M4A playback

[volvoguy]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:17:22 -0400, Ben Novack <bennovack at gmail.com> wrote:

> Totem-xine will *open* M4A files, but it immediately declares that
> another program's using the audio device, which I'm pretty sure isn't
> true. Besides, it doesn't make a wonderful jukebox program. Is there a
> way I can get xmms or Rhythmbox to play (unencrypted, of course) .m4a
> files?

Hey Ben, I knew there was a good reason I stayed subscribed to the
rhythmbox mailing list. :-) 

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I had the same problem yesterday, but after a chat in #gstreamer (lot of
helpfull people there) and a lot of trial and error, it was solved.
There is a bug in gst-plugins 0.8.5 (typefind plugin) which apparently
only has been fixed 3 days ago in CVS. When I compiled the CVS typefind
plugin and the CVS faad plugin, my files were correctly recognized as
"audio/x-m4a" instead of "video/quicktime". I was then able to import
and play my files in Rhythmbox (0.8.8).

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There are some vague compiling instructions, not specific to Ubuntu
that I left out - but I still have that message if anyone is
interested. (or you can go find it in their list archives). I've
honestly never used this format, so I don't have any personal
experience.

Hope that helps!


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Aaron

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