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The Banshee FAQ
The FAQ will point you to where you tan find info on the site about certain issues. If you can't find what you are looking for, feel free to figure it out and add it to the site so others can benefit.
Q: Where can I keep up-to-date on releases and what features Banshee adds in?
A: Releases are announced and archived on this page. Each announcement records the changes including the features added.
Q: Where do I get avahi-sharp?
A: Avahi.org (http://avahi.org/), specifically from this page http://avahi.org/wiki/DownloadAvahi. If you are using Ubuntu Dapper or Debian Unstable avahi sharp is fixed. Issue the command apt-get install libavahi-cil.
Q: Why do I get the error don't know how to handle application/x-id3?
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Q: My MP3 files will not play?
A: This is caused by not having MP3 support in your version of gstreamer. For Ubuntu Dapper, sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 should do it.
Q: Where do I find information on current bugs?
A: The Bugs page will direct you to information on the latest bugs and issues.
Q: How do I track down a bug?
A: Check out our Debugging page.
Q: How do I get album covers to show?
A: Name your album covers cover.jpg and put them in the directory with the album's music files. Banshee will pickup on this if it doesn't get the album from other sources and will synchronize them with your iPod if you add tracks.
Q: How do I install on distro X?
A: See the Getting_Started page.
Q: How do I get Banshee to do X?
A: See the Banshee Guide page.
Q: Where can I get help?
A: See the Help & Contact page.
Q: Can I compile without feature X to avoid the requirements?
A: Yes. See the ./configure --help for information on this. As an example: ./configure --disable-daap.
Q: I can't get banshee to compile from source. autogen.sh complains about missing macro files:
Please add the files codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4 progtest.m4
A: Your distribution typically does not come with development packages installed. Check with your distribution as to how to get these packages installed. For our Ubuntu friends, run sudo apt-get build-dep banshee. If you encounter similar errors, be sure that you have automake 1.9 installed.
Q: Why doesn't the Filesystem Monitor plugin work properly?
A: You shouldn't be using it; it is known to be broken. If your distribution is still shipping it, please notify your package maintainers that the plugin should not be shipped.
Q: I'm using FC5, and Banshee SVN Segfaults on startup. Whats wrong?
A: A segfault on startup can mean a lot of things, but on FC5 it is common that you are using an out-of-date version of D-Bus. Doing a full gdb backtrace that yields that the fault is in the call DBus.Bus:GetBus (DBus.Bus/BusType). Many IRC reporters have found that upgrading to D-Bus 0.62 or later fixes the issue. This may apply to other distributions!
Q: How many rods are in a furlong?
A: 40.
