Read AIFF metadata

[Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu]

On 2013-02-11 06:19, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>> but after selecting the file, I couldn't see it in the soundconverter
>> main window.  I had nothing to convert!
> 
> That's odd, but I cannot comment on it without a look at the output of
> "soundconverter -d" for the attempt at loading the file.

I can't load the aiff if I use the GUI exclusively.  But, if I pass the 
file name in via the command line, it at least appears in the 
soundconverter window. Here's the output as you requested:

SoundConverter 2.0.4
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GstObject)
   using Gstreamer version: 0.10.36
   using 2 thread(s)
   using gio
   "xingmux" gstreamer element not found, disabling Xing Header output.
   "lame" gstreamer element not found, disabling MP3 output.
   "faac" gstreamer element not found, disabling AAC output.
   "opusenc" gstreamer element not found, disabling Opus output.
Queue start: 1 tasks, 2 thread(s).
launching: 'giosrc 
location="file:///home/ranbir/Downloads/3733448_The_Night_Out__A_Trak_vs__Martin_Rework__Original_Mix.aiff" 
! typefind name=typefinder ! fakesink'
have_type: audio/x-aiff 
3733448_The_Night_Out__A_Trak_vs__Martin_Rework__Original_Mix.aiff
found_type 
3733448_The_Night_Out__A_Trak_vs__Martin_Rework__Original_Mix.aiff
Queue done in 0.040s (1 tasks)

> The following build manages to convert .aiff files (IFF data, AIFF 
> audio) here:
> 
> http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/soundconverter/2.0.4/12.fc17/noarch/soundconverter-2.0.4-12.fc17.noarch.rpm
> 
> If it still fails for you, I would need to see the terminal debug 
> output.

I kinda forgot about this and didn't come back to it until now (I'm 
about to buy some more AIFF tracks).

The link above doesn't work anymore.  But, I noticed I have a newer 
version of soundconverter installed anyway - 
soundconverter-2.0.4-23.fc17.noarch.  Unfortunately, it doesn't work 
either.

When I click the "Convert" button, this gets printed to the console:

Queue start: 1 tasks, 2 thread(s).
launching: 'giosrc 
location="file:///home/ranbir/Downloads/3733448_The_Night_Out__A_Trak_vs__Martin_Rework__Original_Mix.aiff" 
name=src ! decodebin name=decoder ! audiorate ! audioconvert ! 
audioresample ! flacenc mid-side-stereo=true quality=8 ! giosink 
location="file:///home/ranbir/Downloads/3733448_The_Night_Out__A_Trak_vs__Martin_Rework__Original_Mix.flac"'

However, no conversion actually takes place. The progress bar doesn't 
move.  Also, the file size of the flac version doesn't increase (i.e. 
stays at 0).  If I click cancel, the conversion stops and I'm taken back 
to the soundconverter window.  If I click the pause button, I see this:

Error: <b>GStreamer Error:</b>
Could not open resource for writing.
<i>(3733448_The_Night_Out__A_Trak_vs__Martin_Rework__Original_Mix.aiff)</i>

And soundconverter itself reports the same thing (i.e. there's an error 
dialog box).

Regards,

Ranbir

-- 
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu