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NealQ

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Registered: 2009-05-01

Posts: 9

[Solved]Sound Converter - not working

Hi there

Can't get sound converter to work it just creates folders but no files I think the relevent codecs are already installed but no joy

Last edited by NealQ (2009-05-07 11:37:10)

Piraja

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From: Lost River Lake

Registered: 2009-02-19

Posts: 529

Re: [Solved]Sound Converter - not working

Could you expand a bit, please? Which type of music files are you trying to convert? Some months ago, I had some problems with converting wma files to other formats with SoundConverter and it turned out to be a bug (might have been I who first reported it at Launchpad). I no longer use SoundConverter, however; instead, I am using a very efficient script called audio_conv.py which works perfectly also with wma.

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NealQ

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Registered: 2009-05-01

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Re: [Solved]Sound Converter - not working

I have tried flac to ogg, flac to mp3 and wav to ogg so far without success. SoundConverter I used in Linux Mint Felicia standard edition without problem.

NealQ

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Registered: 2009-05-01

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Re: [Solved]Sound Converter - not working

I have it working on a laptop so it's not a general problem, was trying it on an HP ve17 a 10 year old desktop celeron 400 with 320Mb ram. Maybe asking too much!

Askeptykal

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Registered: 2009-04-24

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Re: [Solved]Sound Converter - not working

No, I had the same problem the other day, trying to convert a .wma into an .mp3. It created the .mp3 file, but it didn't, like, give it any content, because it freezes right at the start of the conversion process. So all I end up with is an empty file.

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Piraja

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From: Lost River Lake

Registered: 2009-02-19

Posts: 529

Re: [Solved]Sound Converter - not working

You can download the conversion script I mentioned, audio_conv.py (by Chris LeBlanc), from Freshmeat. It has worked perfectly for me so far, and the excellent documentation is included in the script file itself. The usual syntax is as simple as in the following example:

cd ~/yourmusicdirectory/artist/album/
audio_conv.py -i "*.wma" --to-ogg

This converts all WMA files in your directory (~/yourmusicdirectory/artist/album/) to OGG files. The "-i" variable stands for "input" and you can use wildcards (as in "*.wma").

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NealQ

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Re: [Solved]Sound Converter - not working

Thanks Piraja

I'll give that a try when have a moment. I have Sound Converter working now, did a new install on the desktop starting with #! light and just adding what I need.