Bug 136115

Summary:	Make CDDB lookup happen in a background thread, not in the same thread that redraws the GUI
Product:	[Unmaintained] kaudiocreator	Reporter:	Ryan Saunders <saunders>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Gerd Fleischer <gerdfleischer>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandriva RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Ryan Saunders 2006-10-22 04:07:01 UTC

Version:           1.13 (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs
OS:                Linux

When I insert a new disk, kaudiocreator stops redrawing the UI until the CDDB lookup has finished. This is irritating, especially if I already have encoding jobs running, because they don't update their status until the lookup finishes.

I think this would be a better user experience if the lookup were done in a background thread, along with an icon in the status bar indicates that a CDDB lookup is in progress. If the user clicks on the icon, it could pop up a dialog that says "CDDB lookup in progress...do you want to abort?...Yes/No" or something like that (in case my network is broken, for example). This way, the user doesn't think that the app is hung, and can abort the operation if he wants.

Thanks for a great app!

Comment 1 Ryan Saunders 2006-10-22 05:19:49 UTC

Hmmm...on further use of kaudiocreator, it appears that what is causing the UI not to redraw is the initial disc read, not the CDDB lookup (I set my TCP/IP gateway to a non existent host and tried a CDDB lookup, and the UI didn't hang). My mistake.

That being so, I'd like to amend this bug: make disc read happen in a background thread, so the UI doesn't appear to hang.

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 03:51:49 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2025-06-10 16:05:29 UTC

This project is unfortunately no longer maintained.

If a new maintainer wants to step up and take care, the project is archived here:

https://invent.kde.org/unmaintained/kaudiocreator

You can just clone it in your private namespace on invent.kde.org and if you have started to work on it and fixed/implemented something get it reviewed and the project unarchived.

Sorry for the inconveniences.