RadioEar

Well I did it, Might as well mark it solved.

Do you have a DVD player on this machine, by any chance?

Am I right in thinking that you can't make audio CDs from oggs or mp3s either?

No. OGGs for sure but MP3s I don't know.

And that when you drag any of these files into k3b to make an audio CD, you can't press the 'play' button to hear the sound?

I'm assuming you've also googled for this error message and looked in the mandriva bugzilla?

I'M at work now but when I get home I'll have time to check things out. Yeah, that looks interesting and I'll check that out too. But I still wonder what that bug has to do with handling FLAC audio files?

Recently I made a post in "Software" stating that I was having problems making audio CDs from FLAC audio files in K3B. I like the idea of using a lossless audio file system as compared to OGG Vorbis which is a loss archive. FLAC files like OGG has text tags as well to help identify and organize your music selection. Being new to Linux, FLAC was a find, for me, and an answer to WAVs which I use in M$ Windows. Nothing wrong with WAV files in Linux except you end up putting the name of the song, artist and album into the file name. If you use Amarok like I do, then you know what I mean.

At some point I discovered, even though all of the players that came with my Mandriva 2006 free, would play FLAC files, K3B would not use them to burn audio CDs. What started out as (what I thought) a simple fix, ended up to be a big frustration. I asked for help, and got plenty, but no solution the the problem. If only one could talk to the people who wrote the program in the first place. I discovered with all the help that everyone else had no problem with K3B and FLAC. My Brother Ix even told me that his version of Mandriva 2007 had no problems with this. At this stage, what could it be?

I ran k3bsetup, that did a lot, but did not fix the problem. I downloaded a new version K3B 1.0rc4, configured, compiled and installed. Works fine, but no FLAC support. I even saw all the support listed after configuring but no go.

I do want to thank those who did try to help. Now I'm troubled with what could be the lack of expertise with Linux help. I learned a lot with this go around but not enough to fully understand the operating system.

At this point my only option is, if I want to keep using Linux is to up grade to 2007. I hope I don't receive to same frustration.

[moved from Talk-Talk by spinynorman]

Now, that looks evil.... ;)

This is like an update.... I guess....

I just made a post there, we'll see what happens. All I'm trying to do is burn Audio CDs with K3B using FLAC files. Everyone here has given me all kinds of ways around the issue but not how to get K3B to burn using FLAC. Now I just learned from my brother Ixthusdan that in his 2007 ver. he can burn audio CDs using FLAC. I may have to upgrade, for now I would like to keep 2006 and modify K3B... if possible.

As far as I'm concerned, Mandriva Club is off my list, I received 1 reply. That's it... 1!!

Mandriva Users did what they could do. We didn't get the results I hoped but the gang is still trying. That means a lot to me. :D

Well I ran K3Bsetuo and a lot happened..... But not what I want.

[root@THE_MACHINE woodworker]# k3b
[root@THE_MACHINE woodworker]# k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inqu									   iry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
ASSERT: "sortedFiles[ KatIndexer::Move ].count() == m_moveFiles.count()" in kati										   ndexer.cpp (1129)
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
[root@THE_MACHINE woodworker]#

Back to the drawing board....

Or just try the 2007 rpm to see if it works. My guess is it won't work, and I guess compiling k3b from source won't work either. I think you're missing some KDE component which links k3b up to the flac stuff.

 

But hey, I'm sure compiling it will be fun, and you've already posted the instructions, so go for it! ;)

Well... after it's all been tried..... 2007 would be the next step. :P

Here tyme, I even bumped it up for you..... tell me what's up, what do I need to do to fix this.

tyme; where have you been? just look in software "Can't Burn audio CDs using FLAC files in K3B, No. 2"

Ok, has anyone done this before? I hope.... ;)

I have compiled my own programs in C++, Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Windows but why is Linux so different?

The command 'make' is familiar but that's it.

Installing K3b 0.12
-------------------


What you need to run K3b:
mandatory:
 - since K3b is a CD writing program a cd writer would be a good thing to have;-)
 - the QT3 library (at least version 3.2)
 - the KDE3 libraries (at least version 3.2)
 - the cdparanoia library for cd ripping from Monty
 - the cdrtools (cdrecord, mkisofs) from Joerg Schilling
 - the dvd+rw-tools by Andy Polyakov for DVD writing

optional:
 - cdrdao, the other linux cd writing program from Andreas Mueller
 - the transcode tools for DVD ripping and DivX/XviD encoding from Thomas Oestreich
 - vcdimager >= 0.7 for creating video cds
 - libmad for mp3 decoding
 - ogg-vorbis libraries for encoding and decoding
 - the FLAC++ libraries for flac-decoding
 - the eMovix package
 - TagLib by Scott Wheeler for reading Meta data tags
 - the musepack (or now mpcdec) library for decoding Musepack audio files
 - the ffmpeg library to decode other audio file formats such as wma
 - the sndfile library to decode audio file formats such as AIFF or VOC
 - the lame library to encode audio files in the mp3 format
 - sox to encode audio files in formats such as AIFF or VOC

After that it's all the same:

 ./configure

or try ./configure --help to learn about the options.

If configure was successful you are presented with a list of configure results that shows
which optional features are enabled. Now just compile K3b:

 make

Now you are ready to install:

 make install (as root)


See PERMISSIONS on hints how to properly setup the permissions to use K3b without problems.


Have fun
Sebastian Trueg and the K3b team

Also, it is my hope that this will fix my K3B problem. Tell me now if it will not!

No I didn't "give up" on you :D

I was just trying to run k3b myself from the console to see if anything similar was printed out here, either when I started up or when I loaded/played flacs. But I don't see anything like that here.

