I added them, I could easily keep track of things.

I hope you will reconsider and put the sort arrows back.

Removing them did nothing to change the behavior, and I think showing them actually provides something useful. My opinion.

I've been curious about the same thing. We use taglib library for reading them initially, then when they are played, samplerate, bit depth, bitrate and file type is updated by reading using the gstreamer engine.

Wow! That's what I call service! Thank you!
Just tested lyrics with m4a files and the tag editing now works!
I also tested with an ALAC (Apple Lossless) file, which, confusingly (to me, anyway!) is also m4a. It works on that also!

This is great news. For what it's worth, I think that full compatibility with Apple sourced files is important if you want to develop Strawberry for the Mac platform. While I don't have any real evidence, I think a lot of audiophiles own Macs. I used to read Stereophile magazine, and they were always mentioning their Macs when the subject of computers in audio came up.

To this day, iTunes will not play FLAC files, so Mac users that use iTunes will most likely use ALAC, or lossy AAC. iTunes default decoding is 256 kbps AAC, and that is also what you get if you purchase music from Apple.

On a side note, there is a lot of dissatisfaction with Apple these days, even with long time users. I love my iMac, but I am using Linux more and more. It is wonderful that my iTunes collection works well with a player like Strawberry. For Mac expatriates moving to Linux, Strawberry could be a good fit. It could also be a nice alternative to iTunes on the Mac platform.

Cheers