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Re: UT music app cannot find mp3 on desktop

 

 After installing mediascanner the Music app worked like a charm. Thank you
all.



Regards,

*Sayantan Das*

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On 1 December 2013 19:30, Andrew Hayzen <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Hi,
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> Please ensure that the package mediascanner is installed on your system.
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> Then run the following command to scan ~/Music
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> mediascanner-service ~/Music
>
> Please let me know if you have any further issues.
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> Andrew
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> On 01/12/13 11:49, Florian Will wrote:
> > Hi Sayantan,
> >
> > Am 01.12.2013 11:34, schrieb Sayantan Das:
> >> How do I get the app to recognize the files, or maybe change the
> >> path of the folder?
> >
> > I've never used it on the desktop, but I think I remember the
> > music-app uses the grilo media scanner to find music (just like
> > gnome-music does).
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't remember how to get grilo to work. Maybe
> > google can help. I think after installing grilo, you need to start
> > an initial scan..
> >
> > Cheers, Florian
> >
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