[jaunty regression] transcoding flac to mp3 for ipod no longer works

[Martin Pool]

Binary package hint: banshee

I have Banshee installed on Jaunty with all of the recommended packages. I'm pretty sure that a week or two ago I could drag flac or ogg files onto my iPod and it would automatically transcode them. However, that no longer seems to work. I get errors saying "The flac format is not supported by the device, and no converter was found to convert it."

I think this is different to bug 35810 where conversion works but is flakey.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: /usr/bin/lsb_release:81: DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated import sets Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: banshee 1.4.2-1ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: banshee
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-generic x86_64

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

Trace:

mbp@grace% banshee
[Info 16:14:33.915] Running Banshee 1.4.2: [Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2009-02-25 13:52:11 UTC]
[Info 16:14:36.927] Querying MusicBrainz for Disc Release (_FcsF5PDpoU2vEzk2xD6sqPe7GQ-)
[Info 16:14:37.897] All services are started 3.54289s
[Info 16:14:39.189] Query finished (success: True, 2.261827 seconds)
[Info 16:14:39.344] nereid Client Started
[Info 16:14:44.702] Sync calculated for Music Library: to add: 13455 items, remove 1 items; sync_src.cacheid = 170, to_add.cacheid = 178, to_remove.cacheid = 186
Sync calculated for Podcasts: to add: 2 items, remove 0 items; sync_src.cacheid = 190, to_add.cacheid = 194, to_remove.cacheid = 202

[Warn 16:14:51.761] Caught an exception - The flac format is not supported by the device, and no converter was found to convert it (in `Banshee.Dap')
  at Banshee.Dap.DapSource.AddTrackAndIncrementCount (Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo track) [0x00000]
  at Banshee.Sources.PrimarySource.AddTrackList (System.Object cached_list) [0x00000]
[Warn 16:14:51.773] Caught an exception - The flac format is not supported by the device, and no converter was found to convert it (in `Banshee.Dap')
  at Banshee.Dap.DapSource.AddTrackAndIncrementCount (Banshee.Collection.Database.DatabaseTrackInfo track) [0x00000]
  at Banshee.Sources.PrimarySource.AddTrackList (System.Object cached_list) [0x00000]

[Neil Munro (neilmunro-deactivatedaccount)]

Can you please confirm that this bug exists in the 1.5 release available in the Banshee ppa?

Thanks for your bug report and your willingness to help make Ubuntu better.

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

2009/6/26 Neil Munro <email address hidden>:
> Can you please confirm that this bug exists in the 1.5 release available
> in the Banshee ppa?
>
> Thanks for your bug report and your willingness to help make Ubuntu
> better.

I don't see a 1.5 in https://edge.launchpad.net/~banshee-team/+archive/ppa

--
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On Friday 26,June,2009 09:28 AM, Martin Pool wrote:
> 2009/6/26 Neil Munro <email address hidden>:
>> Can you please confirm that this bug exists in the 1.5 release available
>> in the Banshee ppa?
>>
>> Thanks for your bug report and your willingness to help make Ubuntu
>> better.
>
> I don't see a 1.5 in https://edge.launchpad.net/~banshee-
> team/+archive/ppa
>
1.5.0 is an unstable release of Banshee, and as such is in the Banshee
Unstable PPA[1].

[1] https://launchpad.net/~banshee-unstable-team/+archive/ppa

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Regards,
Chow Loong Jin (GPG: 0x8F02A411)
Ubuntu Contributing Developer

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

1.5.0-0ubuntu1~hyper2~jaunty1 fixed this for me, thanks!

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On Friday 26,June,2009 11:16 AM, Martin Pool wrote:
> 1.5.0-0ubuntu1~hyper2~jaunty1 fixed this for me, thanks!
>
> ** Changed in: banshee (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed
>
Marking as fix committed, as per last comment
  affects ubuntu/banshee
  status fixcommitted

--
Regards,
Chow Loong Jin (GPG: 0x8F02A411)
Ubuntu Contributing Developer

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

Marking fix released since 1.5.1 is in Karmic.

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

Reopening, this doesn't work out of the box in Karmic.

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

Once ubuntu-restricted-extras was installed, transcoding worked. I can't tell exactly which package was needed, though, as I lacked the time to test them all one by one.

To transcode to external storage I had to put a file named ".is_audio_player" in the root directory, which contained the following:

audio_folders=MUSIC/
folder_depth=2
output_formats=audio/mpeg

This is mentioned at http://live.gnome.org/Rhythmbox/FAQ

[Bryan (cyprusxr3)]

I experienced this bug w/ Karmic and Banshee 1.5.3 (1.6 Beta 4, banshee stable PPA). Installation of ubuntu-restricted-extras fixed this for me. Thanks Fabian!

[Mr. D (earonne)]

I wasn't able to sync my ipod. Was getting an error indicating that the converter was not found.
Adding the file ".is_audio_player" in the root directory as indicated by Fabian fixed it for me. Here's this file's content:

use_automatically=true
audio_folders=Recordings/
output_formats=application/ogg,audio/x-ms-wma,audio/mpeg

Thanks to Fabian for the tip!!

[Mr. H (thomas-hecker)]

Same issue in natty with 2.0.0 when dragging a wma file to an iphone 3GS