[Dorset] Can't read CD to rip.

2009-07-12 Thread Terry Coles
I posted earlier about adding the Medibuntu repository to this machine. That problem is now fixed, but Medibuntu didn't fix the original problem. I have a CD which has previously been ripped to Ogg-Vorbis, although I can't remember when or how. I have one of the those car MP3 players, that

Re: [Dorset] Can't read CD to rip.

2009-07-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, The problem is that K3b sees the disc OK, successfully retrieves track info from CDDB, but fails when trying to access the disc with lame. Does lame give any diagnostics when k3b calls it? I also get disc access failures with other tools, such as KsCD, so I think the problem is

Re: [Dorset] Can't read CD to rip.

2009-07-12 Thread Sean Gibbins
Ralph Corderoy wrote: Can you still rip that CD to ogg? What about a different CD that you may have recently ripped successfully? IOW, try something to ensure it's a problem with this particular CD plus MP3 and not a new problem with either the drive or this particular CD. Any chance it's

Re: [Dorset] Can't read CD to rip.

2009-07-12 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 12 Jul 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Does lame give any diagnostics when k3b calls it? Not really; it just says it fails to read the disc. Can you still rip that CD to ogg? What about a different CD that you may have recently ripped successfully? IOW, try something to ensure it's a

Re: [Dorset] Can't read CD to rip.

2009-07-12 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 12 Jul 2009, Sean Gibbins wrote: Alternatively if you have the ogg files use SoundConverter to turn 'em directly into mp3s. Not ideal and doesn't solve the wider issue, but gets the job done. Yes I did try that before I set up Medibuntu. It says I need MP3 support. I guess I