I just converted to Mepis!

tnelson42345 · 12-19-2006, 09:49 AM

I just decided to make the convert from XP to Mepis. I figured I would make myself learn it

I have two questions that will most likely be followed by many more......

Is there a way to adjust the mouse settings for a laptop?

Also when I went to burn an audio CD it told me that it was an unsupported file? The files were MP3. I had no problem burning the same files to a data CD?

Dell - Inspiron 1100

Thank you.

Sepero · 12-19-2006, 10:55 AM

Force yourself? That's a tough way to go, but I guess today's distro's make it easier than ever. I convert a few years back. It took me a year of dual booting to feel fully comfortable switching.

mouse settings- Check the Kcontrol panel. (kde control panel)

cd burning- I suggest you play with the options in k3b some more. Did you select "New Audio Project". I can drag and drop mp3's easily.

tnelson42345 · 12-19-2006, 12:25 PM

"Force yourself? That's a tough way to go"
I should add that my laptop is not my primary PC.

Yes I chose "New Audio Project". Anything else that I could have been doing wrong?

tytower · 12-19-2006, 02:32 PM

When you choose an Audio disk it expects .wav files or similar old style large files
mp3's are considered data files so it works on making a cd which plays in a normal mp3 player

Audio has no directory
mp3 can have so many levels down I think but it must be a data cd

Also run setup in K3b to get the permissions right

mykrob · 12-20-2006, 07:26 PM

the problem is you dont have the proper libraries installed for MP3 files.

Install the packge "libmad" through synaptic package manager, also the package "libk3b2-mp3"
That should resolve the problem.

-myk

rickh · 12-20-2006, 07:35 PM

I have seen that "unsupported file" message come up in misleading circumstances when k3b or cdrecord or some program didn't like characters in a file name ... like an apostrophe.

tytower · 12-21-2006, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mykrob

the problem is you dont have the proper libraries installed for MP3 files.

Install the packge "libmad" through synaptic package manager, also the package "libk3b2-mp3"
That should resolve the problem.

-myk

and do you reckon he will then be able to burn the cd's as audio ? Dont think so mate So correct me if I'm wrong

mykrob · 12-21-2006, 05:43 PM

yes, he will. It is giving him the unsupported file format error because he doesnt have the proper codec to be able to re-encode the mp3 file on the fly and convert it to cd audio. With the proper codec, he can burn MP3's wavs, aac, ogg, or whatever as cd audio.

-myk