I have exactly the same problem. I was able to work around it following the instructions in a comment to another mp3 encoding bug (in K3b):
Create a file ~/bin/lame with the following content: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/lame --big-endian -x "$@" -- MP3 file dragged from audio cd is just noise https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366141 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs