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 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'

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

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 i

[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 plu