automatic filters for thumbs.db and desktop.ini files

Thank you for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? How do you know they are being parsed and slow down it?

I'm using the version of gutsy, which is 0.10.90-0ubuntu1 (and also
feisty version).
I know these files are parsed because when starging rhythmbox
(remember that I have the option "monitor new files in the library")
an icon appears with the label "error importing".

I think that they slow down because the process of monitoring the
library is very long (5 minutes for a 2,6GB library) and I also think
that determining a MIME type of a file is not a simple operation...

I've started rhythmbox -d and capture some debug.
This is what I've understood:
the refresh of known music and jpegs lasts in 11 seconds
than I start seeing strange messages

Attached the log file starting from the strange message, after the last music file is parsed, and truncated after 250 lines (it was too big and the lines were similar).

I've sent the request upstream on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442061

rhythmbox (0.11.0-0ubuntu1) fixes it

In the sense that these files are not ignored, but at least the whole update process lasts in 10 seconds

Does that mean that we will always have them in the "Error while importing" category.
I think it is safe to have it be skipped everytime... Is there a reason why this can't be done?

A rising issue I can see would be if the person is in a Mac, the files to skip are not .db, but probably .itc iTunes library files...
Maybe have a tab or section in the Preferences menu that prompts the user to specify filenames and/or filetypes to skip when parsing for new files in the library, since just deleting them only works until next open...

I think it would be easier if Rhythmbox scanned for files known to contain audio *only*, since the list of file types it can handle is much smaller than the list of types it can't. It still occurs in the latest version of Rhythmbox in Hardy.

I am also using the "Watch my library for new files". Each time I load Rhythmbox I receive 148 import errors relating to Windows system files (Thumbs.db etc).

If this is not going to be "fixed", maybe an option could be provided to categorically exclude certain files or file types (either by MIME or extension). I personally would exclude all *.db, *.ini from the import process. This functionality would allow for iTune files (*.itc etc), Windows system files and any other user files defined.

It's February 2009, and this bug is finally triaged...
Am I to expect a release candidate soon?
Or am we waiting for Jaunty+1?
Needless to say, the error is still very much present...

Tiede, the bug has been reported upstream; this is what the Triaged status reflects in this case. Further progress on this bug will occur in the upstream report (although there has been no activity there for quite some time).

I just installed a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 and this bug hasn't even been solved in Rhythmbox 3.0.2??? Why?