Version: 1.13 (using 3.5.8, Kubuntu (gutsy) 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu3.3) Compiler: Target: i486-linux-gnu OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.22-14-generic When kaudiocreator performs a CDDB lookup on a new CD, sometimes the CDDB genre is unknown to LAME. When that happens, kaudiocreator silently accepts the CDDB genre and passes it to LAME, which only reports an error at encoding time. I am reporting this as a bug only because it seems like a mistake for kaudiocreator to accept the genre in the first place if LAME is only going to reject it farther down the line. Suggestion for better behavior: at launch time, if LAME is the requested encoder, kaudiocreator should use the output of "lame --genre-list" to set default genre names. If CDDB returns a genre tag not included there, it should warn the user and ask them for an alternative before the user initiates a rip/encode cycle. The application could even try fuzzy matching to propose a good alternative genre (but that is definitely a feature request, not a bug report).
Addendum: this is related to bug 52257 and bug 53046, which also deal with LAME refusing to encode on an unknown genre, but I did not file it there because it is not related to an internationalization issue and so it seemed inappropriate.
Contrary to Bug 52257 , this bug can surface in all language versions. The root cause of this bug is: Freedb, CDDB and Lame genres are slightly different. Lame fails when it gets a genre that is not on its list. This is also documented in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdemultimedia/+bug/77209 Reproduced this (or a very similar bug) 1. CDDB / freedb.org - look-up must succeed 2. Note: CDDB entry DGENRE=Book 3. Note that "Book" is not a valid LAME genre ( see: http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/lame/lame/doc/html/id3.html ) 4. select a track to rip 5. click "rip" 6. fail Reproduced with this book: DISCID=82106109 DTITLE=Jim Collins / How the Mighty Fall [Disc 1] DYEAR=2009 DGENRE=Book TTITLE0=HarperAudio presents... TTITLE1=Preface TTITLE2=The Silent Creep TTITLE3=On the Cusp... TTITLE4=Five Stages of Discipline TTITLE5=Success Comparison Set TTITLE6=First let me give you... TTITLE7=It's not all gloom... TTITLE8=Stage One EXTD= EXTT0= EXTT1= EXTT2= EXTT3= EXTT4= EXTT5= EXTT6= EXTT7= EXTT8= PLAYORDER=
Circumventions (use one or both) Circumvention 1: kaudiocreator / settings / encoder / mp3 / configure / command line: remove "--tg %{genre}" from the command line Circumvention 2: kaudiocreator / settings / encoder / mp3 / configure / command line: change "lame --preset standard" to "lame --ignore-tag-errors --preset standard" If --ignore-tag-errors is used, it must appear before the --tg option. For example Valid: --ignore-tag-errors --tg %{genre} NOT Valid: --tg %{genre} --ignore-tag-errors
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Dear Bug Submitter, This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!