Rhythmbox not reading 'year' tag

Year is always shown as "Unknown" in RB & also the same seen in nautilus > properties on any properly tagged audio file (13.04

I can confirm this on Ubuntu 13.04 x64 stable.

same here ubuntu 13.04 x64

me too (same here Ubuntu 13.04 x64).

I'm using libmp3lame under 13.04 amd64 but this dosn't seem to be Rhythmbox-specific. As stated, it affects Nautilus as well.

* avconv -i *.mp3 also does **not** list year, if it ever did
* id3v2 -l *.mp3 displays `year` and all other fields (as does tagging software like Puddletag)

I can confirm this bug. Rhythmbox sees any track from my library as having "Unknown" year, even though this tag is present (verified with Puddletag).

Same for me (Ubuntu 13.04, 32 AND 64).
Rather annoying.....

Why does it remain unassigned?
The bug was reported on March and no solution so far!
Please someone look into it
I really miss listen my albums sorted by year

I have re-read my complete library today.
Here, I have the same problem.

All "Year" tags are displayed as "Unknown".

ubuntu 13.04 x64
rythembox 2.98

The program is unusable without "year" tags.

This is known Rhythmbox bug: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/rhythmbox-devel/2013-June/msg00013.html
Here is fix commit: https://git.gnome.org/browse/rhythmbox/commit/?id=d78b2db2762becc2556c454e8ae7f12521eb8f1f

In attachment cherry-picked patch from upstream to fix this issue in Ubuntu version of Rhythmbox. Maintainers, please send patched version to repository.

To test it:
1) Download Rhythmbox source for Ubuntu:
apt-get source rhythmbox
2) Copy patch:
copy fix_metadata_read.patch (from attachment) to debian/patches/ and append to debian/patches/series line:
fix_metadata_read.patch
3) Install dependences:
sudo apt-get build-dep rhythmbox
4) Build .deb:
sudo debuild -uc -us
5) Install patched version:
sudo dpkg -i librhythmbox-core6_2.98-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb

Be careful, this instruction not full. You must know that are you doing.

This patch works for me perfectly.

After install patched version, you need refresh database (readd music).

The attachment "Cherry-picked upstream patch for 2.98 version" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

Why the status is invalid for Nautilus?
Is there any hint about when the patched version will be on the repository?

> Why the status is invalid for Nautilus?
Because this bug Rhythmbox-specific. You need to open new bug to Nautilus. See Reporting Bugs rules: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
> "The rule of thumb is one report, per person, per hardware combination, per bug."
> "Please do not stack multiple issues into one report"

Sorry for this, i suppose it's obvious.

Hi Strelok,
Thanks for finding the patch, I've submitted a merge proposal which I hope will be reviewed soon.

The issue is fixed in the current Ubuntu version. Btw, you should subscribe ubuntu-sponsors if there is something to review

By current Ubuntu version you mean Trusty or Saucy? I'm using Saucy and the bug's still here.

I can confirm this. Not fixed in saucy. It's still rhythmbox version 2.99.1-0ubuntu1 from May this year.
Only version rhythmbox 3.0.1-1ubuntu5 for trusty seems to be updated as this is from November 15th.

Please backport, this bug is really annoying.

I confirm it working on Rhythmbox 3.0 on Ubuntu 13.10. I guess for now we can install the newer version from the fossfreedom PPA: http://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/how-to-install-rhythmbox-3-0-in-saucy/

Plugins for the newer version can be installed from another PPA: http://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/installing-rhythmbox-3-0-plugins-the-easy-way/