Problems using flac2mp3

[SteveEast]

OK, shotgun approach:

sudo find / -name '.Trash*'

Steve.

[OiPenguin]

OK, shotgun approach:

sudo find / -name '.Trash*'

Steve.

lars@ubuntu-server:~$ sudo find / -name '.Trash*'
[sudo] password for lars:
/home/felles/.Trash-lars
/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/.Trash-lars
/home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet/.Trash-lars
/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD/.Trash-lars
/home/lars/.Trash
/home/skotten/.Trash-lars
/media/LACIE/.Trash-lars
lars@ubuntu-server:~$

I've emptied the content of /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet/.Trash-lars and deleted .Trash-lars in /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/ from Midnight commander (sudo mc).

I've now ran the script again with this result

Transcoding ".Trash-lars/MTV Unplugged in New York/07. Nirvana - Polly.flac"
"flac" --decode --stdout --silent ".Trash-lars/MTV Unplugged in New York/07. Nirvana - Polly.flac"| "lame" --noreplaygain --preset standard --quiet - "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD/.Trash-lars/MTV Unplugged in New York/gHuSWuF4LG.tmp"
07. Nirvana - Polly.flac: WARNING, don't have accurate sample count available for WAVE header.
             Generated WAVE file will have a data chunk size of 0.  Try
             decoding directly to a file instead.

07. Nirvana - Polly.flac: ERROR while decoding data
                          state = FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_END_OF_STREAM
Exit value from convert command: 0
pf_exists:    1
pf_tags:      1
$::Options{pretend}:   not set
Writing tags to "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD/.Trash-lars/MTV Unplugged in New York/07. Nirvana - Polly.mp3"
changedframe is 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID'
method is TXXX
Setting MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID = 'e5edb300-0df6-4089-87ae-ab4bfd20b66d'
changedframe is 'DATE'
method is TYER
Setting DATE = '1994-01-01'
changedframe is 'ARTIST'
method is TPE1
Setting ARTIST = 'Nirvana'
changedframe is 'MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME'
method is TXXX
Setting MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME = 'Nirvana'
changedframe is 'ALBUM'
method is TALB
Setting ALBUM = 'MTV Unplugged in New York'
changedframe is 'TITLE'
method is TIT2
Setting TITLE = 'Polly'
changedframe is 'MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID'
method is UFID
Setting MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID = '122ba116-1b78-4d27-886b-d394077761a2'
changedframe is 'TRACKNUMBER'
method is TRCK
Setting TRACKNUMBER = '07'
changedframe is 'MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID'
method is TXXX
Setting MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID = '5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da'
changedframe is 'MD5'
method is TXXX
Setting MD5 = '00000000000000000000000000000000'
srcfile: '.Trash-lars/Welcome_To_Earth/01._Apoptygma_Berzerk_-_Everything_We_Know_Is_Wrong.flac'
destfile: '/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD/.Trash-lars/Welcome_To_Earth/01._Apoptygma_Berzerk_-_Everything_We_Know_Is_Wrong.mp3'
[.Trash-lars/Welcome_To_Earth/01._Apoptygma_Berzerk_-_Everything_We_Know_Is_Wrong.flac] Unable to read metadata from FLAC! at /bin/flac2mp3-0.3.0rc1/lib/Audio/FLAC/Header.pm line 94.
lars@ubuntu-server:~$ sudo find / -name '.Trash*'
[sudo] password for lars:
/home/felles/.Trash-lars
/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/.Trash-lars
/home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet/.Trash-lars
/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD/.Trash-lars
/home/lars/.Trash
/home/skotten/.Trash-lars
/media/LACIE/.Trash-lars
lars@ubuntu-server:~$ /bin/flac2mp3-0.3.0rc1/flac2mp3.pl /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3
Using flac from: /usr/bin/flac
Using lame from: /usr/bin/lame
Processing directory: /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet
6338 flac files found. Sorting...
Sort complete.
Transcoding "4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/01. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?.flac"
Writing tags to "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/01. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?.mp3"
Transcoding "4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/02. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? (remix).flac"
Writing tags to "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/02. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? (remix).mp3"
Transcoding "4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/03. 4 Non Blondes - Train.flac"
Writing tags to "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/03. 4 Non Blondes - Train.mp3"
Transcoding "4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/04. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? (Piano version).flac"
Writing tags to "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/4 Non Blondes/What's Up?/04. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? (Piano version).mp3"
Transcoding "A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/01. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit).flac"
sh: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
"flac" --decode --stdout --silent "A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/01. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit).flac"| "lame" --noreplaygain --preset standard --quiet - "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/88Lsix7Epf.tmp" failed with exit code 512
lars@ubuntu-server:~$

Two folders are created within /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/ Both with subfolders, the first with mp3 files, the second empty.

Yours,

Lars

[Robin Bowes]

OiPenguin wrote:
> Robin Bowes;271970 Wrote:
>> This output contradicts your assertion that there is no .Trash-lars
>> dir
>>
>> somewhere in that tree.
>>
>> Please try running it with the --debug switch - it will produce
>> lots more outupt. Please post that.
>>
>> R.
>
> The output is too long to be posted, but I've posted it in full here:
> http://pastebin.com/m16686c78 No files are written to
> /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3

I won't need that, because...

