Ripping to MP3

The SuSE documentation refers to ripping to MP3 format if you have a
supporting codec. Ogg works great, but has little utility off the computer
(unfortunately!). I found an MP3 codec called "notlame" (v. 3.96.1) that I
loaded as an RPM with YaST and used with KAudioCreator. It appeared to
work, but the computer could not play back the ".MP3" files created. I then
tried running it directly at the command prompt with the same results. I
also noted that Firefox (and who knows what else) stopped working after
this install.

Does anyone know of a source for MP3 codecs that are compatible with SuSE
10, whether open source or not? Thanks.

TEXCHUCK

john.c.malone@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> I found an MP3 codec called "notlame" (v. 3.96.1) that I
> loaded as an RPM with YaST and used with KAudioCreator.

notlame should work just fine to create MP3s (I use notlame to transcode
from FLAC/OGG when necessary and it works great).

Do the MP3 files produced playback on your Linux machine? You may also
want to try the "file <filename>" command to see if it does indeed
output as an mp3 file.

--
Justin Grote
Novell Support Connection Sysop
Network Architect
JWG Networks

> john.c.malone@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > I found an MP3 codec called "notlame" (v. 3.96.1) that I
> > loaded as an RPM with YaST and used with KAudioCreator.
>
> notlame should work just fine to create MP3s (I use notlame to transcode
> from FLAC/OGG when necessary and it works great).
>
> Do the MP3 files produced playback on your Linux machine? You may also
> want to try the "file <filename>" command to see if it does indeed
> output as an mp3 file.
>
> --
> Justin Grote
> Novell Support Connection Sysop
> Network Architect
> JWG Networks

Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad that notlame works on your machine.
Perhaps I am on the right track. The MP3 files it created would not play on
my machine under Linux. I have not had a chance to try them on external
players, but other MP3 files do work on my Linux install. I will try the
"file" command and see if the files really are MP3 (I am not at home to try
it right now).

TEXCHUCK

> john.c.malone@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > I found an MP3 codec called "notlame" (v. 3.96.1) that I
> > loaded as an RPM with YaST and used with KAudioCreator.
>
> notlame should work just fine to create MP3s (I use notlame to transcode
> from FLAC/OGG when necessary and it works great).
>
> Do the MP3 files produced playback on your Linux machine? You may also
> want to try the "file <filename>" command to see if it does indeed
> output as an mp3 file.
>
> --
> Justin Grote
> Novell Support Connection Sysop
> Network Architect
> JWG Networks

I tried the 'file' command on the files and they were identified as MP3
type files. I then burned several to a CD and tried playing them in an
external MP3 player. They played okay. So, the playback problem is
apparently more of a Linux or KDE problem. I have only tried the KDE
players, but something like RealPlayer might work. Thanks for the help!

TEXCHUCK

john.c.malone@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> I tried the 'file' command on the files and they were identified as MP3
> type files. I then burned several to a CD and tried playing them in an
> external MP3 player. They played okay. So, the playback problem is
> apparently more of a Linux or KDE problem. I have only tried the KDE
> players, but something like RealPlayer might work. Thanks for the help!

Do other sounds like KDE system sounds playback OK? If not, you may want
to check that it's not a sound card or speaker issue.

Also, the fact that MP3 is a licensed format may have something to do
with it, it's possible a recent opensuse release moved MP3 decoders to
the non-free section, though I'm not sure on this.

You could also try using mplayer or xmms to play the files.


--
Justin Grote
Novell Support Connection Sysop
Network Architect
JWG Networks

john.c.malone@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> The SuSE documentation refers to ripping to MP3 format if you have a
> supporting codec. Ogg works great, but has little utility off the computer
> (unfortunately!). I found an MP3 codec called "notlame" (v. 3.96.1) that I
> loaded as an RPM with YaST and used with KAudioCreator. It appeared to
> work, but the computer could not play back the ".MP3" files created. I
> then tried running it directly at the command prompt with the same
> results. I also noted that Firefox (and who knows what else) stopped
> working after this install.
>
> Does anyone know of a source for MP3 codecs that are compatible with SuSE
> 10, whether open source or not? Thanks.
>
> TEXCHUCK


Hello,

I had a couple of month ago also a problem with plying MP3 files and in my
case it turned out that the filename of the MP3 file should end on ".mp3"
--
Regards,

Frans Leerink