This seems highly likely to be related to #1084843. That bug has listed a workaround: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12337687&postcount=3
That workaround seems to be working for me. (I'm now in the process of ripping a CD.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086806 Title: Rhythmbox encoder missing plugin Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am on Ubuntu 12.10, upgraded from 12.04. Dell Inspirion 17R with 2GB RAM. Rhythmbox works just fine or so I thought until today. I was attempting to rip a CD and put it in Ogg Vorbis format. When I clicked on EXTRACT, I got a dialog window telling me that "Additional software is required to encode media in your preferred format: Vorbis encoder" When I click on "Install" to get the plugin, it searches for it and says "Python (v2.7) requires to install plugins to create media files of the following type: Vorbis encoder" then says "Required plugin could not be found" Same thing with MP3 except there finds a plugin but that is only for I386 and not for x64 so I can not isntall either. I can actually not encode any music in any format. I can play any music in any format (tried Ogg and MP3) and that works just fine without a problem. Can not rip CDs at the moment as the encoding does not work as above. It is probably since upgrade from 12.04 as on 12.04 it was working. I have not used this for some time and just tried to do it today with the above fail. It is reproducible every time for me. Tried manually installing packages to handle that without success. Let me know if more data is needed. Gabor ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: rhythmbox 2.97-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 6b64e7968cc8e732e5ad2595b83d27cf CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 Date: Wed Dec 5 14:40:43 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-26 (69 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-28 (37 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1086806/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
