Bug 150510

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Hello.

There seem to be some "built-in" genres, or, more probably, genres that once were in my collection, but no longer contain any songs due to them being either removed or retagged with a new genre (case-sensitivities etc.).

I couldn't find an obvious way to remove the "has-been" genres from the smart playlist browser view without removing the entire amarok database. (I did try re-scanning the collection from the tools menu.) So, this may more accurately be a request to keep the genre database up-to-date with only those genres that have songs in them.

The empty genres are an annoyance when building a dynamic playlist based on genres, if I want to select *all but a couple genres* (excluding audio books etc.). It's naturally easier to just select all of the rest rather than check each one separately for whether it contains songs or not.

Currently, Amarok gives a correct warning while playing about the genre not containing any songs (and apparently re-uses the previous genre?), but as said, it would be nicer if the genre database would be cleared of nonexistent entries.

Thank you for your time.