 

It sounds a bit like k3b is trying to ask the system which plugins are there, and it's failing (wild guess). When I saw "slave" I thought of kioslaves, but I don't think this is them in this case. Have you tried searching for the error message, for example using Google?

 

Do have a standard KDE for your Mandriva 2006 or have you upgraded it somehow?

The standard out-of-the-box version.

I'm the constant re-load type gamer, because I die a horrible, hideous death about every five steps.

:huh: So... god mode it is.... just call me the cheater!

Did you guys give up on me? :unsure: Wait till you see the next question.

shorty?

I'm using Mandriva 2007 and there's nothing shorty here. I'm not sure what's missing / misbehaving on your system, but it's probably something simple and not necessarily Mandriva's fault. scarecrow did say "if they can't be installed...", and you were able to install those flac bits ok.

 

A workaround has already been suggested, to convert the flacs to wavs before putting into k3b - not ideal but should work while you figure out how to fix the k3b plugin. Have you updated your system recently? Just to make sure you're not missing some old bugfix?

 

And do you get the same error message from k3b now, even after making sure all those flac bits are there? Can you post the error message, and if anything interesting comes up when you run k3b from the console then post that too.

[woodworker@THE_MACHINE ~]$ urpmq libk3b2
libk3b2

[woodworker@THE_MACHINE ~]$ k3b   
[woodworker@THE_MACHINE ~]$ k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
k3b: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry.
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim

Any way... The error is from K3B is; "Unable to handle the following files due to an unsupported format:"

You do need flac and libflac packages installed- else, don't expect much...

If they can't be installed, then it's time to search for something less sh&^ty than Mandriva...

"What happens when you use mplayer / amarok to play flacs, does it work?" Yes.

"And when you look at an audio cd in Konqueror, do you see a FLAC directory as well as the mp3 and ogg directories?" Yes.

I'm beginning think the key to this whole problem is in the plugins list, and I don't see any way to add a plugin.

Here you are neddie,

[woodworker@THE_MACHINE ~]$ rpm -qa | grep flac
flac-1.1.2-4mdk
liboggflac3-1.1.2-4mdk
libflac++5-1.1.2-4mdk
gstreamer-flac-0.8.11-4.1.20060mdk
libflac7-1.1.2-4mdk
flac123-0.0.9-3mdk
[woodworker@THE_MACHINE ~]$

I also found the K3B manual but it's less than stellar when it comes to plugins. for some reason the K3B manual was never installed....

[woodworker@THE_MACHINE ~]$ rpm -qa | grep k3b
libk3b2-0.12.3-11mdk
k3b-0.12.3-11mdk
k3b-dvd-0.12.3-11mdk
[woodworker@THE_MACHINE ~]$

After installing the packages, did you get K3b FLAC Decoder under AudioDecoder in the plugins-section of K3b? And how do you burn a audio-cd with K3b? "New audio project" and dragging the flac-files to the Audio-cd0 field, or?

"After installing the packages, did you get K3b FLAC Decoder under AudioDecoder in the plugins-section of K3b?"

No.

"And how do you burn a audio-cd with K3b? "New audio project" and dragging the flac-files to the Audio-cd0 field?"

Yes, drag and drop.

As for the plugins, mine contains the K3b FLAC Decoder under AudioDecoder. As for the packages you can't seem to install or find, they all seem to be in the main-source of urpmi. Maybe you should update them or change to a different server. You could also find them here. For instance:

liboggflac3-1.1.2-4mdk> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=26&am...2-4mdk.i586.rpm

libflac7-1.1.2-4mdk> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=26&am...2-4mdk.i586.rpm

libflac++5-1.1.2-4mdk> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=26&am...2-4mdk.i586.rpm

flac-1.1.2-4mdk> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=26&am...2-4mdk.i586.rpm

 

Or are you using Mandriva 2006 x86_64?

All of the above are now in stalled, although some were already installed. Still NO success.

and no, I don't think I'm using Mandriva 2006 x86_64.

- flac-1.1.2-4mdk .................................> Not found in list.

- gstreamer-flac-0.8.11-4.1.20060mdk....> I installed this.

- libflac++5-1.1.2-4mdk........................> Can't install, ???

- libflac7-1.1.2-4mdk.............................> Can't install, ???

- liboggflac3-1.1.2-4mdk........................> Not found in list.

Still No go.... I also added a list of plug ins for K3B....

Ok, Take a look at this snapshot and tell me what we are looking at here;

Do you see anything I need?

jagwah, Yes, I understand your last post.

I have burned hundreds of audioCD's out of flac files with K3B, so you either miss some packages, or it is a Mandriva-specific bug (my burns are under Arch Linux, and I had zero coasters out of 250+ burns).

Yes, Maybe we're getting some where now, I hope.

How do we fix this?

What do I need?

Where do I go to get it?

Yes, But!... I'm burning audio CDs in Windows under Windows Media Player 11, I would like to use Linux and FLAC files. Yes, I know I can use OGG files but I want to use FLAC.

I have Mandriva Free running KDE 3.4. I noticed that I can rip Audio CDs to FLAC and play them as well. However under K3B I can not burn audio CDs using FLAC. What do I need to start using FLAC?

Amarok calls on K3B to burn but I get an error message that states FLAC audio is not supported from K3B.

What do I need to do to get K3B to use FLAC audio files to burn audio CDs?

I just made a post there, we'll see what happens. All I'm trying to do is burn Audio CDs with K3B using FLAC files. Everyone here has given me all kinds of ways around the issue but not how to get K3B to burn using FLAC. Now I just learned from my brother Ixthusdan that in his 2007 ver. he can burn audio CDs using FLAC. I may have to upgrade, for now I would like to keep 2006 and modify K3B... if possible.