Trying to covert mp3 to ogg - VLC is not writing to the file

[DarkStarHarry]

I have version 3.0.20 Vetinari

I do the following steps:

• Media -> Convert/Save (Open media box appears)

• Add, then select the mp3 file I want to convert

• At the bottom of the 'Open Media' box, click the down arrow next to Convert/Save, and select Convert

• in Profile, I select "Audio - Vorbis (OGG)"

• (Convert radio button is already selected - I don't touch that)

• In the "Destination File" textbox, I put the path where I want to save my file (C:\users\owner\desktop\name of file.ogg)

• I click start

after running, the resulting file is 0 bytes, in OGG format.


HELP! Did I miss a step?

[InTheWings]

To help you, we need messages, to completely understand what your problems is.
To fix this, please be sure before you start the playback to:

1. Open: Tools -> Messages.
2. Set Verbosity to 2
3. Start playback to reproduce your issue
4. Save text in a file or copy into clipboard
5. Then paste the full resulting log here between [​code]and[​/code] (or use Pastebin.com if it's too long)

Also don't forget to name your Operating System and provide the VLC media player version.

[Lotesdelere]

Works for me with VLC 3.0.20.
Messages log required.

[DarkStarHarry]

here's a log of an MP3 to OGG conversion...
https://pastebin.com/g8GXD6c6

[Lotesdelere]

It looks like it's trying to encode the cover to Vorbis for some reason:

Code: Select all

main debug: looking for encoder module matching "jpeg": 24 candidates main debug: no encoder modules matched stream_out_transcode error: cannot find audio encoder (module:jpeg fourcc:vorb). Take a look few lines earlier to see possible reason.

I've tried with MP3 files containing embedded covers and the conversion works for me.
Please upload your original problematic file to WeTransfer.com or Disroot.org and then post the link to the file here.
https://wetransfer.com
https://upload.disroot.org

[DarkStarHarry]

here you go...
https://we.tl/t-HywU5MQWgj

[Lotesdelere]

Conversion to OGG/Vorbis works for me with your file.

Make sure everything has full write access to C:\temp folder.

Reset the preferences (the manual way) and try again:
https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:ResetPrefs

[DarkStarHarry]

SUCCESS! File created.
Guess I muxed it up from a previous project.
Will need to reset before each project.

thanks!

DSH