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I installed a couple of days ago Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit).

I today tried ripping a CD in the MP3 format.

However, whenever I try to rip, it says it is missing an extra multimedia plugin "Gstreamer extra plug-ins (i386)".

I then try to install the :i386 version of the gstreamer-ugly plugins, but then I get the same problem but with the id3-demuxer (or something similar)

The Terminal output I get from both problems (but replace the "MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder" with the "ID3-demuxer" name) is:

james@clefairy:~$ rhythmbox

(rhythmbox:24122): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|rhythmbox|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder|encoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed import gobject._gobject

It doesn't help that each time I have to install/remove the entire Gstreamer-ugly collection each time - I can't find that specific file.

The CD plays fine, it's the ripping plugin that doesn't seem to work.

I didn't have this problem previously on 12.04 (64 bit).

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Have a look at mc4man's post at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2080739. Looks like we need to use a custom setting. Worked for me.

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    The solution is: Go to Edit > Preferences > Music Change 'Format settings' to 'Custom Settings'. I kept Quality on 4 and sounded fine.
    – jfy133
    Nov 24, 2012 at 17:37
  • @PaulB Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.
    – Oyibo
    Nov 25, 2012 at 7:23
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Try installing Synaptic and then install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse If it still doesnt work i would recommend installing LAME (mp3 encoding front-end)

I suggest using Synaptic, simply because it tends to do better at installing technical items

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  • Thanks for the reply! Strangely enough, I can't find that package under the Multiverse The closest I can get to is 'gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly'?? I've installed LAME and I'll try reinstalling the package above.
    – jfy133
    Nov 17, 2012 at 14:14
  • Still no luck... any other ideas?
    – jfy133
    Nov 17, 2012 at 14:20
  • check to make sure Sound Juicer is installed (a front end for cd ripping). I think Rhythmbox uses it. Getting tired of all these front-end dependencies? (: I don't know what else may be the issue..after googling it there doesn't seem to be much documentation on it eh?
    – UbuntuHusker
    Nov 17, 2012 at 19:30
  • I installed Sound Juicer separately and that worked fine. Rhythmbox is just broken for some reason. Strange. But yes, very little documentation. I did find a couple of bug reports on Launchpad with the same problem, wasn't solved though. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst0.10-python/+bug/1070517
    – jfy133
    Nov 18, 2012 at 15:06
  • Sorry! I hope they get fixed soon!
    – UbuntuHusker
    Nov 18, 2012 at 19:02
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Open synaptic, install libmp3lame0 then reboot. You should now be able to rip to mp3 after starting Rhythmbox

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  • Thanks for the suggestion. I already had it installed albeit 'manually'. I removed it, installed it again and rebooted. This time when Rhythmbox said there was a plug-on missing, it did start to install it. However it disappeared before it had finished (seemingly). I now get this terminal output (see next comment):
    – jfy133
    Nov 20, 2012 at 10:29
  • (rhythmbox:2973): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|rhythmbox|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder|encoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3 /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed import gobject._gobject Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugins installed. Updating plugin registry ...
    – jfy133
    Nov 20, 2012 at 10:32
  • (rhythmbox:2973): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Rhythmbox-Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|0.10|rhythmbox|MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) encoder|encoder-audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, layer=(int)3 (ignoring) Rhythmbox-Message: All missing plugins are blacklisted, doing nothing
    – jfy133
    Nov 20, 2012 at 10:32
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After getting the missing extra multimedia plugin "Gstreamer extra plug-ins (i386)" pop-up and a dependency error after accepting recommended install of gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly (i386) the problem went away once I cleared the user configs by removing files under ~/.local/share/gstreamer-1.0/presets

ref: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2233131

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Dunno if you're still having this issue but I've used dagrab for grabbing tracks and lame for mp3 encoding. I made a rip-script years ago that I recently re-wrote as I suddenly needed to rip loads of CDs.. It runs fine on my ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. I've not added any uninstall menu-option yet and the PROXY settings don't work with the cddget (perl) I use nowadays BUT otherwise.. it seems to work fine https://github.com/OlaAronsson/nenRip

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