Topic: mp3 encoder (LAME) won't install (Read 6603 times)

jimg · « **on:** November 08, 2002, 08:52:06 pm »

I have tried to install the mp3 encoder (LAME) plugin for version 8. I get the message that the 'package was successfully installed', but I still don't see the mp3 option in the list of available encoders.
Can someone please provide a solution?
- Other plugins have installed fine.
Thanks.

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2002, 01:42:09 am »

I Have the same problem

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=general;action=display;num=1036808902;start=0

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #2 on:** November 09, 2002, 03:34:22 am »

I have found the problem it's a registry problem

BlacksTTer · « **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2002, 07:21:37 am »

Yeah... I've just installed MJ and have a similar problem. After supposedly installing the MP3 plug-in, I then try to rip a CD and get:

'Cannot create plug-in 'MP3 Encoder'. Error 80040154'

Can anyone tell me what i need to do solve the problem.

Thanks

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2002, 09:16:22 am »

Download the enc_mp3.zip from here: http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/mj_data/plugins/enc_mp3.zip
zipped to the plugins folder in MJ directory, now make this two registry strings

for Normal MP3:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JRiver\Music Exchange\1.0\Media Jukebox\Plugins\Encoders\MP3 Encoder]
"CLSID"="{3FC1631E-50A1-4480-9D5D-A919484A0DF2}"
"IID"="{F48C2E06-C782-4C20-9447-1C2925F0F57D}"
"BufferInputIID"="{1E00D700-8DB7-4D78-BF6B-A217302C8522}"
"EIID"="{5AAF23C3-BEF5-4F2B-A5CD-EE75E2D37EA9}"
"IVersion"=dword:00000003
"Company"="JRiver, Inc."
"Version"="2.0.47"
"URL"="http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/"
"Copyright"="Copyright (c) 2000-2002, JRiver, Inc."
"Ext"="mp3"
"Configurable"=dword:00000001
"SelectedQuality"="128"
"Qualities"="32,40,48,56,64,80,96,112,128,160,192,224,256,320,Custom"

and for MP3VBR:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JRiver\Music Exchange\1.0\Media Jukebox\Plugins\Encoders\MP3 Encoder VBR]
"CLSID"="{3FC1631E-50A1-4480-9D5D-A919484A0DF2}"
"IID"="{F48C2E06-C782-4C20-9447-1C2925F0F57D}"
"BufferInputIID"="{1E00D700-8DB7-4D78-BF6B-A217302C8522}"
"EIID"="{5AAF23C3-BEF5-4F2B-A5CD-EE75E2D37EA9}"
"IVersion"=dword:00000003
"Company"="JRiver, Inc."
"Version"="2.0.47"
"URL"="http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/"
"Copyright"="Copyright (c) 2000-2002, JRiver, Inc."
"Ext"="mp3"
"Configurable"=dword:00000001
"SelectedQuality"="Normal"
"Qualities"="Low,Normal/Low,Normal,Normal/High,High,Custom"

Done

Gordon · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2002, 09:45:13 am »

No, this is not the way to do it.
I have just spent money on software that does not do its job. I am not mucking about with the Windows Registry. This is supposed to be a user-friendly piece of software.

Please provide a version of this software that is bug-free.

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2002, 09:49:58 am »

I think the problem with this is because MJ9 it uses different places in the registry to save the strings, wait a few days and the problem is solved

Gordon · « **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2002, 09:54:35 am »

Okay ChicoSelfs / Citizen Kan , please send me an email when this bug has been fixed. Have a good weekend
Gordon

BlacksTTer · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2002, 10:00:31 am »

Yeah please send me an email too when the bug is fixed. I'm not to kenn on fumbling round the registry settings.

Thanks

BlacksTTer · « **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2002, 10:12:35 am »

Yeah please send me an email too when the bug is fixed. I'm not to kenn on fumbling round the registry settings.

Thanks

Acesq · « **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2002, 10:38:52 am »

I am having the same problem. Tried the registry fix, but it is difficult and (so far) has not worked. Let me know when there is a user friendly fix.

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2002, 11:30:44 am »

wow did i find a troll?

JimH · « **Reply #12 on:** November 09, 2002, 12:36:29 pm »

Please try downloading the MP3 plug-in again. We broke the installation yesterday afternoon. It should be fixed now. Sorry for the problem.

Gordon · « **Reply #13 on:** November 09, 2002, 12:55:58 pm »

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Please try downloading the MP3 plug-in again. We broke the installation yesterday afternoon. It should be fixed now. Sorry for the problem.

