Ubuntu – How to really-really rescan media library in Banshee

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I made a few edits to track information in Banshee's File System Queue playlist, and it appeared nice. However, the Artists box (in the middle of the screen) contained old information (as it was before my edit).

I thought this would get fixed if I select Tools -> Rescan Media Library. I got a brief message with '100% complete' status, however list of artists (which was modified and changed) remains as it was.

I have no clue what this means and how to really re-scan the library.

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First, you must erase the file that save the library information, this file is:

~/.config/banshee-1/banshee.db

After that, you can scan media in Banshee and you will have all the new metadata.

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The Banshee configurations are stored in the ~/.config/banshee-1/ directory. Those configurations can be found in the ~/.config/banshee-1/banshee.db (if you have the sqlite3 tool you can take a look inside this file).

I don't know if there are significant differences in the format of the files from one version to another, but I suggest that you save the entire directory and try to restore it after downgrade.

Update:

A more safe option to keep bashee settings is using the sqlite3 command:

$ sudo apt-get install sqlite3
$ cd ~/.config/banshee-1
$ sqlite3 banshee.db ".dump" > BACKUP_FILE

After the downgrade you can restore the file (first copy the backup file to the ~/.config/banshee-1 directory):

$ cd ~/.config/banshee-1
$ cat BACKUP_FILE | sqlite3 banshee.db

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