On 20/05/12 13:55, Chris Walker wrote:
On 20/05/12 13:44, mick wrote:
On Sun, 20 May 2012 13:02:54 +0100 Adam Boweradam@thebowery.co.uk allegedly wrote:
mp3 is a patent encumbered format so some/many/all distros don't support encoding to mp3 out the box. It sounds like you may need to install some packages that will allow you to encode to mp3.
And a simple search for "MP3 encoding mandriva" will get you the answer.
My searches hadn't revealed the answer but the clue is in what you wrote. I'd been searching for mandriva related items but it hadn't pointed me at the correct solution. As you should have seen by now, I have now solved the problem.
As an aside, I recall you had a Nokia N900. I've just changed my car and it said it would interrogate the phone by a press on the 'Addr Book' button on the console. But it didn't. I managed to search for the correct solution to that one (linux OS on the phone of course) but again, I didn't get there straight away. I think that points to my main problem and that is one of the 'correct' search items.
I use K3B to rip my CDs to MP3. I needed to install LAME first. This should add MP3 (LAME) to the filetypes available in the rip dialogue.
Nev
Sorry sent to poster instead of list 1st time