I have purchased Version 8 today. I didn't work (as above). I have uninstalled it. Can I know download the package from your website, and expect it to work?
I am not mucking about with an MP3 plug in, or the Windows Registry. I just want to download a piece of software that does what is says it you advertise.
How simple (or difficult) can that be?
So is the software that is available to download now fixed, or not ?

Gordon · « **Reply #14 on:** November 09, 2002, 01:01:17 pm »

And to answer my own question, I just downloaded your software, re-installed it, and it still doesn't record to MP3 without an error message. Pretty disappointing for such a well rated product. I hope you fix it PROPERLY soon.

JimH · « **Reply #15 on:** November 09, 2002, 01:03:36 pm »

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I have purchased Version 8 today. I didn't work (as above). I have uninstalled it. Can I know download the package from your website, and expect it to work?
I am not mucking about with an MP3 plug in, or the Windows Registry. I just want to download a piece of software that does what is says it you advertise.
How simple (or difficult) can that be?

Gordon,
We didn't try to break it, as you seem to imply.

Is it simple? No. The problem was a single line in an installation script that is part of the plug-in download. I fixed it by adding two characters. I believe it works now. But I suggest you wait until someone confirms that before you waste any more of your time.

Your patience will be appreciated.

Jim

hgreen17 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 09, 2002, 01:09:50 pm »

? This mp3 encoder still doesn't work. I grabbed the .dll and made the registry edits to no avail.

hgreen17 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 09, 2002, 01:11:34 pm »

Should I reinstall the whole package?

JimH · « **Reply #18 on:** November 09, 2002, 01:42:41 pm »

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? This mp3 encoder still doesn't work. I grabbed the .dll and made the registry edits to no avail.

Don't try doing anything manually. Just click on the link on the downloads page.

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #19 on:** November 09, 2002, 01:48:08 pm »

JimH i can't install the plugin yet, i uninstall the plugin and went to MJ encoder page and make the normal download and it won't work, did the same thing mannualy and nothing, run regedit and make the changes in the registry and works fine ( MJ detects the encoder installed and encode well )

hgreen17 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 09, 2002, 03:28:53 pm »

I have tried everything people have listed here. I can see the .dll file in the plugins directory in windows explorer, but it is still not recognized by the plugin manager. What gives?? ?

JimH · « **Reply #21 on:** November 09, 2002, 03:32:22 pm »

hgreen,
In order to help, please tell me what you've done. Re-read my message.

Jim

hgreen17 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 09, 2002, 03:42:14 pm »

I uninstalled the program, Reinstalled (express) Then, I went to the plugin manager and clicked on Encoders. I didn't find the Mp3 encoders so I went to the encoders plugin page and clicked the link. It didn't work.

marvo · « **Reply #23 on:** November 09, 2002, 05:55:31 pm »

I have the same problem. Please let me know when this is fixed.

JimH · « **Reply #24 on:** November 09, 2002, 05:58:19 pm »

It will be fixed on Monday, definitely.

marvo · « **Reply #25 on:** November 10, 2002, 12:09:32 am »

I tried again this morning, just in case, and can now see the .dll for encoding MP3's.

The plug-in manager still won't install it though.

Will try again tomorrow.

JimH · « **Reply #26 on:** November 10, 2002, 03:47:46 am »

To all who have had this problem, I apologize.

The reason it happened is that we've moved everything around in the registry in order to support people who want to have multiple users on the same machine using MJ. It's tricky to do because MJ uses a lot of small programs and plug-ins to do its work. It is double complicated because we have two versions of MJ now (8 and 9).

Ordinarily, we'd fix it within a few hours of the time it happened, but this happened on Friday evening. So Monday by mid-morning it will be fixed.

Again, I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #27 on:** November 10, 2002, 04:54:58 am »

No problem JimH, take care

thisismyusername · « **Reply #28 on:** November 11, 2002, 01:07:24 am »

In Greece it is 13:05 and still the problem with the mp3 encoder isn't fixed yet. When wii it be solved? ? ?

Scronch · « **Reply #29 on:** November 11, 2002, 01:24:18 am »

Greece is a long ways from Minneapolis (now on Central Standard Time). Mid-morning Monday is still about 5 to 6 hours from now. Perhaps Greece operates like an Italian Corporation? http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=general;action=display;num=1036458414 If so, take a break; life is good.

Scronch

jimg · « **Reply #30 on:** November 11, 2002, 05:14:49 am »

I did try the registry entry fix that was posted. I saved the listings as text, then used regedit to import into the registry. At that point, the encoder showed in the list, but I received the Error: 80040154 message.