>
> Code: --------------------
>
> lars@ubuntu-server:~$ /bin/flac2mp3-0.3.0rc1/flac2mp3.pl --debug
> /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet
> /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD Using flac from:
> /usr/bin/flac Using lame from: /usr/bin/lame Processing directory:
> /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet $VAR1 = 'Mental
> Overdrive/Plugged/02. Mental Overdrive - Disto Disco.flac';
>
> 6348 flac files found. Sorting... Sort complete. srcfile:
> '.Trash-lars/02. Diverse - O jul med din glede.flac' destfile:
> '/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD/.Trash-lars/02. Diverse - O
> jul med din glede.mp3'

.... I can see here that there's still a .Trash-lars directory.

Also:

OiPenguin wrote:
> I've emptied the content of
> /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet/.Trash-lars and deleted .Trash-lars
> in /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/ from Midnight commander (sudo
> mc).
>
> I've now ran the script again with this result
>
>
> Code: --------------------
>
> Transcoding ".Trash-lars/MTV Unplugged in New York/07. Nirvana -
> Polly.flac"

There it is again - .Trash-lars.

Try this:

# This will delete all files/directories named ".Trash-lars"
# under the /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet dir
find /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet \
-name ".Trash-lars" \
-exec rm -rf {} \;

Then run flac2mp3.

R.

[SteveEast]

Robin, I think that trash folder was left from a previous run. His post now shows what looks more like a real failure. I think it's a track name with a " character in it.

Steve.

[OiPenguin]

There it is again - .Trash-lars.

Try this:

# This will delete all files/directories named ".Trash-lars"
# under the /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet dir
find /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet \
-name ".Trash-lars" \
-exec rm -rf {} \;

Then run flac2mp3.

R.

Some folders are being re-created. I deleted the .Trash-lars folders and the folder /Flac_som_MP3DDDDDDDDD I don't know why it's being created with such a silly name.

How do I run the above commands? Is it a short script? I'm unable to do that using CLI.

Yours,

Lars

[SteveEast]

Just copy/paste the 3 lines starting at "find...".

Steve.

[OiPenguin]

Just copy/paste the 3 lines starting at "find...".

Steve.

The result is an error at the same place as previously.

lars@ubuntu-server:~$ /bin/flac2mp3-0.3.0rc1/flac2mp3.pl /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3
Using flac from: /usr/bin/flac
Using lame from: /usr/bin/lame
Processing directory: /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet
6338 flac files found. Sorting...
Sort complete.
Transcoding "A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/01. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit).flac"
sh: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
"flac" --decode --stdout --silent "A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/01. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit).flac"| "lame" --noreplaygain --preset standard --quiet - "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/a2X7YPFNkA.tmp" failed with exit code 512
lars@ubuntu-server:~$

We're leaving for the airport in eight hours and I need some sleep. I'll resort to SoundKonverter for a selcted few files, but will do another attempt after our holiday.

As you no doubt can tell, I'm a definitive newbie, but I learn as I go along and will get a grip of Linux with its CLI and everything one day.

Thanks to all for great help.

Yours,

Lars

[OiPenguin]

I'll resort to SoundKonverter for a selcted few files, but will do another attempt after our holiday.
Lars

Sigh... SoundKonverter appears not to do its job. Currently working at speed 0,0 X. I've tried Sound Converter as well, but that didn't work either. Is there a command for the CLI which will convert four folders for me right away. My last resort now is Wine/EAC but I expect that to take a while.

Yours,

Lars

[SteveEast]

Your problem now is that the failing track has a " character in the filename. Try renaming the track to remove that character and run again.

Steve.

[Robin Bowes]

OiPenguin wrote:

> The result is an error at the same place as previously.
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> lars@ubuntu-server:~$ /bin/flac2mp3-0.3.0rc1/flac2mp3.pl /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet /home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3
> Using flac from: /usr/bin/flac
> Using lame from: /usr/bin/lame
> Processing directory: /home/felles/Media/Musikk/Rippet
> 6338 flac files found. Sorting...
> Sort complete.
> Transcoding "A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/01. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit).flac"
> sh: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
> "flac" --decode --stdout --silent "A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/01. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Edit).flac"| "lame" --noreplaygain --preset standard --quiet - "/home/felles/Media/Flac_som_MP3/A Tribe Called Quest/Anthology Bonus CD/a2X7YPFNkA.tmp" failed with exit code 512
> lars@ubuntu-server:~$
>

That's a different error, and is caused by the " in the file name.

That's a known bug, and one I've not fixed because I've been
procrastinating over choosing the "best" way to do it.

You can do something like this:


Replace these lines:

my $quotedsrc = $srcfilename;
my $quoteddest = $destfilename;

with:

my ($quotedsrc = $srcfilename) =~ s/"/\\"/g;
my ($quoteddest = $destfilename) =~ s/"/\\"/g;

I *will* get round to fixing this properly one day...

R.