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Mohd Arafat Hossain
Asked: 2012-05-19 23:03:25 +0800 CST

Why does this file not play as the startup sound?

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I downloaded a 3.9MB song (.mp3) and converted it to (.ogg) with this command 

ffmpeg -i desktop-login.mp3 desktop-login.ogg

The file size of the converted file was 23.1MB then I copied it to /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereoand i opened it to check if it got copied (replaced with the original) properly, and it was. But when i start the computer the login sound doesn't play. now what?

sound login lightdm

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  1. Best Answer

    I would check if the file actually plays in vlc, smplayer, banshee or what ever you use. With smplayer it would be...

    smplayer desktop-login.ogg

    A 3.9 Mb mp3 converted to ogg should be a little bit smaller than the mp3 if it is the same bitrate so it might not be a sound file.

    And I would also expect to see the bitrate in the command. Example:

    ffmpeg -i desktop-login.mp3 -ab 6400 desktop-login.ogg

    But the main problem will probably be the size: the original filesize is 100 kB. I would expect your filesize to have to be around that size. You can use audacity to quickly cut a smaller piece and try that!

    Also make sure if the owner is root that the permissions need to be 644 (sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/*)

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  2. Make sure that the permission for group and other is set to read only, and see if that helps. Also see if you can reduce the file size.

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