diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 9b12f8f..11fd64f 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # History of versions #
 
+* version 4.12.0 (2018-06-28)
+      * Now ensures that the audio bitrate is always a legal value
+
 * version 4.11.0 (2018-05-01)
       * Added support for XFBurn
       * Added experimental support for 16:9 menues
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bf95f8e..919fde2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
 release: 1
-requires: python3 python3-urllib3 python3-gobject gtk3 dvdauthor vcdimager python3-setuptools python3-cairo
+Requires: gettext python3 python3-urllib3 python3-gobject gtk3 dvdauthor vcdimager python3-setuptools python3-cairo
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0da5353..70503b2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ def compile_translations():
     except:
         pass
 
+try:
+    compile_translations()
+except:
+    print("Failed to generate the translations")
 
-compile_translations()
 try:
     if os.path.isfile('data/devede.1'):
         os.system("gzip -c data/devede.1 > data/devede.1.gz")
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ except:
 setup(
     name='devedeng',
 
-    version='4.11.0',
+    version='4.12.0',
 
     description='A video DVD creator',
     long_description="A program that allows to create video DVDs",
diff --git a/src/devedeng/avconv.py b/src/devedeng/avconv.py
index 4b05bc7..2020d22 100644
--- a/src/devedeng/avconv.py
+++ b/src/devedeng/avconv.py
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class avconv(devedeng.avbase.avbase):
 
         if (vcd == False) and (file_project.no_reencode_audio_video == False):
             self.command_var.append("-b:a")
-            self.command_var.append(str(file_project.audio_rate_final*1000))
+            self.command_var.append(str(self._adjust_audio_bitrate(file_project.audio_rate_final)*1000))
 
             self.command_var.append("-b:v")
             self.command_var.append(str(file_project.video_rate_final*1000))
@@ -494,6 +494,13 @@ class avconv(devedeng.avbase.avbase):
 
         self.command_var.append(output_file)
 
+    def _adjust_audio_bitrate(self, bitrate):
+        br = [32, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384]
+        for a in br:
+            if a >= bitrate:
+                return a
+        return 384
+
     def create_menu_mpeg(self, n_page, background_music, sound_length, pal, video_rate, audio_rate, output_path, use_mp2, widescreen):
 
         self.n_page = n_page
@@ -537,7 +544,7 @@ class avconv(devedeng.avbase.avbase):
         self.command_var.append("-b:v")
         self.command_var.append(str(video_rate) + "k")
         self.command_var.append("-b:a")
-        self.command_var.append(str(audio_rate) + "k")
+        self.command_var.append(str(self._adjust_audio_bitrate(audio_rate)) + "k")
         self.command_var.append("-aspect")
         if widescreen:
             self.command_var.append("16:9")
diff --git a/src/devedeng/ffmpeg.py b/src/devedeng/ffmpeg.py
index e70d61b..d9f86f2 100644
--- a/src/devedeng/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/src/devedeng/ffmpeg.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class ffmpeg(devedeng.executor.executor):
                 # add it as a child process of this one
                 self.add_child_process(tmp)
         else:
-            self.text = _("Converting %(X)s") % {"X": file_project.title_name}
+            self.text = ("Converting %(X)s") % {"X": file_project.title_name}
 
         if (pass2 == False) and (file_project.two_pass_encoding == True):
             # this is the first pass in a 2-pass codification
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class ffmpeg(devedeng.executor.executor):
 
         if (vcd == False) and (file_project.no_reencode_audio_video == False):
             self.command_var.append("-b:a")
-            self.command_var.append(str(file_project.audio_rate_final*1000))
+            self.command_var.append(str(self._adjust_audio_bitrate(file_project.audio_rate_final)*1000))
 
             self.command_var.append("-b:v")
             self.command_var.append(str(file_project.video_rate_final*1000))
@@ -489,11 +489,20 @@ class ffmpeg(devedeng.executor.executor):
 
         self.command_var.append(output_file)
 
+    def _adjust_audio_bitrate(self, bitrate):
+        br = [32, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384]
+        for a in br:
+            if a >= bitrate:
+                print(a)
+                return a
+        print("384b")
+        return 384
+
     def create_menu_mpeg(self, n_page, background_music, sound_length, pal, video_rate, audio_rate, output_path, use_mp2, widescreen):
 
         self.n_page = n_page
         self.final_length = float(sound_length)
-        self.text = _("Creating menu %(X)d") % {"X": self.n_page}
+        self.text = ("Creating menu %(X)d") % {"X": self.n_page}
 
         self.command_var = []
         self.command_var.append("ffmpeg")
@@ -532,7 +541,7 @@ class ffmpeg(devedeng.executor.executor):
         self.command_var.append("-b:v")
         self.command_var.append(str(video_rate) + "k")
         self.command_var.append("-b:a")
-        self.command_var.append(str(audio_rate) + "k")
+        self.command_var.append(str(self._adjust_audio_bitrate(audio_rate)) + "k")
         self.command_var.append("-aspect")
         if widescreen:
             self.command_var.append("16:9")