soundconverter doesn't work

[giovanni]

Binary package hint: soundconverter

Ubuntu Jaunty 9
Soundconverter does not work. here is the output:
giovanni@giovanni-desktop:~$ soundconverter
SoundConverter 1.4.1
  using Gstreamer version: 0.10.22, Python binding version: 0.10.14
  using gio
  using 2 thread(s)
Queue done in 0s
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error: Impossibile aprire la risorsa in lettura. (1 Sibelius Jean,
Masonic ritual music (Op.113) (Finnish Radio Symph.Orch-J.-Pekka
Saraste), Opening Hymn.ogg)
Impossibile impostare i permessi per «/home/giovanni/Unknown
Artist/Unknown Album/1 Sibelius Jean, Masonic ritual music (Op.113)
(Finnish Radio Symph.Orch-J.-Pekka Saraste), Opening Hymn.wav»
Queue done in 0s
giovanni@giovanni-desktop:~$

[Tony McKenzie (mckenzie-tony)]

Could you please tell me your settings, sound card, whether or not you have the gstreamer plugins (good,bad, or ugly?). I haven't been able to reproduce this on my system. What were the exact steps you took to get these results? Did you install sound converter from the repo? Thank you

[giovanni (giolombardo)]

first and foremost thanks for your reply.
Settings: as per default. I chose to convert ogg -- mp3.
Sound card: Ati technologies inc. RV610 audio device (Radeon HD2400 PRO)
subsystem: PC partner limited device aa10.
I got it from repo, then I uninstalled it and downloaded from their site: no result. I uninstalled it and came back to repo. No result.
i have gstreamer plugins and also intltool.

[GautierPortet (kassoulet)]

Can you please run "soundconverter --debug" in a console, reproduce the problem, and paste here the output ?
Thanks for your help !

[giovanni (giolombardo)]

giovanni@giovanni-desktop:~$ sudo soundconverter --debug
[sudo] password for giovanni:
SoundConverter 1.4.1
  using Gstreamer version: 0.10.22, Python binding version: 0.10.14
  using gio
  using 2 thread(s)

[khensthoth (khensthoth)]

I am using Ubuntu 9.04 on a Dell Dimension 4700 Desktop. I can reproduce the problem. Here's the output of the debug:

SoundConverter 1.4.1
  using Gstreamer version: 0.10.22, Python binding version: 0.10.14
  using gio
  using 2 thread(s)
launching: 'giosrc location="file:///home/khensthoth/Documents/Dont_Download_This_Song.mp3" ! typefind name=typefinder ! fakesink'
found_type Dont_Download_This_Song.mp3
launching: 'giosrc location="file:///home/khensthoth/Documents/Dont_Download_This_Song.mp3" name=src ! decodebin name=decoder ! fakesink'
TagReading done...
Queue done in 0s
pipeline already stopped!
Queue done in 0s
launching: 'giosrc location="file:///home/khensthoth/Documents/Dont_Download_This_Song.mp3" name=src ! decodebin name=decoder ! audioconvert ! vorbisenc quality=0.40000000596 ! oggmux ! giosink location=/home/khensthoth/Dont_Download_This_Song.ogg'
error: Could not open resource for reading. (Dont_Download_This_Song.mp3)
Cannot set permission on '/home/khensthoth/Dont_Download_This_Song.ogg'
Queue done in 0s

I noticed that it doesn't have the necessary permission. However, I am able to run it using sudo or gksu. Of course, the file produced would be owned by root.

[giovanni (giolombardo)]

what shall I do to solve my problem? chmod 777? but which string should I write?

[GautierPortet (kassoulet)]

yes, try "chmod 777 THE_FILE_NAME". you can also try to change permission from the file browser, with rightclick->propertoes->permissions and set the permission to read/write.

[giovanni (giolombardo)]

i changed permissions but It does not work. No conversion

[khensthoth (khensthoth)]

Try typing the following command in a terminal:
gksu soundconverter

Soundconverter should run as superuser. Convert your files from there. Do not close the terminal while you are using soundconverter. See if that works.

[giovanni (giolombardo)]

Oh, it works, thanks!
I wonder whether there is a way to solve this problem once for ever, using chmod, for instance.
but what should I write?

[khensthoth (khensthoth)]

I wouldn't know for sure. Others might have a better solution.

However, if you wish to run soundconverter in superuser mode every time you click on the menu through Application > Sound & Video > Sound Converter, you could edit the menu. Right click on the panel where the Application Menu is, and click Edit Menus. Find Sound Converter, click Properties, and add "gksu" in the command.

[giovanni (giolombardo)]

Keith,
i added gksu as you suggested and now it works. Thanks for your assistance.

[Nikola Yanev (gericom)]

from the versions 1.4.3 this bug is fixed

[deickos (deickos)]

this is what i got when i run - gksu soundconverter :

$ gksu soundconverter
/usr/share/themes/MurrinaBleu/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:85: Murrine configuration option "scrollbar_color" is no longer supported and will be ignored.
SoundConverter 1.4.4
  using Gstreamer version: 0.10.28, Python binding version: 0.10.18
  using gio
  'faac' element not found, disabling AAC.
  using 1 thread(s)