So I went to plug in manager, and used add plug in. I found Enc_mp3.dll, and added it.
Now the mp3 encoder works!

Thanks for all the info.

Jim

marvo · « **Reply #31 on:** November 11, 2002, 05:34:13 am »

Sadly my Plug in Manger still won't recognise the dll. It downloads and is stored in the appropriate directory, the plug in manager sees it, but doesn't seem to want to add it.

Maybe the patches take longer to get to Scotland?!

Any ideas?

JimH · « **Reply #32 on:** November 11, 2002, 06:42:27 am »

Quote

Sadly my Plug in Manger still won't recognise the dll. It downloads and is stored in the appropriate directory, the plug in manager sees it, but doesn't seem to want to add it.

Maybe the patches take longer to get to Scotland?!

Any ideas?

Wait. It should be fixed this morning.

JimH · « **Reply #33 on:** November 11, 2002, 07:08:32 am »

Can you try it again, please?

Here's the page:

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/downloads/plugins.pl?type=7&start=0&a mp;end=10&page=1

marvo · « **Reply #34 on:** November 11, 2002, 08:39:21 am »

Hi Jim

Just tried and still no luck.

fortran4 · « **Reply #35 on:** November 11, 2002, 08:49:38 am »

I just tried it from Settings|Options|Encoding within MJ8 and it worked (at last!)

fortran4

marvo · « **Reply #36 on:** November 11, 2002, 09:12:38 am »

I still can't get it to recognise it. Aaaaagh!

Maybe it is something to do with Windows98?

JimH · « **Reply #37 on:** November 11, 2002, 10:02:14 am »

Exactly what happens? Does it install?

marvo · « **Reply #38 on:** November 11, 2002, 10:20:51 am »

The DLL copies over and is seen by the Plug In Manager, but when you try to add it - nothing.

No registry entries are written. I have just added in the registry entries suggested earlier in this topic and the DLL has now been added to the Plug In Manager. I am just about to test it to see if it works.

marvo · « **Reply #39 on:** November 11, 2002, 10:25:34 am »

Seems to have worked.

Thanks ChicoSelfs

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #40 on:** November 11, 2002, 10:48:08 am »

It's a pleasure

i have made a uninstall of the encoder and erased in the registry all about Mp3 encoders and tried to install the plugin in the normal way and it works

jakobluck · « **Reply #41 on:** November 11, 2002, 10:56:26 am »

Yay, I was finally able to get the MP3 encoder plugin to install, but now when I select "custom" from the quality field, i don't get a popup window asking for the command line when i click "advanced." i get the a list with "normal, hi speed, hi quality" instead.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #42 on:** November 11, 2002, 12:10:47 pm »

the problem has been solved. Everything works perfect.

jakobluck · « **Reply #43 on:** November 12, 2002, 12:35:17 am »

Still am unable to get the command line window to show up for MP3 VBR - it shows up for OGG custom, though. Have reinstalled MP3 plugin twice to no avail.

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.388
Install Path: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

CPU: AMD Athlon 1396 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 261 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)

Ce.D · « **Reply #44 on:** November 12, 2002, 05:04:38 am »

I had the "cannot create plug-in" error and re-downloaded the plug-in, which installed just fine (on Windows XP).

But as Jakobluck mentionned, I can't get the LAME "command line" (custom->advanced) settings window. Instead, I get the "Normal / High speed / High quality" choice window. No way to use the "--alt-preset" options.

JimH · « **Reply #45 on:** November 12, 2002, 05:23:48 am »

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I had the "cannot create plug-in" error and re-downloaded the plug-in, which installed just fine (on Windows XP).

But as Jakobluck mentionned, I can't get the LAME "command line" (custom->advanced) settings window. Instead, I get the "Normal / High speed / High quality" choice window. No way to use the "--alt-preset" options.

You can use the Lame external encoder if you download our "external encoder plug-in" from this page:

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/downloads/plugins.pl?type=7&start=0&end=10&page=1

Ce.D · « **Reply #46 on:** November 13, 2002, 01:39:15 am »

Well, yes, I guess I can do so (though it gets tricky when dealing with non-ASCII characters in filenames, since the encoding goes through the command line)... but as far as I remember, one could pass the "--alt-preset" option in the "Advanced" window when one chose the "Custom" quality setting (though I can't tell WHEN it changed, whether because of the plug-in issue or through an update of MJ itself).

Why wouldn't this (useful) feature be available anylonger ?

On the other hand, if one has a correspondance table between MJ's quality/avanced settings and LAME presets... (thing is, most of the articles you find about MP3 encoding quality using LAME refer to this "presets")

So ?

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