Prob: kde servicemenu script calling lame

[chris:b]

Mandrake has a nice package: kdebase-servicemenus which adds more 'actions' when you are right clicking on a file or folder. Five of those let you encode/decode mp3/wav/ogg/mpg within konqueror as file manager.

 

The problem: they don't work for files with 'spaces' in the filename, and most ripped files have this format, eg:

 

artist - my song.mp3

(while artist-mysong.mp3 works perfectly)

 

Example of a line in one of the servicemenu script (/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/lame-decode.desktop):

Exec=lame --decode %f `echo %f | sed 's/\\\\\\\\.mp3$$//'`.wav

 

Can anyone help me to change this command so that it identifies 'artist - my song.mp3' as ONE filename.

 

I can't code or script and don't know what %f or | sed 's/\\\\\\\\ means :-[

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Comment out this line:

Exec=lame --decode %f `echo %f | sed 's/\\\\\\\\.mp3$$//'`.wav

like this:

#Exec=lame --decode %f `echo %f | sed 's/\\\\\\\\.mp3$$//'`.wav

 

and try this:

music=$(echo %f | sed 's/\ /\_/g')

Exec=lame --decode $music `echo $music | sed 's/\\\\\\\\.mp3$$//'`.wav

[chris:b]

Thx, Steve :-)

 

Tried that. - Errors out in a kde window, now all mp3 files even without spaces, with: (translated)

'Can't find program: lame --decode $music `echo $music | sed 's/\\\\\\\\.mp3$$//'`.wav

 

The original line errored out only when using on files with spaces in the name with:

'Can't find program lame --decode %f `echo %f | sed 's/\\\\\\\\.mp3$$//'`.wav'

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Let's try this:

 

Exec=lame --decode "%f" `echo "%f" | sed 's/\\\\\\\\.mp3$$//'`.wav

 

When I get a chance, I'll install the pkg myself and fool around with it. It may be later tonight before I can get to it.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I've fiddled with it a little so far and I've gotten it to not give me an error and it says it is encoding, but when it's done, there is no .wav file in the directory that I can see. I'll keep you posted. Hmmmm...as a matter of fact, when I do it on a filename without any spaces using the unedited script, it doesn't make the *.wav file as far I can find. Is there some secret place it sends them to?

Edited September 20, 2004 by Steve Scrimpshire

[chris:b]

The unedit script works here with the non-space filenames, the .wav file is placed in the same dir as the orig. mp3 file, and then gets the name <mysong.mp3.wav> (haha)

 

Do you use a different version maybe - all I do is, in konqueror as filemanager right click on the mp3 file, choose actions --> decode to wav, done. And I see the new wav file.

 

You sure you have lame installed?

 

Will try the new line ...

Edited September 20, 2004 by anna

[chris:b]

The new code works now with filenames without spaces,

but not yet for the ones with spaces.

 

Programm "lame --decode "%f" `echo "%f" | sed 's/\\\\.mp3$//'`.wav" ist nicht auffindbar

Edited September 20, 2004 by anna

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I've tried everything and only know of a workaround. Make sure that none of the directories in the path to the ripped mp3s contain spaces either. Open a console and cd to the directory containing the ripped files and run:

 

find . -name "* *" -exec sh -c 'mv "${0}" "${0// /_}"' {} \;

 

( Command thanks to aru and JoeronM: http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=10556 )

 

That changes all spaces in all the filenames in your current directory to _. Then you can run the right-click "Encode..." function in konqueror. The problem that I had was the there was a parent directory of my mp3s that also had a space, so it wouldn't work for me even for files with no spaces, because the path contained a space (%f contains the whole path and not just the filename). I hope this is understandable.

Edited September 22, 2004 by Steve Scrimpshire

[chris:b]

Thanks a lot, Steve. Great workaround. Very useful not only for audio files.

 

I never create files with spaces, but my partner, and I am the one who is backing up all the stuff on cd-rw, grabbing the files via smb share and burn them.

 

Thanks again