ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

[klausdiemaus]

Running Gutsy on a Compaq laptop...

Can't seem to be able to rip to flac or mp3 despite flac, libflac, and kubuntu-restricted-extras are installed. I tried configuring k3b and the KDE control panel, but there is no options for flac or lame/mp3.

Perhaps a bug should be filed? The kubuntu-restricted-extras package should really include the packages for encoding to mp3 as well. Flac support should be included out of the box.

Does anyone else have this problem?

-Klaus

[Rog131]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

Here mp3 - rip is working. Do you have:

liblame0

This package contains the dynamic libraries, which provides the encoding
functionality of lame.

and
lame

This package contains the frontend encoder binary.

Flac needs:
flac

This package contains the command-line tools flac (used for encoding and
decoding FLACs) and metaflac (used for manipulating FLAC metadata.)

and libraries
libflac8

This package contains the runtime library libFLAC.

libflac++6

This package contains the runtime library libFLAC++.

The kubuntu-restricted-extras package should really include the packages for encoding to mp3 as well.

Yes, it should

[klausdiemaus]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

Thanks for your reply Rog131.

I just needed to install lame, as liblame0 was already installed.
I made sure all the flac packages were installed but I still can't encode in flac through kde or k3b. I have the libk3b2-mp3 package but according to the description it only provides a decoder not an encoder. Weird, as I was able to encode with lame in openSuse once I installed the k3b-mp3 package.

[Guest]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

Just wanted to pop on and say thanks for the info. I'm relatively new to Linux, and have been using Ubuntu proper until a few days ago when I decided to give this whole KDE thing a shot. Sooooo much better than Gnome IMHO. It would be a LOT less confusing switching between Ubuntu and Kubuntu (and Xubuntu, I assume) if their codec systems were more in sync with one another and the same rules applied universally. This post was EXACTLY what I needed to get my Amarok and K3B working the way I need them to. Again, thanks.

[marshallbanana]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

I made sure all the flac packages were installed but I still can't encode in flac through kde or k3b

Odd, I just have those three packages rog131 mentioned and regularly use k3b to rip to flac (also have the package flac123 but that is unnecessary for ripping). Maybe you should have a try ripping with a different program for example soundKonverter which is in the repos.

[klausdiemaus]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

I tried opensuse 10.3 and I still have the same problem, so I moved back to Ubuntu, and then used Vista for awhile, then thought of buying a Macbook for a while, now I'm back to a dual-boot between Vista and Ubuntu. I like Ubuntu with Gnome as it's more visually aesthetic than Kubuntu's KDE, yet, I get strange lock-ups (particularily with Firefox or Rhythmbox). I do find that KDE can be nice and very functional but I was just annoyed with not being able to rip cds to the format I wanted. It's pretty easy in Gnome, so it should be easy in KDE. I'm going to try again though. If this problem persists I might file a bug.

[klausdiemaus]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

Installed Hardy Heron, still have the same problems. I'm going to double check if I have all the required packages... Having trouble with the repositories right now...

[bootdoc]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

I use Grip for ripping. I usually rip and encode to ogg but all the other formats are supported.

[ventper]

Re: ripping CDs to any format other than Ogg Vorbis

as of intrepid, kde 4.2;

synaptic tells me i have(flac search);
flac
libflac++6
libflac8
libtag1c2a
libtunepimp5
libtunepimp5-mp3
soundconverter
vorbis-tools

a previous post mentioned grip, so i installed that as well before checkin if k3b would
offer me flac encoding.

i've tested encoding via k3b(workin) and playback via amarok(workin)