[Bug 13986] MP3/AAC not offered as encoding formats in Preferences, even with encoders+gstreamer plugins for these installed

[GonzO]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/13986

Comment:
"gnome-audio-profiles-properties is the UI for that, what's wrong with
it ?"

I'll reply, if he won't.

GAPP is not much of a UI at all, and requires the user to find and type
in some "google-for-it" text string that appears to make no sense to a
non-coder.  Additionally, one has to make a profile for every different
MP3 bitrate (should one wish to change it); this whole "profile" garbage
really does need to be re-thought.

Goobox does this much better - you select what kind of file you want
(ogg, mp3, wav, flac, whatever) and have sliders for the bitrates.  (It
doesn't do VBR stuff in GUI, which sucks, there should be a checkbox for
that, but still, it gets MUCH, MUCH closer to "useable" than the
horribly failed profile metaphor does).

Basically, I agree and can make arguments for the original poster's
point, which is this: The GUI for encoding filetypes/bitrates (gnome-
audio-profiles-properties) is so terrible that it can be classified as a
huge bug.  It's not useable.  It took me close to an hour of reading to
even figure out what I needed to activate MP3, and close to another to
figure out what Gstreamer needed to make the MP3's I wanted.  All of
this could have been done with about 10 seconds worth of slider
interaciton.