missing import_mp3.so in transcode

[afaiq]

I am trying to transcode avi file using the following command:

transcode -i video3.avi -V -y mpeg -F d -Z 352x240 --export_fps 29.970
--export_asr 2 -E 48000 -b 224 -o test

I get the following errors:

[transcode] warning : /usr/local/lib/transcode/import_mp3.so: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory
(decoder.c) loading audio import module failed
[transcode] failed to init import modules
[transcode] critical: plug-in initialization failed

Anyone have any ideas if I am missing a codec or something else?

Here is my transcode configuration:


*-*-*-*-*-*-* Core *-*-*-*-*-*-*
static AV-frame buffering yes
support for network (sockets) streams yes
DVD navigation support with libdvdread yes
link against local lame library (>=3.89) | ver yes | 395
pvm3 support no
*-*-*-*-*-*-* Codec *-*-*-*-*-*-*
nasm dependent modules (bbmpeg) no
mjpegtools dependent modules yes
libdv dependent modules yes
Ogg support | Vorbis support | Theora support yes | yes | yes
Default xvid export module xvid2
liba52 audio plugin (>=0.7.3) | default decoder yes | yes
avifile API support yes
ImageMagick dependent modules (>=5.4.3) yes
libjpeg dependent modules | mmx accel yes | no
liblzo dependent modules no
libxml2 dependent modules yes
experimental v4l support yes
experimental lve support no
libmpeg3 dependent modules yes
libfame video encoding plugin yes
quicktime dependent modules no
*-*-*-*-*-*-* Filter *-*-*-*-*-*-*
X11 dependent filter plugins yes
freetype2 dependent filter (text, subtitler) yes

[mdwatts]

Did you first search your filesystem to see if import_mp3.so exists in another directory?

[afaiq]

Originally posted by mdwatts
Did you first search your filesystem to see if import_mp3.so exists in another directory?

No, I have not - will do it as soon as I get home tonight.

All the remaining import and export .so files are in /usr/local/lib/transcode, so my assumption was that this one would be too. These files are very specific to transcode, right?

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by afaiq
These files are very specific to transcode, right?

I believe so.

If everything else is there, then I would suggest you check the compile/install logfiles (installed from source?) to see if there was a problem with import_mp3.so.

If you did in fact install from source, have a look at the './configure' options as perhaps you need to manually specify that option as it could be disabled by default. Just a guess though.

[afaiq]

looked through the transcode FAQ

http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/faq.html

found out that I needed to install a recent lame library, including all header files. Lame that comes bundled with transcode does not seem to be complete. After I installed lame, I re-ran configure and make and now I finally have a working transcode!!

- now I need to understand the gazillion command line options to make it do what I want it to do :)

[mdwatts]

Glad I could help. Thanks