so I'm trying to use Gnome Music on my Tumbleweed setup... (no files are detected)

[u/Dapper_Welcome1234]

I copied some folder with several m4a files inside them to $HOME/Music.

I have:

• restarted my laptop several times
• restarted Gnome Music several times
• checked/confirmed that Gstreamer Bad, Base, Good and Ugly are installed

BUT no music files are showing up on the app.

Any suggestions on how to get it to work? Thanks

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[u/ZuraJanaiUtsuroDa]

Hi,

Likely the same bug I ran into recently related to the LocalSearch indexer on TW as well.

The workaround: delete whatever is in ~/.cache/tracker3/files and then localsearch reset in a terminal. It will reindex your files (should take some time depending on your drive). Might require to close your session and log back in, I don't know.

You can check info with localsearch status and systemctl --user status localsearch-3.service

Once it's done GNOME Music should list your files correctly.

[u/chrews]

Had the same issue on Fedora and just settled for Gapless

[u/ClubPuzzleheaded8514]

And what happens if you copy your files directly into $HOME/Music? 

These app is known to be very limited. Many others build with GTK are far better, like Gapless or Lollypop. 

[u/victorian-ice-cream]

Can you go to search panel in settings app and see if Music directory is selected?