bitpim crashes when attempting to convert mp3 for new ringtone

[Gregory Gleason]

Binary package hint: bitpim

First I was getting a crash because ffmpeg wasn't installed. Now that it's installed, I get this exception when trying to convert the mp3 to add it as a ringtone:

BitPim version: 1.0.6-Debian
An unexpected exception has occurred.
Please see the help for details on what to do.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/guihelper.py", line 165, in _busywrapper
    return method(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/ringers.py", line 451, in OnConvert
    getattr(self, self.PARAMETERS[self.convertinfo.format]['convert'])()
  File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/ringers.py", line 575, in mp3convert
    open(self.mp3file, "wb").write(conversions.converttomp3(self.file, int(self.bitrate.GetStringSelection()), int(self.samplerate.GetStringSelection()), int(self.channels.GetStringSelection())))
  File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/conversions.py", line 250, in converttomp3
    raise ConversionFailed, ' '.join(e.args)+'\n'+e.logstr
ConversionFailed: /usr/share/bitpim/helpers/ffmpeg.lbin -i /home/gsg/pick up the pieces.mp3 -ab 48 -ar 44100 -ac 2 /tmp/tmpbwyrkd.mp3
FFmpeg version SVN-r19352-4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --extra-cflags=-I/build/buildd/ffmpeg-0.5+svn20090706/debian/include --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
  libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
  libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
  libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
  libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
  libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
  built on Oct 13 2009 22:15:16, gcc: 4.4.1
Input #0, mp3, from '/home/gsg/pick up the pieces.mp3':
  Duration: 00:00:35.72, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 95 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, mono, s16, 96 kb/s
WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s
Output #0, mp3, to '/tmp/tmpbwyrkd.mp3':
    Stream #0.0: Audio: 0x0000, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 0 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Unsupported codec for output stream #0.0

Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last

Frame _busywrapper in /usr/share/bitpim/code/guihelper.py at line 167
           args = (<ringers.ConvertDialog; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxDialog *' at 0xcbc56f0
         method = <function OnConvert at 0xaa5f02c>
         kwargs = Keys []
                   {}

Frame OnConvert in /usr/share/bitpim/code/ringers.py at line 451
              i = 329
           self = <ringers.ConvertDialog; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxDialog *' at 0xcbc56f0>
              _ = <wx._core.CommandEvent; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxCommandEvent *' at 0xbf

Frame mp3convert in /usr/share/bitpim/code/ringers.py at line 575
           self = <ringers.ConvertDialog; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxDialog *' at 0xcbc56f0>

Frame converttomp3 in /usr/share/bitpim/code/conversions.py at line 251
              e = CommandExecutionFailed('/usr/share/bitpim/helpers/ffmpeg.lbin', '-i', u'/home/gs
         ffmpeg = '/usr/share/bitpim/helpers/ffmpeg.lbin'
        mp3file = '/tmp/tmpbwyrkd.mp3'
  inputfilename = u'/home/gsg/pick up the pieces.mp3'
       channels = 2
     samplerate = 44100
        bitrate = 48

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 22:52:29 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: bitpim 1.0.6.dfsg.1-4ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: bitpim
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686

[Gregory Gleason (gsgleason)]

I can see that the issue is how the python script is creating the job for ffmpeg. It's passing the bitrate in kpbs when in fact ffmpeg uses bps. I solved it by adding 000 to the end of each option in /usr/share/bitpim/code/ringers.py which doesn't look good.

I also had to find the package that would allow ffmpeg to output mp3. This should also be a dependency.