On 07/02/2016 05:30 AM, Stroller wrote: > >> On 2 Jul 2016, at 10:43, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Since the youtube-dl can only download the audio stream as suggested above, >> you don't need to transcode with ffmpeg - although it is not difficult to do >> so >> for streams you have already downloaded: >> >> ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -q:a 0 -map a output.mp3 > > Yeah, but I'd obviously prefer not to transcode, because that's lossy. > >> or output.m4a if you prefer. > > Well, I tried that. > > youtube-dl -x --audio-format best http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07fl5bh > > This gives an .m4a file which also does not play on the device. > > The question may boil down to the Google Drive audio / video player, and its > (in)ability to play AAC audio. But that would be surprising, don't you think? > >> As an alternative for BBC you could also use get_iplayer: >> >> get_iplayer --get XXXX --radiomode=flashaachigh -- >> flvstreamer="/usr/bin/flvstreamer" > > I'm reluctant to do that at present, because I have a "perfectly good" audio > stream already. > > The .mp4 or .m4a files I have play just fine in VLC or Quicktime Player. > > I assumed that it should only be necessary to repack the audio into a > different container to get it to play. > > In my experience most players conform to Postel's Principle, being liberal in > the input they'll accept. When I've had media playback problems before, I > think it's usually been a container issue. > > Stroller. > >
I also tried to download it and play it using best but it would not play. You best bet is to just extract the audio as mp3 using the command I showed you. youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07fl5bh I had no problem at all playing it. -- Willie Matthews matthews.willi...@gmail.com
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