[SOLVED] Cannot rip CD audio to MP3 format in KDE4

[hypersk]

Hello, I just updated Kubuntu to the Jaunty version and I feel like I lost something...

One of the functionalities I was used to was ripping my original Audio CD's to preserve them in a digital format, but I cannot do it anymore...

When I try it with Dolphin (opening the Audio CD, then copying the MP3 folder to my hard drive), when I play the files, they sound just like an endless distortion.

When I try the CD Ripping option with K3B, it displays the following error:

Command failed: lame -h --tt <song name> --ta <artist> --tl <album> --t...
Error while encoding track 1.

And the Show Debugging Output button doesn't display anything relevant:

System
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K3b Version: 1.0.5

KDE Version: 3.5.10
QT Version: 3.3.8b
Kernel: 2.6.28-15-generic
Devices
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MATSHlTA DVD-RAM UJ-850S 1.61 (/dev/sr0, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump]

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

[dibl]

Re: Cannot rip CD audio to MP3 format in KDE4

Verify that you have lame installed. Might be worth removing/reinstalling lame:

sudo apt-get remove --purge lame

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lame

Then try it again with K3b. If that doesn't work, try the lame command in the Konsole and see if it gives error output.

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot rip CD audio to MP3 format in KDE4

With the K3b, this was the solution at here > Topic: Using K3b to Rip CDs [SOLVED]

[hypersk]

Re: Cannot rip CD audio to MP3 format in KDE4

Thanks to both of you for your answers!!!

I followed the link that Rog131 posted and that solution worked for me as well.

If you want to rip to mp3 from K3b, you need to go to settings, then configure K3b, then to Plugins and then click on "K3b external audio encoder" and click on configure, then click on mp3 Lame and then edit. at the bottom you see this command,

Code:

lame -h --tt %t --ta %a --tl %m --ty %y - %f

just below there you see options with two boxes, click on the "write wave header". Save that and you should be good to go. Now I had to check the Sway byt order box also to get good tracks - I got hiss otherwise - but I'm not sure that is a universal requirement for it to work.

Thankyou very much!!!

[nih]

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot rip CD audio to MP3 format in KDE4

Hello hypersk!
I had the same problem with Dolphin, have instead been using Audex Audio CD extraction tool, and it does the job neatly.

Regards/Hakan

[Guest]

Re: Cannot rip CD audio to MP3 format in KDE4

Thanks to both of you for your answers!!!

I followed the link that Rog131 posted and that solution worked for me as well.

If you want to rip to mp3 from K3b, you need to go to settings, then configure K3b, then to Plugins and then click on "K3b external audio encoder" and click on configure, then click on mp3 Lame and then edit. at the bottom you see this command,

Code:

lame -h --tt %t --ta %a --tl %m --ty %y - %f

just below there you see options with two boxes, click on the "write wave header". Save that and you should be good to go. Now I had to check the Sway byt order box also to get good tracks - I got hiss otherwise - but I'm not sure that is a universal requirement for it to work.

Thankyou very much!!!

I'm having problems with ripping to mp3 and I'm glad the previous suggestion worked for a lot of people. However, I'm not sure what I have to do. I see the two check boxes: (1) swap byte order, and (2) write wave header. Which one needs to be turned on and which one needs to be turned off?

I basically tried all combinations and k3b either doesn't rip or rips and gives distortion.