Rhythmbox asks for installing MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder

[Coeur Noir]

Hello.

I run ubuntu 14.04 "upgraded" from 13.10, so not a total fresh install.

Rhythmbox plays mp3 with no problem but when I try to rip audio CD to mp3 it asks for "MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder".

It searches it for a while and then say it was unable to find the plugin - something related to gstreamer.

On this pc Asunder, Banshee or Audacity work as expected when ripping audio CD to mp3.

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Output from terminal when trying to rip audio cd :
~$ rhythmbox

(rhythmbox:9955): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_css_provider_load_from_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed

(rhythmbox:9955): Json-CRITICAL **: json_object_get_array_member: assertion 'JSON_NODE_HOLDS_ARRAY (node) || JSON_NODE_HOLDS_NULL (node)' failed

(rhythmbox:9955): Json-CRITICAL **: json_array_get_length: assertion 'array != NULL' failed

(rhythmbox:9955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: object SoupServer 0x28df1f0 finalized while still in-construction

(rhythmbox:9955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Custom constructor for class SoupServer returned NULL (which is invalid). Please use GInitable instead.

(rhythmbox:9955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: object SoupServer 0x28df290 finalized while still in-construction

(rhythmbox:9955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Custom constructor for class SoupServer returned NULL (which is invalid). Please use GInitable instead.

(rhythmbox:9955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: object SoupServer 0x28df3d0 finalized while still in-construction

(rhythmbox:9955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Custom constructor for class SoupServer returned NULL (which is invalid). Please use GInitable instead.
Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|rhythmbox|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder|encoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3
CRITICAL:Could not find any packages to operate on
Rhythmbox-Message: No installation candidate for missing plugins found.

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Output from terminal when closing Rhythmbox :

(rhythmbox:9955): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_size_group_remove_widget: assertion 'g_slist_find (priv->widgets, widget)' failed

(rhythmbox:9955): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_size_group_remove_widget: assertion 'g_slist_find (priv->widgets, widget)' failed

(rhythmbox:9955): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_size_group_remove_widget: assertion 'g_slist_find (priv->widgets, widget)' failed

(rhythmbox:9955): Gtk-WARNING **: mnemonic "r" wasn't removed for widget (0x1a3dd00)
Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.

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lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

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apt-cache policy rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
  Installé : 3.0.2-0ubuntu2
  Candidat : 3.0.2-0ubuntu2
 Table de version :
 *** 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

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It looks I'm not the only to face this "problem" :
http://askubuntu.com/questions/405115/rip-mp3-rhythmbox
http://askubuntu.com/questions/500479/ubuntu-14-04-rhytym-box-dependencies-cannot-be-resolved

Screenshot attached or here : http://hpics.li/dc6ac46

If I may help…

Best regards.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Possibly related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-codec-install/+bug/1341452

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

It may be related to the bug you've mentioned but here I dont' have any problem with ripping CD to Ogg.

Only dealing with mp3 seems to fail.

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

Sorry - is there a way to edit comments ?

Well ripping to ogg causes at least one problem :

what so ever the settings I choose, ogg files end with 112kbps.

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

I've tried something else :

installed gnome-codec-installer (this asked me to remove sessioninstaller)

then opened Rhythmbox and tried to import tracks from an audio CD to mp3

still failed but error message has changed :

Le format des paramètres passés à l’application est invalide. Merci de signaler ce bogue !

Les paramètres étaient :
--transient-for=71303216
gstreamer|1.0|rhythmbox|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder|encoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=17863951#p17863951

I can notice that this problem does not occur on a fresh install I did on another pc.

So it maybe not relative to (only) rhythmbox.

What may I check ?

How compare two installations ?

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

Well... try to report this towards gnome :

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=735674

...which gets me back here.

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

I can confirm this problem does NOT occur with "fresh" install, now on a third pc so it's probably relative to upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04.

Any pieces of advice ?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dufay Basile (basile-dufay14)]

Same probelm for me.
Also on an upgraded version of 14.04 from 13.10. I never tried on a fresh install.

[Omar (omar-ortiz-65)]

Same rpoblem here too. I uprgraded from 12.04.

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

Problem still occurs…

[Nikolas S. Andersen (n-s-and)]

An almost-fresh install of 14.10 formatting / (but not /usr/local and /home) also has the problem..

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

Help ?

If I want to totally remove Rhythmbox, core app + all its relative files and folders, what is the best way ?

I guess the problem comes with gstreamer configuration and presets ??? Since those have been often modified throughout Ubuntu realeases.

Any piece of advice ?

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

It seems that

sudo apt-get purge rhythmbox gir1.2-rb-3.0 librhythmbox-core5 rhythmbox-mozilla rhythmbox-data rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugin-magnatune rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder librhythmbox-core6 rhythmbox-plugins

and then upgrading to RB 3.2.1 from fossfreedom ppa solved my problem.

I guess upgrading RB version was not even necessary, just reinstall current RB version from official repo's for Ubuntu 14.04 could be enough.

source : https://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/new-rhythmbox-3-2-release-for-14-04-14-10-and-15-04/

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Ubuntu 14.04/Trusty has reached End of Life (EoL) for standard support and the rhythmbox package is not included in the Extended Security Maintenance plan: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/ESM/14.04#A14.04_Infrastructure_ESM_Packages

If this issue still exists in supported Ubuntu releases, please re-open this bug or file a new one: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases