[BitPim-devel] BitPim: *2* fixes for Debian Lenny convert sound bug - still a GUI issue in editing length etc

[R S P. <RSP...@in...>]

I had a problem with bitpim's python scripts crashing and not allowing convert 
sound.
might add a specific dependency for ffmpeg  ???

still have the problem (even with ffmpeg installed) of python crash if try to 
use GUI to manipulate file start, length, etc.

Debian Lenny, bitpim 1.0.5

hope this helps improve the packages.
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BitPim: *2* fixes for Debian Lenny convert sound bug - still a GUI issue in 
editing length etc

FIX 1:

http://www.bitpim.org/help/
How do I bypass the Convert Audio File Dialog?
To bypass the Convert Audio File dialog, press and hold the Shift key and
click on the Add button (Shift+Add).
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***** To do this, I suppose one must first convert the mp3 to appropriate
format with another program, as audacity!!! *****
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until the python scripts problem in Lenny's bitpim is fixed ...
...  my guess is the problem resides in
    ringers.py  and/or  conversions.py
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From exception dialog:
  File "/usr/share/bitpim/code/conversions.py", line 60, in gethelperbinary
    raise common.HelperBinaryNotFound(basename, basename+osext, [helperdir])
HelperBinaryNotFound: Helper binary ffmpeg.lbin not found.  It should be in
one of /usr/share/bitpim/helpers
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Frame gethelperbinary in /usr/share/bitpim/code/conversions.py at line 60
       basename =  'ffmpeg'
              f =  '/usr/share/bitpim/helpers/ffmpeg.lbin'
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FIX 2:
try installing ffmpeg, and deps ...
   (ffmpeg is listed as as "suggested" install with bitpim)
**** voila !!!
now one can convert !!
! still a problem with subsequently cutting length of file by gui sliders,
though !!
...  one still can use the boxes above to enter times, etc,
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FIX NOT YET DONE:
From exception dialog:
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File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode/wx/lib/masked/maskededit.py",
line 5534, in _validatePaste
    raise ValueError('"%s" will not fit into the control "%s"' % (paste_text,
self.name))
ValueError: "             0.00" will not fit into the control "masked.num"
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