Paul: > I recently purchased a CD and decided I'd like to rip it to my computer > for listening. > > About 1 week ago I also purchased the full package offered from Fluento. > > So I should have all the tools to rip a CD.
Note that Fluendo currently only sells decoders, which are useful for playing files encoded in particular formats.. However, they do not sell any encoders, which would be needed to rip a CD to MP3 format. > I open up Sound Juicer. Click on tracks to rip. First I thought > lossless, so I went to preferences and chose "wav" as the format. Worked > fine. Went and opened up Songbird, chose the "wav" file I ripped, > Songbird complained: > > Media Core Error > Songbird has encountered the following media core error: > Could not open resource for writing Can you play the WAV file in a different player, such as rhythmbox or Real Player? Note that when you try to play an audio file and it complains that it can't open the resource for writing, it usually means that it can't open your audio device. I'd check your permissions on the /dev/audio and /dev/audioctl files. What happens if you run "cat /dev/audio"? Does that work, or complain about file permissions? > OK, maybe it cant read a "wav" file. > > I rip again with the "flac" file format. Same error in Songbird. > > I rip agaoin with the "oga" file format. Same error in Songbird. When audio players complain about being unable to open the resource for writing, it is complaining about being unable to send the audio to the device card, not that it can't read the input file. > I say to myself, I purchase the Fluento package, I'll just rip it to > "mp3" format. What, it's not listed there (in Sound Juicer)? I click on > edit profile, mp3 is there for editing, why isn't is listed for choosing? > > OK, so where is the problems located. Songbird? Sound Juicer? or both. > Could it be Gstreamer or Fluento? Why can't I rip a track successfully? I'd say it's a problem with permissions on your audio device. This can sometimes happen if Solaris doesn't support your audio card. Or it could be an issue with logindevperm(4). Brian
