[lucid] audiocd:/MP3 is empty; how to fix?

[Reinhold Rumberger]

On Wednesday 20 October 2010, D. R. Evans wrote:
> D. R. Evans said the following at 10/20/2010 02:28 PM :
> > But when I open audiocd:/MP3, the virtual directory is blank. It
> > seems that something in the upgrade from karmic to lucid must
> > have disabled the capability to grab tracks from this virtual
> > directory and copy them to the hard drive.
> > 
> > What do I need to do to re-enable this feature? I looked in
> > System Settings
> > 
> > | Advanced | Audio CDs | MP3 Encoder and everything looks
> > | right... but I
> > 
> > expect that that simply makes sure that the actual MP3 encoding
> > is performed correctly, which is a different issue from
> > displaying the contents of the audiocd:/MP3 virtual directory.
> > I don't see where to control the latter.
> > 
> > FWIW, the audiocd:/Ogg Vorbis directory is also blank.
> 
> More info:

<snip> 

>   Information (gives "The process for the audiocd protocol died
> unexpectedly" when clicked)

Well, this means it can't open the CD for some reason - kinda giving 
you a hint why the virtual directories might be empty...

  --Reinhold