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Banshee is Media Management and Playback application.

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Banshee is a media management and playback application for the GNOME desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library, create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from iPods and other media devices, play and manage video files and burn selections to a CD.

Banshee was the default music player in 11.04 "Natty Narwhal".

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How can I export all the mp3s from a playlist in Banshee?

I have all my music, unsorted in /home/blah/Music/. It's in random folders, which doesn't matter for me though since Banshee takes care of everything. I have a large playlist containing a good 2/3 of my music. How can I copy all the mp3 files…
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How do I make Banshee re-scan for cover art?

I restored my banshee db as per this question. My music and listening history shows up as expected, but the cover art is missing, and Banshee won't scan for it. "Rescan music library" doesn't check for cover art. Neither does disabling/re-enabling…
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How to really-really rescan media library in Banshee?

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…
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Where does Banshee store playlists and podcast metadata?

I'm in the process of doing a system re-install. I've seen: How to backup settings and list of installed packages There are a couple of specific apps I want to double check that all their data/metadata will be saved if I copy my home directory…
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How do I backup my Banshee listening history?

I would like to use sites like last.fm, but because I'm often moving from OS to OS, and mostly listen to music on an mp3 player, most of my listening data gets lost. Is there any way I can backup Banshee's listening history, and restore it on a new…
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How can I browse by genre in Banshee?

Is it possible to browse by genre in Banshee? Per default I only see browsing enables by artist and album. Can the browser be configured to support genres as well?
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Is there any way to "scrobble" to libre.fm using Banshee?

Well , is there any way to "scrobble" to libre.fm using Banshee? (i'm on banshee 2.1) I found out that rhythmbox can do it, but i prefer banshee.
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Are there secret Banshee rewind and fast forward controls?

I do a lot of listening to songs I need to learn, which means I often want to rewind or fast forward a few seconds. Instinctively I want to use my arrow keys. Is there a plugin for Banshee that can help with that or some controls that I'm just not…
Amanda
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How to add a folder to a playlist in Banshee?

Now how do you add an entire folder to a playlist of Banshee. Say, you have a precious folder in which you have put your favorite songs one by one. How do you create a playlist for that folder?
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Why are Last.fm's features unavailable to Banshee users who don't subscribe to the service?

Whenever I try to do anything other view my Last.fm profile in Banshee, I am confronted with the following message at the bottom of the inteface: Failed to tune into station: Stations are only available to paying Last.fm subscribers These are…
user2405
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Manually set track listen count in Banshee?

How can I manually edit the track play count for a track for Banshee?
David Oneill
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Bulk export/embed album art in Banshee

I have a well structured music library in Banshee. I used to just use folders for years so I've always been pretty good at maintaining a strict filing system. I say this not to brag (it did waste a lot of my time, after all) but to explain that my…
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Download lastfm tags into mp3 comment or genre tag

for a long time I dream to have a songs lastfm tags in my music library, so I can use them to quickly generate playlists. There used to be a way to do that in amarok 1.4, but it never was stable. Than there is MusicBrainz Picard's lastfm/lastfmplus…
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Banshee encountered a Fatal Error (sqlite error 11: database disk image is malformed)

I am running ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, and recently I am helping in testing out indicator-weather using the unstable buids. However there was a bug which caused my system to freeze suddenly (due to indicator-weather not ubuntu) and the only way…
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Automatically add/scan existing cover art in Banshee?

I built my Banshee DB from scratch and am now facing the issue, that none of my albums shows cover art unless I start playing one of its songs. All the album folders contain a cover file cover.jpg and I don't want anything to be downloaded from the…
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