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lemon09

07-08-2009 02:45 AM

missing installed application

i have fedora 10 installed presently i am working in the GNOME ènvironment.

recently i installed nautilus-sound-converter

Code:

# yum install nautilus-sound-converter

but then i could not find it in my system. since it is an application of sound i thought it would be in ¨Applications -> sound & video¨...
to my surprise it was not there.
i thought of trying it in a command line but the problem is i dont know the proper command. i tried guessing and pressing tab to find similar application but all in vain.

how can i figure it out in my machine...

linuxlover2k

07-08-2009 02:55 AM

did you try with a "locate"?
if not try

#updatedb

#locate sound-converter | more

colucix

07-08-2009 02:57 AM

You can check if the package contains some binary executable by the rpm command:

Code:

rpm -ql nautilus-sound-converter | grep bin

Anyway, since it is a nautilus extension, maybe you will just see an additional entry in the right-click menu for audio files.

lemon09

07-08-2009 03:15 AM

Code:

rpm -ql nautilus-sound-converter | grep bin

seems to have no result........

i tried the the command

Code:

#locate sound-converter | more

/usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-2.0/libnautilus-sound-converter.so

/usr/share/nautilus-sound-converter

/usr/share/doc/nautilus-sound-converter-1.0.1

/usr/share/doc/nautilus-sound-converter-1.0.1/COPYING

/usr/share/doc/nautilus-sound-converter-1.0.1/NEWS

/usr/share/doc/nautilus-sound-converter-1.0.1/README

/usr/share/nautilus-sound-converter/main.xml

/usr/share/nautilus-sound-converter/progress.xml

it traversed through the folders but no executable command was found.

colucix

07-08-2009 03:30 AM

Actually there is no binary executable. Looking at the package description, it confirms my previous assertion:

Code:

Name        : nautilus-sound-converter    Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version    : 1.0.1                            Vendor: Fedora Project

Release    : 1.fc10                        Build Date: Mon 09 Feb 2009 03:46:40 PM CET

Install Date: (not installed)              Build Host: x86-2.fedora.phx.redhat.com

Group      : User Interface/Desktops      Source RPM: nautilus-sound-converter-1.0.1-1.fc10.src.rpm

Size        : 68607                            License: GPLv2+

Signature  : DSA/SHA1, Thu 19 Feb 2009 12:43:52 PM CET, Key ID bf226fcc4ebfc273

Packager    : Fedora Project

URL        : http://code.google.com/p/nautilus-sound-converter/

Summary    : Nautilus extension to convert audio files

Description :

Adds a "Convert Sound File..." menu item to the context menu

of audio files. This opens a dialog where you can decide what audio

format you wish to convert the selected files to.

This is a nautilus extension that gives you an additional functionality to the file manager. If you want a full audio editor you can try audacity or use mencoder from the command line.

jeromeNP7

07-08-2009 03:38 AM

It seems that nautilus-sound-converter is rather a wrapper for the Nautilus file manager to provide a front-end to audio conversion, without being being an audio converter itself. It is using the GStreamer framework to do the actual job. To convert audio or video files use either mencoderer of ffmpeg, these are pretty powerful tools.

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lemon09

07-08-2009 03:59 AM

can audacity be used to convert file format???

and what do i need to do to run this nautilus-sound-converter

colucix

07-08-2009 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemon09 (Post 3600627)

can audacity be used to convert file format???

Yes. From the Audacity list of features:

Code:

Import and Export



Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.



    * Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.

    * Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.

    * Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.

    * Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.

    * Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.

    * Open raw (headerless) audio files using the “Import Raw” command.

    * Note: Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats.

Quote:

and what do i need to do to run this nautilus-sound-converter

Absolutely nothing! If you've successfully installed the nautilus-sound-converter package, open Nautilus, look for an audio file and see if in the right-click menu you see the entry "Convert Sound File...". Have you looked at the package description I posted in one of my previous posts? It's explained there.

lemon09

07-08-2009 12:16 PM

Quote:

very sorry to say cloucix that the solution did not work. there was no such entry in the right-click-menu.

as a matter of interest where did get the code(i mean output)in the post #5

colucix

07-08-2009 12:21 PM

That's really strange. Maybe it supports only some audio file types. You can see the package description using either rpm -qi nautilus-sound-converter or yum info nautilus-sound-converter.

lemon09

07-08-2009 01:29 PM

Quote:

That's really strange. Maybe it supports only some audio file types.

thereś something more strange. when i execute the following command, it gives the following output.

Code:

# yum info nautilus-sound-converter.

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit

Error: No matching Packages to list

and i am so sure that i installed it through yum.

colucix

07-08-2009 02:13 PM

You can verify using

Code:

rpm -qi nautilus-sound-converter

it will tell immediately if package is not installed.

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