GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 650421
Encode to mp3 for external device, but instead just copies flac
Last modified: 2020-03-17 09:16:06 UTC
This report was originally filled at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/779430 Set external music player in its properties to encode to mp3 192kbps constant bitrate using LAME. When copying playlist over containing flac audio files, rather than encoding to mp3, the flac files are copied across directly. This is a problem when the external music player doesn't read flac. Have attached debug where at 20:35:26.512 I set the device to only receive mp3, then started to sync. Banshee Debug: [1 Info 20:35:06.164] GStreamer version 0.10.32.0, gapless: True, replaygain: False [1 Debug 20:35:06.167] Delayed Initializating Banshee.Dap.DapService [1 Debug 20:35:06.176] Dap support extension loaded: Banshee.Dap.MassStorage [1 Debug 20:35:06.177] Dap support extension loaded: Banshee.Dap.AppleDevice [1 Debug 20:35:06.178] Dap support extension loaded: Banshee.Dap.Mtp [1 Debug 20:35:06.179] Delayed Initializating Banshee.Podcasting.PodcastService [1 Debug 20:35:06.273] Delayed Initializating Banshee.Daap.DaapService [2 Debug 20:35:06.280] Refreshing any podcasts that haven't been updated in over an hour [3 Debug 20:35:06.383] DAAP Proxy listening for connections on port 8089 [1 Debug 20:35:07.281] Finished - Startup Job [1 Debug 20:35:07.290] Starting - Downloading Cover Art [4 Debug 20:35:07.295] Finished - Downloading Cover Art [1 Debug 20:35:17.026] U1MS: Url Loaded: - http://stores.7digital.com/default.aspx?shop=496&partner=983 [5 Debug 20:35:20.414] Found DAP support (Banshee.Dap.MassStorage.MassStorageSource) for device 4.0 GB Filesystem and Uuid /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-6/2-6:1.0/host8/target8:0:0/8:0:0:0/block/sdd [1 Debug 20:35:26.194] Initialized MediaProfileManager: 0.138903 [1 Debug 20:35:26.216] GStreamer pipeline does not run: audioconvert ! novellaacenc bitrate=128000 profile=2 outputformat=0 ! novellqtmux [1 Debug 20:35:26.320] GStreamer pipeline does not run: audioconvert ! xingenc bitrate=128 ! id3v2mux [1 Debug 20:35:26.371] GStreamer pipeline does not run: audioconvert ! fluwmaenc bitrate=64000 vbr=false ! fluasfmux [1 Debug 20:35:26.512] Setting active encoding profile: MP3 (LAME Encoder) (saved to MassStorageSource-/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-6/2-6:1.0/host8/target8:0:0/8:0:0:0/block/sdd) [6 Debug 20:35:48.060] Starting DAP sync [6 Debug 20:35:48.079] Starting [1 Debug 20:36:30.838] Canceled - Adding 2 of 7 to 4.0 GB Filesystem [1 Debug 20:36:35.013] Canceled - Adding 2 of 7 to 4.0 GB Filesystem [1 Debug 20:36:35.020] Service disposed (AudioCdService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.021] Service disposed (CoverArtService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.021] Service disposed (AmazonMp3DownloaderService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.022] Service disposed (GnomeService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.027] Service disposed (DaapService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.029] Service disposed (SoundMenuService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.034] Service disposed (MprisService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.040] Service disposed (AudioscrobblerService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.064] Service disposed (PodcastService) [1 Debug 20:36:35.066] Unmapping DAP source (/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-6/2-6:1.0/host8/target8:0:0/8:0:0:0/block/sdd) Complete Debug at: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/71345930/banshee.txt
This bug seems to occur when banshee thinks your device can play a certain codec e.g. flac it doesn't need to convert. .is_audio_player file is sometimes a solution but I have a rockbox setup and it looks like banshee ignores the .is_audio_player when the .rockbox folder is present.
Banshee is not under active development anymore and had its last code changes more than three years ago. Its codebase has been archived. Closing this report as WONTFIX as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping to reflect reality. Please feel free to reopen this ticket (or rather transfer the project to GNOME Gitlab, as GNOME Bugzilla is being shut down) if anyone takes the responsibility for active development again. See https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/issues/264 for more info.