Kb3 and MP3

[Batpuppy]

I have been trying for a while to get k3b to support mp3 files. I have k3b, libk3b-dev, libk3b2 and lib3b2-mp3 all installed.
Still no support for mp3. What do I need to do to get k3b to work with mp3 or is this even possible?

Yeah I have used search and looked at all the other posts on this subject and nothing in any of them helped me with this issue.

[Princey]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

I have been trying for a while to get k3b to support mp3 files. I have k3b, libk3b-dev, libk3b2 and lib3b2-mp3 all installed.
Still no support for mp3. What do I need to do to get k3b to work with mp3 or is this even possible?

Yeah I have used search and looked at all the other posts on this subject and nothing in any of them helped me with this issue.

Normally, K3B tells you what files to look for. However, have you tried installing lame? Namely the following packages:

lame
lame-extras
liblame-dev
liblame0

MP3 files need the lame codec to be able to play. Install these and you should be fine.

[Batpuppy]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

I have been trying for a while to get k3b to support mp3 files. I have k3b, libk3b-dev, libk3b2 and lib3b2-mp3 all installed.
Still no support for mp3. What do I need to do to get k3b to work with mp3 or is this even possible?

Yeah I have used search and looked at all the other posts on this subject and nothing in any of them helped me with this issue.

Normally, K3B tells you what files to look for. However, have you tried installing lame? Namely the following packages:

lame
lame-extras
liblame-dev
liblame0

MP3 files need the lame codec to be able to play. Install these and you should be fine.

Yeah I have lame installed. I have to use other programs to convert or rip to mp3 and then I can use k3b to burn the cds. I guess they still have a few more bugs to work out in K3b.

[ArkRoyal]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

I have been trying for a while to get k3b to support mp3 files. I have k3b, libk3b-dev, libk3b2 and lib3b2-mp3 all installed.
Still no support for mp3. What do I need to do to get k3b to work with mp3 or is this even possible?

Yeah I have used search and looked at all the other posts on this subject and nothing in any of them helped me with this issue.

Normally, K3B tells you what files to look for. However, have you tried installing lame? Namely the following packages:

lame
lame-extras
liblame-dev
liblame0

MP3 files need the lame codec to be able to play. Install these and you should be fine.

Yeah I have lame installed. I have to use other programs to convert or rip to mp3 and then I can use k3b to burn the cds. I guess they still have a few more bugs to work out in K3b.

I don't think the problem is with k3b. I haven't put a lot of effort into it but I can't get k3b to rip a video DVD even though it is supposed to be able to do it and I have seen write ups that claim this to be a very stable feature. I suspect that either Debian or kubuntu has changed something that breaks K3b. If I get the time and energy I will post what I find out.

[Princey]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

I run Kubuntu 64bit and I did get the same error messages. But after installing the packages I mentioned, the message disappeared and I've burned several mp3s to CD. Did you check to see if the 4 packages I mentioned are there?

@ ArkRoyal, K3b does rip DVD's here for me. Just not the commercially encrypted ones. For that, you need dvdrip.

[Batpuppy]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

I run Kubuntu 64bit and I did get the same error messages. But after installing the packages I mentioned, the message disappeared and I've burned several mp3s to CD. Did you check to see if the 4 packages I mentioned are there?

@ ArkRoyal, K3b does rip DVD's here for me. Just not the commercially encrypted ones. For that, you need dvdrip.

Yeah I have all the lame files and everything else that been mentioned that might help K3b with MP3. I found I can't even burn cds with K3b anyway and it crashes and I have to do a hard reboot. Anyway I decided to use gnomebaker to burn CDs and sound juicer to rip them and convert to mp3. Both of these programs would well with no issues. It would be nice to have one program that could do it all so maybe I check out k3b again later on when it is hopefully more stable.

[Princey]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

Sorry to hear that and it's weird that it's misbehaving. I've never experienced any problems with k3b whatsoever. There are times when certain cd's give me problems on my Windows machine. I just switch over to my Linux box and k3b does it without a problem.

[dibl]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

Well, I just got K3b back! This is about the third time I've fixed the damned thing, so I'll review the issues, errrrr features.

1. You need the mad-related packages: libmad-ocaml, libmad-ocaml-dev, libmad0, and libmad0-dev. I think you may need to enable the Medibuntu repository to get these.

2. You need the lame packages listed above by Princey.

3. You need the packages libk3b2 and libk3b2-mp3.

4. You need a fair breeze and perhaps to burn some chicken feathers down at the Linux temple.

:P

[Guest]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

I don't get it I have had no problems burning disks using Slackware Or Gentoo Yes Slackware was a mission to download source and compile so I could burn VCD's.

Now I have got the mp3 support working but the thing hangs when I start the burn after the writing of the TOC yes I have some more testing to do and get the dma on the burner channel and for that matter I am pretty sure DMA on any disk is not going.

At around this point K3B Goes good night and take the CD Burner with it A reboot fixes the CD Burner

[Princey]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

This may be worth a shot, download and install the trial version of Nero Linux and see if you get into the same problems.

[Guest]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

Not a stupid idea. I have yet to try the command line yet I have the DMA working now too many things to do not enough time

[OneSalientOversigh]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

Hi there everyone. I'm having problems with this too. I can't get K3B to rip CD tracks as mp3 files.

K3B gives me two choices - ogg or wave.

I've installed all the following files as per people's suggestions on this thread:

lame
lame-extras
liblame-dev
liblame0
libmad-ocaml
libmad-ocaml-dev
libmad0
libmad0-dev
libk3b2
libk3b2-mp3

After all that I go into K3B and it still only gives me the options of ripping in ogg or wave.

In Settings --> Configure k3b --> plugins I have the following under "AudioEncoder":

K3b External Audio Controller - Sebastian Trueg
K3b Ogg Vorbis Encoder - Sebastian Trueg
K3b SoX Audio Encoder - Sebastian Trueg

No Lame there in the plugins.

MAD Decoder exists in the AudioDecoder section.

In Settings --> Configure k3b --> Programs there is a section called "transcode" which has the following options:

/usr/bin/transcode for xvid, lame, ffmpeg, ac3
/usr/bin/x11/trasncode for xvid, lame, ffmpeg, ac3

You can click on either one as the default. There doesn't seem to be any difference in which one you check - I still can't get k3b to rip CD tracks as mp3s.

[Princey]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

Salient, I think you do have lame there, let's just see. Just where you went, let's go back there for a bit.

1. Open k3b

2. Go to "settings" then "configure k3b"

3. Click on "plugins" on the left hand side.

4. For the section AudioEncoder, click on the first item that should read k3b External Audio Encoder Sebastien Trueg then chose "configure" towards the bottom of that window. Doesn't it say "Lame mp3" when the next window opens?

[OneSalientOversigh]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

No it doesn't.

I've tried to put in all the info that I can:

Mp3, /usr/bin/lame, %f

Just tried it after entering the info manually. Doesn't work.

I definitely have lame. But k3b isn't wanting to use it.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Kb3 and MP3

I'd suggest a reinstall of K3b.

By the way, you might like to know that /usr/bin/X11 is just a symlink to /usr/bin. There's no difference between the two.