Bug 497649

Description of problem:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547224
mentions this first. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
banshee-1.4.0

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. plugin w800i
2. start banshee
  
Actual results:
no media player shows up

Expected results:
should work-out-of-the-box (TM)

Additional info:

The problem is, that banshee seems to ignore HAL's wisdom. Here's what HAL says:

1: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Sony_Eri_Memory_Stick_356828009024443_0_0_0'
  linux.hotplug_type = 3  (0x3)  (int)
  portable_audio_player.output_formats = { 'audio/aac', 'audio/mpeg' } (string list)
  info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.Removable' } (string list)
  info.product = 'Memory Stick'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Sony_Eri_Memory_Stick_356828009024443_0_0_0'  (string)
  block.device = '/dev/sdb'  (string)
  block.major = 8  (0x8)  (int)
  block.minor = 16  (0x10)  (int)
  block.is_volume = false  (bool)
  storage.bus = 'usb'  (string)
  storage.no_partitions_hint = false  (bool)
  storage.media_check_enabled = true  (bool)
  storage.automount_enabled_hint = true  (bool)
  storage.drive_type = 'memory_stick'  (string)
  storage.model = 'Memory Stick'  (string)
  storage.vendor = 'Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB'  (string)
  storage.firmware_version = '0000'  (string)
  storage.lun = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  storage.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_fce_d028_356828009024443_0_if8'  (string)
  storage.removable.media_available = true  (bool)
  storage.removable = true  (bool)
  storage.size = 0  (0x0)  (uint64)
  storage.removable.support_async_notification = false  (bool)
  storage.hotpluggable = true  (bool)
  storage.requires_eject = false  (bool)
  storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr'  (string)
  storage.serial = 'Sony_Eri_Memory_Stick_356828009024443_0-0:0'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.8/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0/block/sdb'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_fce_d028_356828009024443_0_if8_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0'  (string)
  storage.removable.media_size = 491782144  (0x1d500000)  (uint64)
  block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Sony_Eri_Memory_Stick_356828009024443_0_0_0'  (string)
  info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block', 'portable_audio_player', 'access_control' } (string list)
  portable_audio_player.input_formats = { 'audio/x-wav' } (string list)
  portable_audio_player.audio_folders = { 'MP3/', 'MSSEMC/Media files/audio/' } (string list)
  portable_audio_player.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Sony_Eri_Memory_Stick_356828009024443_0_0_0'  (string)
  access_control.file = '/dev/sdb'  (string)
  access_control.type = 'removable-block'  (string)
  portable_audio_player.access_method.protocols = { 'storage' } (string list)
  info.vendor = 'Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB'  (string)
  info.category = 'portable_audio_player'  (string)
  info.callouts.add = { 'hal-acl-tool --add-device' } (string list)
  info.callouts.remove = { 'hal-acl-tool --remove-device' } (string list)
  info.addons = { 'hald-addon-storage' } (string list)


It recognizes the phone as an audio player.

This behavior can be fixed by adding .is_audio_player on the device. But that sucks. Banshee _should_ know that its a media player without that file.