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Automatic transcoding when transferring to media player - how?

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Michael S.
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Hello.

I'm using Amarok 1.4.8 on a Gentoo Linux ~x86 system. I installed the transKode 0.7 script and also tried to use soundkonverter 0.3.6. I compiled the program with these flags:

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[ebuild   R   ] media-sound/amarok-1.4.8  USE="amazon -arts -daap -debug -ifp -ipod -kde -mp4 -mtp -musicbrainz -mysql -njb -opengl -postgres python real visualization -xinerama" LINGUAS="-af -ar -az -be -bg -bn -br -ca -cs -cy -da de -el -en_GB -eo -es -et -eu -fa -fi -fr -ga -gl -he -hi -hu -id -is -it -ja -km -ko -ku -lo -lt -mk -ms -nb -nds -ne -nl -nn -pa -pl -pt -pt_BR -ro -ru -rw -se -sk -sl -sq -sr -sr@Latn -ss -sv -ta -tg -th -tr -uk -uz -zh_CN -zh_TW" 12,402 kB
[ebuild   R   ] media-sound/soundkonverter-0.3.6  USE="-arts -debug ffmpeg -flac kdeenablefinal mp3 -musepack vorbis -xinerama" 658 kB


LAME is also installed (and found by the scripts).

I would like to setup Amarok so, that it automatically transcodes unsupported media files, when they are to be transferred to the media player. The media player is a Philips GoGear 2GB and it's setup can be seen in the attached screenshot. As you can see there, I set m4a, mp3 and wav as supported file types and unsupported stuff should be converted to mp3.

When I now try to transfer an OGG file to the player with Amarok, Amarok will just refuse to do this. It prints a message stating, that OGG isn't supported on the player. That's right - it's not.

But how would I setup Amarok so, that it automatically transcodes unsupported media types? And what does the "Andere Formate umwandeln nach:" ("Other formats should be converted to", or something like this) actually do? As it is right now, it doesn't seem to do anything at all.

Thanks a lot for your time and help,
Michael
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dangle_wtf
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try the transkode script.

edit: by that, I mean you should install transkode for the dialogue to work properly.


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Michael S.
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Hello!

I first needed to activate the "Change format, before transferring" option ("Vor dem Übertragen umwandeln", in the german screenshot).

IMO it's a bug, that the marked option "Transform other formats to" ("Andere Formate umwandeln nach:") is active, even if the "Change format" is NOT active.

Or does the "Transform other formats to" do anything at all, if "Change format" is not active?

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Michael
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have you posted it as a bug on bugs.kde.org? It's fairly plain in english, but perhaps the translation needs clarification?


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No, I have not posted it on the bugtracker, but I will do so. Could somebody please tell me, how the options that I'm talking about are called in English?

Thanks,
Michael


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