Problem loading Soundjuicer

[ahurd]

I am on 8.04. When I try to load soundjuicer, either from Kmenu or panel, the hourglass keeps turning but SJ never gets loaded. If I restart 8.04 and click on panel, SJ loads, but if I kill SJ then try to load SJ by clicking on panel, it again fails. Could someone help me fix this problem?

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

A bit dated, and originally written for Feisty, but read the comments, as at least one commenter said it worked for him with Hardy.

How to enable CD ripping and mp3 encoding with Sound Juicer in Ubuntu 7.10

[ahurd]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

No mention of loading problems there.

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

Yes, but it describes what packages to install. Have you checked to see if you have everything that link says is required is in fact installed?

[ahurd]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

When I search for soundjuicer in adept, nothing comes up so I can't install or uninstall. What gives? In Kmenu it appears under Multimedia > Audio cd extractor but I don't know how it got there.

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

Are you saying that you didn't install Sound Juicer?

[ahurd]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

Not that I remember, but if I did try, adept shows I made a mistake. How it appears in Kmenu and not in adept is a mystery. Whaat I would like to do is remove the audio cd extractor which appears in Kmenu (soundjuicer) and start over to install again. Can I do that?

[ahurd]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

I have downloaded a recent soundjuicer .deb program which I can install. However I am worried about audio cd extractor appearing in Kmenu since it was probably incorrectly installed and may conflict with new SJ I install. In /usr/bin I find an executable soundjuicer dating from /06/06/08. Should I delete this file and if so what will happen in Kmenu?

[askrieger]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

You REALLY shouldn't be messing around with deb files by hand! Please start up your favorite package manager, e.g. Kpackagekit, Synaptic, or (maybe) even Adept. If Sound-juicer is shown as installed, mark it for "complete removable", (including configuration files). This should level the playing field. Then install Sound-juicer from scratch. Also install the "recommended" package (eject). In general, "recommended" packages are actually mandatory. Then review the "suggested" packages, if you actually want to use the program. You will probably want the gstreamer-plugins, Many people use the "ugly" set, but you might want to try the "bad" ones.

[ahurd]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

When I type SJ into adept or synaptic, no packages show up. What gives?

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

Search on "sound juicer"

[ahurd]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

I used apt-get remove SJ to try to get rid of old possibly corrupt SJ but Kmenu still has Audio CD Extractor and /usr/bin has SJ executable. Synaptic now reports broken package. What now.

[askrieger]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

Synaptic now reports broken package. What now.

Now that you've gotten a package manager to acknowledge the existence of Sound-juicer, you can proceed to the complete-removal step, and then start to install it from the beginning. By the way, this is EXACTLY why I personally use Synaptic instead of Adept.

[ahurd]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

I have now removed and then reinstalled SJ and the same problem persists. Any way of troubleshooting to see why hanging is happening?

[skunk]

Re: Problem loading Soundjuicer

If you start the program from konsole, there may be useful debugging output which might help