I've been using LAME to decode M4A files to MP3. I was using a server with Windows 2000 as an os, but recenlty I have upgraded this to a new system which is running XP (MCE edition SP2). When I try and play an M4a file, it just will not work. I'm using SLIMP3's and Squeezebox (original type), and have also tried with Softsqueeze. I actually seem to remember that Softsqueeze played m4a's without LAME, but not sure.
I installed the LAME.exe in the ..../server/bin/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread directory. I tried installing slimserver / LAME on another machine running XP Professional (SP2), and had the same result. I had a look through a fair amount of LAME documentation, but don't see anything relating to any issues or set-up specific to XP. I tried LAME version 3.96.1 and 3.97.b1, hoping that the beta version might have a fix, but no difference in behaviour. I have a few thousand m4a's as I used to use iTunes a lot, and don't really want to have to re-rip everything to MP3, and loose the stuff I bought from tunes (I converted the m4p's with Hymn). I'd upgrade to the newer versions of Squeezebox, but I'm running 4 of these, so I may upgrade the one I use in the lounge, but hope to keep the others. Any help greatly appreciated, Roland -- RolandS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RolandS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2293 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18167 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
