HOWTO: Get K3B to burn MP3's

[atf487]

This is annoying, and a sort of hack to get it to work. VERY annoying. And I'm a linux newb, so this may be unethical or something.

But this is what i did.

step 1:go to http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html and download the RPM there.

step 2: sudo alien -i k3b-mp3-0.11.19-0.lvn.1.3.i386.rpm

step 3: sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/apps/k3b/plugins

step 4: download the mad decoder from http://cvs-digest.org/index.php?tran...=1.4&mimetype=

step 5: cp *filename* /usr/share/apps/k3b/plugins, or just drag and drop it into that directory

Hope this helps anyone who had the same problem as me.

[ACK!!]

This is annoying, and a sort of hack to get it to work. VERY annoying. And I'm a linux newb, so this may be unethical or something.

But this is what i did.

step 1:go to http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html and download the RPM there.

step 2: sudo alien -i k3b-mp3-0.11.19-0.lvn.1.3.i386.rpm

step 3: sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/apps/k3b/plugins

step 4: download the mad decoder from http://cvs-digest.org/index.php?tran...=1.4&mimetype=

step 5: cp *filename* /usr/share/apps/k3b/plugins, or just drag and drop it into that directory

Hope this helps anyone who had the same problem as me.

gnome-baker now support multi-session burns and all that.

deb http://people.debian.org/~goedson/pa.../releases/i386 ./


A complete list of the available binary and source packages can be found at:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/GnomeBaker

It worked on Hoary with only one issue.

Ok, it does not make the mp3 strict dependencies. It makes them like recommended or something.

So make sure you have all the libs to support converting the types of files you want to burn to audio.

What is the advantage of K3B over gnome baker? If there is a real one I will try it out.

[gnutux]

but I think that K3B is the best burner out there. Plus, it's designed for KDE users, while your GNOME-baker is designed for GNOME users.

gnutux

[IdoMcFly]

but I think that K3B is the best burner out there. Plus, it's designed for KDE users, while your GNOME-baker is designed for GNOME users.

gnutux

too bad it can't decode mp3 out of the box in hoary :/

[ACK!!]

but I think that K3B is the best burner out there. Plus, it's designed for KDE users, while your GNOME-baker is designed for GNOME users.

gnutux

Sorry did not realize you were Kubuntu or KDE user. Hell in that case it makes perfect sense. I hate even using Scribus because I am a sucker for consistent look and feel.

Got to remember not everyone who uses Hoary uses Gnome.

[bman08]

Just baked my first disk. There are many ways k3b is more polished/complete than gnomebaker, but gnomebaker burns mp3s -> audio cds right out of the box. Also it's a gtk/gnome app. Gnomebaker should be part of the default Ubuntu install for the next release! It's the closest thing we've got to a functional burning package for gnome that I know of (excepting pricey nerolinux)

[IdoMcFly]

I had installed an Ubuntu Preview on my girlfriend box direct from CD 12th March and since, no update as she doesn't have an internet connection. I've just discovered she has the MAD decoder plugin installed, so it was remove recently

[eric71]

I've been using Graveman for the past few weeks, and haven't tried gnomebaker. Is ther any advantage of one program over the other?

[raum13]

Hi

the deb way to go is

apt-get source k3b
apt-get build-dep k3b
apt-get install libmad0 libmad0-dev
cd k3b-0.11.23
dpkg-buildpackage -tc
dpkg -i ../k3b_0.11.23-0ubuntu1_i386.deb ../k3blibs_0.11.23-0ubuntu1_i386.deb


with this you get a k3b which has

/usr/share/apps/k3b/plugins/k3bmaddecoder.plugin
/usr/lib/kde3/libk3bmaddecoder.la
/usr/lib/kde3/libk3bmaddecoder.so

included. these are only included if during the compile the file mad.h is found. And as libmad0-dev is not required to compile k3b it is not downloaded during the "apt-get build-dep k3b" without the extra install you get a mp3 free k3b. (politcal reasons or just forgotten ?)

cu r13

[uberlinux]

If this dosent work right away after you do it, you may need to fully remove it and start over. It seems to work better if k3b dosent exist when you begin following these directions. So use dpkg -r --force to get rid of the crappy k3b first.
P.S. It will say that it will remove kubuntu-base, thats ok.