Re: rhythmbox converting files to ogg
On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 02:59:34PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:26:11 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
>
> > I have a bunch of music in encoded in flac. When I drag the files in
> > rhythmbox to my Sansa Clip player, rhythmbox converts them to mp3. I
> > want them to be converted to ogg. I have my preferred format set to ogg
> > in rhythmbox's preferences.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to get rhythmbox to convert flac to ogg on the
> > fly when I drag songs to my player? I'm running Squeeze.
>
> I've never used that option before but have you tried to drop the files
> into another folder? I mean, a plain folder, not your sansa player.
>
> I say this because Rhythmbox could be automatically detecting the player
> and making its magic in background (and thus converting into mp3 without
> asking the user nor reading the settings...).
>
Yeah, it looks like rhythmbox is doing this on its own based on the
player it detects. Strange, because that player supports ogg and flac.
The only way I can prevent it from converting to mp3 is to "unactivate"
the Gnome Audio Profile for "CD Quality, MP3". But I still can't get it
to convert to ogg upon dragging a flac file to my player.
I guess I'll have to join the rhythmbox mailing list and ask about this.
If I get an answer, I'll report back here.
-Rob
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