to rip and encode. I set it to encode in MP3 format being that I want to transfer some CD music from the hard drive then onto my Sandisk MP3 player.

I keep on getting this notification:"Invalid Encoder Executable - Check You Encoder Config, and ensure it specifies the full path to the encoder executable".

This is driving me crazy!

I know that my Sandisk MP3 player only accepts WMA and MP3 format.

There's gotta be a way I can finally accomplish this GREAT feat which I'm still trying to figure out most of these past two days.

Frustrated is not a strong enough word of how I'm feeling about this.

Can it be that being that I'm using Debian may have something to do with this that it might be missing an important "something" installed?

Have you went into the config option encode tab then checked to see which encoder you are using you most likely want it set to /usr/bin/lame it should be done automatically when selecting it from the menu once this is done or before even make sure that you have:

In your /etc/apt/sources.list changing the sid to the version you are running then apt-get update and apt-get install lame then it should work.

I'm using Debian 4.0 Etch and I tried the apt-get install command for "lame" as well as "libmp3" and I always get "couldn't find package".

It's not in the Debian repositories either.

What does this command show and did you do the apt-get update?

lame:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:

Well you should be seeing something there if you put the proper line in your sources.list and updated like I said in my last post at least it show up here with etch in my file...