While one might find his or her video through tracker by typing its name and looking for it in "All Files" section of the gnome-tracker (tracker-search-tool), the software doesn't categorize any video in the "Videos" section. Example: tracker-search foo It does find the foo.avi as one of the outputs. tracker-search -s Videos foo It can't find it. Ultra-annoying...
Please paste the output of `emerge -pv tracker` as well as `emerge --info`
Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.4.3, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.34-tuxonice x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.34-tuxonice-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_7850_Dual-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:05:02 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r2, 3.1.2-r3 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r3 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA PUEL sun-bcla-java-vm skype-eula dlj-1.1 RTCW-ETEULA AdobeFlash-10.1 AdobeFlash-10" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=amdfam10 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=amdfam10 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays" DISTDIR="/mnt/e/distfiles/" FEATURES="assume-digests buildpkg ccache distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms unmerge-logs userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,now,--as-needed,-O1,--hash-style=gnu,--sort-common" LINGUAS="en ar fa" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/mnt/e/GentooPackages/" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext 3gp X a52 aac aalib acc acl acpi acpid alsa amd64 amr apache2 applet archive ares asf audacious autoipd automount avahi avi beagle berkdb bidi bluetooth bmp bonjour bookmarks browserplugin bttv bzip2 cairo cd cdda cddax cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cli consolekit cpudetection cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dhcpcd dia directfb divx4linux djvu dmix docbook dot dts dv dvb dvd dvdnav dvdr dxr3 encode esd evdev excel extras fa faac faad farsi fasttrack fbcon fbcondecor fbsplash ffmpeg firefox flac flash flashplayer fltk fontconfig fortran fortran95 freetype fuse galago gdbm gdu gif gmp gnome gnome-keyring gnutella gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 h323 hal html httpd iconv id3tag imagemagick ioplug iplayer ipv6 java java6 javascript jpeg jpeg2k jpg lame latex lcms libnotify lirc live m4a mad matroska mid mjpeg mmx mmxext modules mov mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mpg mudflap multilib mysql nautilus ncurses network networkmanager new-login nfs nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg oggvorbis ogm openal opencore-amr openft opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl persian php pipechan plug png pnm policykit pppd projectm proxy ps python quicktime ra ram rar rcs readline reflection rm rtf samba sdl session sip slp smp socks socks5 spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl stream svg svn symlink sysfs taglib tcpd theora tiff tk tracker truetype udev unicode unrar usb v4l vcd vcdinfo vcdx vdpau vlm vorbis wav wavpack wma wmf wmv wxwindows x264 xanim xattr xcb xine xml xmms xorg xpm xulrunner xv xvid xvmc yahoo youtube zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="stv0680" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en ar fa" LIRC_DEVICES="pctv" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" SANE_BACKENDS="gt68xx" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY emerge -pv tracker These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] app-misc/tracker-0.8.9 USE="applet eds exif flac gnome-keyring gsf gstreamer gtk hal iptc jpeg laptop mp3 nautilus pdf playlist rss tiff vorbis xine xml xmp -debug -doc -kmail -strigi -test" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
Please use an up to date tracker (0.8.15), it solved a couple of problems I had in 0.8.9.
(In reply to comment #3) > Please use an up to date tracker (0.8.15), it solved a couple of problems I had > in 0.8.9. > Upgraded. Nothing changed.
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > Please use an up to date tracker (0.8.15), it solved a couple of problems I had > > in 0.8.9. > > > > Upgraded. Nothing changed. > I have the most uptodate version i.e. 0.8.17 and still no solution. This is really a bad bug which doesn't allow you to see only video files. So, what is tracker for?! This bug makes it pathetic.
since I started testing rygel, I found out I'm also impacted by this bug. $ /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session tracker-search -v Files: 0 Since I haven't found other people complaining about the issue with google, I think this should be brought upstream.
(In reply to comment #6) > since I started testing rygel, I found out I'm also impacted by this bug. > > $ /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session tracker-search -v > Files: 0 > > Since I haven't found other people complaining about the issue with google, I > think this should be brought upstream. > Maybe people are reluctant to do this. I have been suffering from this bug from the time I installed tracker. As well as this bug, another one has appeared. Every time I log in to Gnome, tracker starts to reindex the whole data! And the pc suffers from a heavy hog then. I am wondering if I have to open another bug for that. What a mess...
this seems to be fixed in 0.9.33. Could you give it a shot ?
(In reply to comment #8) > this seems to be fixed in 0.9.33. Could you give it a shot ? > Thanks for the info. Unfortunately tracker is broken. I and many other people are affected by : http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339847 This prevents me from testing tracker. The above bug should be first fixed.
it doesn't stop you from testing new tracker releases... Anyway, I've tested it myself with command line tools and rygel and it now works fine for what we are concerned about here. Closing. Thanks for reporting.
(In reply to comment #10) > it doesn't stop you from testing new tracker releases... > Anyway, I've tested it myself with command line tools and rygel and it now > works fine for what we are concerned about here. Closing. > > Thanks for reporting. > If you are sure that it finds something when you enter: tracker-search -s Videos foo Then it is closed. I have found reporting these types of bugs to gentoo system useless. Gentoo has nothing to do with "application bugs". What is the chance of relating a misbehaved but well-compiled application to getnoo? Almost zero. In fact I think when an application compiles just fine but runs awkwardly it should be reported to developers. I mean all the application bugs should be treated upstream. I was thinking so but gentoo forum convinced me otherwise. Now, I'm getting back to my own idea. Thank you very much for your efforts.
checking with gentoo devs if nothing looks wrong in your setup is always a good thing but once that step is passed, upstream is indeed the best place to go. If you think filling bug reports just to get a gentoo dev to get a look at your problem is too much, I invite you to visit us on #gentoo-desktop for most freedesktop and gnome topics.
(In reply to comment #12) > checking with gentoo devs if nothing looks wrong in your setup is always a good > thing but once that step is passed, upstream is indeed the best place to go. If > you think filling bug reports just to get a gentoo dev to get a look at your > problem is too much, I invite you to visit us on #gentoo-desktop for most > freedesktop and gnome topics. > I'm writing so because I clearly understand that you i.e. gentoo maintainers are completely busy with other gentoo-specific-only problems so yes it would be too much to make you busier with a problem that has arisen from elsewhere. One of the bugs submitted by me took almost 6 months to be resolved. It means I should come over here and bother you less so you can fix things quicker! ;) That's why after 7 years of using gentoo everyday, I've submitted only 4 or 5 bugs. I really suggest everyone scrutinize the problem first by themselves then come here. Sorry to drag it on and thank you again.
