src.py is not able to record sound with the default codec mp3

[Kundan]

src.py is not able to record sound and put in the provided filename with the default codec mp3.

I am using the command /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xpra/sound/src.py ~/Documents/Hello9.mp3

The xpra version is v0.16.2.
The OS is Ubuntu 15.10.

However, the gstreamer.py is showing mp3 in codecs and decodec list.
Please let me know if I am doing it wrong.
Or, suggest me how this can be fixed.

I am attaching the src.py output log and the gstreamer_util.py output logs.

[Kundan]

src.py log output

[Kundan]

gstreamer_util.py output log.

[Antoine Martin]

Just tried it and it worked fine.
But since the command you posted is not executable, my guess is that you're doing something else, maybe using the wrong version of python.
This works for me:

python /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xpra/sound/src.py ./test.mp3

[Antoine Martin]

Not heard back, closing.

[Kundan]

Issue is still there. I am not able to run this command without failures mentioned in log in Ubuntu 15.10 and xpra version v0.16.2.
Will I need to collect some more logs here, and what will be that.
The command used is.

prashant@prashant-VirtualBox:~$ python /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xpra/sound/src.py ~/Documents/Hello23.mp3
2016-02-28 14:54:12,533 using default codec: mp3
2016-02-28 14:54:13,194 found pulseaudio monitor devices: {'alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo.monitor': 'Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo'}
2016-02-28 14:54:13,195 using pulseaudio source device:
2016-02-28 14:54:13,195  'alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo.monitor'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xpra/sound/src.py", line 311, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xpra/sound/src.py", line 269, in main
    ss = SoundSource(codecs=[codec])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xpra/sound/src.py", line 54, in __init__
    raise InitExit(1, "no matching codecs between arguments '%s' and supported list '%s'" % (csv(codecs), csv(get_codecs().keys())))
xpra.scripts.config.InitExit: no matching codecs between arguments 'mp3' and supported list 'speex, wav, wavpack, flac, vorbis'
prashant@prashant-VirtualBox:~$ 

Also, As we had discussed in microphone forwarding case,
We won't need a monitor device here. But we do try to select a monitor device here.

[Antoine Martin]

Please post the output of those commands, running them from the latest up to date source tree:

• ./xpra/sound/gstreamer_util.py
• XPRA_SOUND_DEBUG=1 ./xpra/sound/src.py ./test.mp3

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Also, As we had discussed in microphone forwarding case,
We won't need a monitor device here. But we do try to select a monitor device here.

The code in trunk already does that, but:

• it is unlikely to be applied to v0.16.x or ealier branches
• when running from the command line, there is no way of knowing if a monitor device should be used or not (the server does want to use monitor devices, the client does not - a command line tool can be either)

[Kundan]

Hi Antoine,

I am attaching the src.py output and gstreamer_util.py after prepending XPRA_SOUND_DEBUG=1 in both of them.

Commands used are:-

XPRA_SOUND_DEBUG=1 python src/xpra/sound/src.py ~/Documents/Hello35.mp3
XPRA_SOUND_DEBUG=1 python src/xpra/sound/gstreamer_util.py

[Kundan]

src.py output after prepending XPRA_SOUND_DEBUG=1

[Kundan]

gstreamer output log after prepending XPRA_SOUND_DEBUG=1

[Antoine Martin]

See ticket:1118#comment:6, this is probably fixed by r12090.

[Antoine Martin]

Not heard back, closing.

[migration script]

this ticket has been moved to: ​https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/1116