retitle 501860 mt-daapd: AAC/m4a files must be "fast-start streaming" optimized thanks
Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > Unfortunately, it seems that it is not streaming m4a files. With both > Amarok and Rhythmbox, it starts like it will start playing the song, > showing the metadata, but both players just sit there, stuck at 0:0 > seconds (no matter if I am using the clients on Ubuntu or Debian). OK, this is the story with this bug. AAC files must be optimized for "fast-start streaming". Those files have the metadata at the start of the file, rather than at the end. Recent iTunes version produce such files, pretty much all other encoders don't (FAAC doesn't). What you can do is grab the mpeg4ip suit and run mp4creator -optimize foo.m4a on your files. They'll play fine after that. The better part is, there's not one player that will tell you there's a problem with your file/stream, but they all tear down the connection after a couple of blocks if they haven't found the meta-data. So, in essence, not an mt-daapd bug. JB. -- Julien BLACHE - Debian & GNU/Linux Developer - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
