Testing Amarok

This is a TODO-list for testing Amarok before release. It's intended to cover all features and functionalities of Amarok. If something is missing, please add it to list.

Please report failed tests to https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=amarok

Important Tests for a release

New Installation

It is very important to test a new installation: this can be done by creating a new user quite easily, as all the configurations are stored individually for each user.

mkdir ~/.kde-test && export KDEHOME=$HOME/.kde-test && amarok --debug --nofork
Check if https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268492 is reproducible
Check start-up time the first and the subsequent times
Create a collection
Import existing collection, test if https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269241 is reproducible
Import ratings and statistics from a previous database
Try playing mp3 tracks without installed proprietary codecs https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301264

Upgraded Installation

Check start-up time the first and the subsequent times
Check existing collection
- ratings, play counts, first & last played times, labels, lyrics
Check existing playlists
Check existing plugins

Main and Slim Toolbars

Using main toolbar to...
- change track by clicking previous/next song name
- change track by dragging song names
- seek music (with the FastForward - FastBackward keyboard shortcuts and by clicking on the progress slider) in different formats (mp3, flac, ogg..)
- check artist, album and name of next/previous/current song by hovering
- play or pause playing
- adjust volume
- bookmark position of song
- like song at last.fm

Using slim toolbar to...
- change track by clicking previous/next -buttons
- seek music in different formats (mp3, flac, ogg...)
- play, pause or stop playing
- adjust volume
- bookmark position of song
- like song at last.fm

Media Sources View

Local Music

Local Collection

Browsing tracks in treeview
Ctrl+F should focus collection search and show local collection even if previously hidden
Searching from collection (artists, albums, year, etc.)
Sort/nest tracks, albums and artists with different settings
Right-click on artist to...
- add it to the playlist.
- replace the playlist.
- mass-edit track details(artist name, genre)
- organize files(different naming formats, etc.)
- play similiar artists from Last.fm
- bookmark it.
- delete tracks: "Move Tracks to Trash" (remember to have backup!)
Right-click on album to...
- add it to the playlist.
- replace the playlist.
- mass-edit track details(artist name, genre, year, album name)
- organize files(different naming formats, etc.)
- show under various artists
- fetch cover, set cover, display cover, unset cover(for more, check cover manager part of this list)
- bookmark it.
- delete tracks: "Move Tracks to Trash" (remember to have backup!)
Right-click on track to...
- add it to the playlist.
- replace the playlist.
- edit track details
- organize file(different naming formats, etc.)
- show under various artists
- love it at Last.fm
- add position marker
- delete tracks: "Move Tracks to Trash" (remember to have backup!)
Update collection from Tools->Update Collection

iPod Collection

Only iPods supported by libgpod are supported by Amarok. Recent models aren't usually supported until reverse-engineered, please always check that you have latest libgpod and the list of supported devices on gtkpod.org site.

iPod collection should show up in Local Music in a few seconds after iPod is plugged in
copy tracks to/from iPod: album cover images should be transfered in both directions, compilation status should survive copying
drag & drop files to Amarok playlist, play them; stop playling
test disconnect behaviour:
- leave some iPod songs in playlist
- disconnect iPod from within Amarok or Plasma Device Notifier
- iPod tracks in playlist should gray-out (perhaps only when hovered by mouse)
- right-click an iPod song → Edit Track Details. It should be visible that the track is no longer editable
check that songs, compilations and cover images display/play correctly on iPod

Other Media Devices Collection

Same tests as for iPods, but in particular:

Check detection of automatic mode in MTP/MSC capable players (doesn't work currently)
Check detection and functionalites of MTP devices
Check detection and functionalites of MSC/USB devices

Remote collections

DAAP: to simulate a remote DAAP collection, try the following (Debian/Ubuntu):

sudo apt-get install mt-daapd
sudo vi /etc/mt-daapd.conf
# change mp3_dir under [general]
sudo /etc/init.d/mt-daapd restart

UPnP collection
NFS collection
SAMBA shares

Internet

For last.fm (needs to be enabled first in the plugins):
- check that last.fm sees an already open KDE wallet
- check that scrobbling happens
From Cool Streams (script that needs to be enabled first):.
- Add streams to playlist
- Replace playlist with stream
- Copy stream playlists to collection
- Sort streams with different settings
From Jamendo.com:
- Update database
- Sort/nest tracks, albums and artists with different settings
- Copy/download albums or tracks to collection
- Play similiar artists from Last.fm
- Bookmark items

Playlists

Ctrl+J should focus playlist search

Dynamic Playlists

Test default biases
Edit biases
Add new biases

Saved Playlists

Save to disk
Save to database
Load playlist
Rename playlist

Automatic Playlist Generator

Ensure saved presets have all been loaded with all their constraints
Ensure that presets persist across sessions
Create and delete presets
Export and import constraints
Add and remove constraints from a preset
Change settings in each constraint
Run the Generator using each of the presets, and ensure that the Generator returns reasonable results
Cancel a running Generator job

Files

Podcasts

Menu bar

Amarok-menu

Playing media selected with dialog opened by clicking Open media-item
Changing to previous/next track
Start/stop/pause playing
Stop after current track
Quit(is it clean exit with by using it, does Amarok quit properly)

Playlist-menu

Adding media to playlist with Add Media-item
Adding different types of media streams(pls..) by clicking Add Stream-item
Undo/Redo changes made in playlist
Clearing playlist with Clear playlist-item
Removing duplicates with Remove duplicates-item
Using different playlist layouts including...
- All default playlist layouts
- Customized layouts

Tools

Bookmark Manager

Does already added bookmarks appear
Adding bookmark of Context View Applets
Adding bookmark of Media Source View
Adding bookmark of Playlist Setup
Adding bookmark of Current Track Position
Adding folders and sub-folders

Cover Manager

Browsing folders by artist
Searching covers by album name
Searching covers by artist name
Searching covers with keyword + albums with cover/albums without cover
Fetching missing covers automatically
Fetching cover for specific album...
- from Last.fm
- from Google
- from Yahoo!
- from Discogs
- Fetching cover with custom keywords
- Sorting covers by size
- Clearing view
- Selecting and changing cover
Setting custom cover from file system(png, jpeg..)
Displaying cover
Unsetting cover

Script Manager

Installing scripts
Uninstalling scripts
Enabling scripts
Disabling scripts
Installing new scripts from the Internet

Context View

Add/remove applets
Test applet functionalities for
- Current Track
- Wikipedia
- Lyrics
- Albums
- Info
- Similar Artists
- Guitar Tags
- Upcoming Events
- Photos
- Labels
- Spectrum Analyzer

Playlist View

Move tracks around changing place
test different playlist sorting, including shuffle
Set various track progressions use favors
Save as a playlist to disk
Save as a playlist to collection

Nice to test

General Layout

Unlocking and locking layout
Removing items from layout
Adding items to layout
Adjusting size of items in layout
Moving items in layout

Equalizer

Using presets
Modifying values
Saving a preset
Deleting a preset
Resetting values to default

Network Request Viewer

Browsing network requests
Viewing details of request