Quod Libet errors when working with files on mounted NTFS partition

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Patrick Walker<email address hidden> wrote:
> Quod Libet will display an error when saving changes to the tags of .mp3
> or .ogg files (I assume this applies to all audio files, but have no
> other filetypes on my computer to test with) when they are located on a
> mounted partition of filesystem type NTFS.

I've tried to reproduce this behavior, but on my system saving when
the volume is mounted read-write via NTFS-3G works fine, and saving
when it is mounted read-only is not allowed by the application.

Please try the following:

* Examine the kernel log ('sudo dmesg') and mount options ('mount'
without arguments) to make sure the filesystem is mounted read-write
and is consistent. I've seen NTFS-3G set the write flag on a
filesystem even while mounted read-only.

* Use the mutagen-inspect tool ('mutagen-inspect /path/to/file') to
ensure that the files are really being changed by QL, and not just in
QL's internal database.

* Run Quod Libet from a terminal with debugging output enabled
('QUODLIBET_DEBUG=1 quodlibet') and post the relevant portion after
receiving the error message (or just post the whole thing).

Thanks,
Steven

I went through your suggested checklist, and found this:
1) The partition is mounted r/w, and I have permission to edit files and folders on it.
2) mutagen-inspect shows that the files are being modified
3) Running quodlib in at debug level 1 reported nothing that seemed at all helpful, which is curious considering that the error still shows. I have attached the relevant part of the log.
Even stranger, this was occurring on a file that it is not happening to now, but still happening to other files.