[slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
I bought three albums from the iTunes Plus store (i.e higher quality and no DRM). Two of them play back fine on the SB, one wont, it just jitters and starts and stops on every song. Their all the same 256Kb bit rate etc. It plays fine in iTunes and on my iPod, just wont stream from Slim to the SB. I dont have softsqueeze installed so I cant say if it will stream that way or not Any ideas on how to trouble shoot this? -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
can you tell us which track from itunes is causing the issue? -- JayNYC JayNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=121 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Any m4a or m4a plus file. For example the entire Korn album See You On The Other Side purchased from the plus store, or tracks that I used Tunebite on such as Wyclef Carnival II. Its not some files worked and some didnt, no m4a's played until I did the changes above., -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
bpa;253734 Wrote: > I don't have a Windows Slimserver running at the moment so this is what > I expect but not tested. > > To use faad2 instead of mplayer. > > Thanks BPA, as one of the originals that had this problem I suspect you have saved me a big headache when I update to SC7. -- MrStan MrStan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1771 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
m4a files have toe transcoded on the server before they play - so if there are problem, it is most likely a server issue. What is your server system spec, the OS and SS version ? If it is Windows based - what version of Quicktime is installed and what security s/w are you using. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
I think this is what you were asking for ?: MS Vista, Dual Core 3800+ 2.- GHz, 32Bit OS. 2GB ram. SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 15720 - Windows Vista - EN - cp1252 Server IP address: 192.168.1.110 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt Platform Architecture: 586 Hostname: XXX Server Port Number: 9000 Total Players Recognized: 1 Cache Folder: C:\ProgramData\SqueezeCenter\Cache Plugin Folders: C:\PROGRA~1\SQUEEZ~1\server\Slim\Plugin,C:\PROGRA~1\SQUEEZ~1\server\Plugins -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
I recall some issues with Quicktime stuttering being sorted by changing it's default bit-depth from 24 to 16. There may be an upgrade with Itunes 7.2(?) which fixes this. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Back in April some Vista users had similar problems with m4a files ( see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34181 ). It seemed to be related to Quicktime although you do not have problems when playing through iTunes. The solution in April was to stop using mov123 (which uses Quicktime) and use faad or mplayer to play the m4a files. Howeve it may be worth checking the solution amcluesent suggested. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Wow...thats a thread thats a tad bit confusing. But I think I got a bit of troubleshooting info that might help. When I play the .m4a files in Quicktime they sound exactly like they do when played over the SB. Same exact glitches and drop outs. Im not sure what the soltuion is but Im a dig in that thread and see if there is anything there. -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
That thread spent a lot of time trying to identify the problem. Nobody wanted to believe Quicktime was the problem. Since you have the same glitches and dropouts with Quicktime - then you have the same problem. Simplest way to try is 1. Stop squeezecenter 2. Install mplayer.exe - an easy way to to use the AlienBBC plugin install program ( http://www.x2systems.com/alienbbc/AlienBBC-v2.00beta2_7.0.exe ) . It installs a copy of mplayer.exe as part of RealAudio and BBC support. 3. Replace the "mov" lines in convert.conf by the lines in this file. Use Wordpad editor.http://homepage.eircom.net/~altondsl/slim/custom-convert.zip 4. Start Squeezecenter - check filetypes for "mov" and make sure it is using mplayer. 5. If OK - try an m4a file -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Will give that a shot in a sec! Thx a ton BPA for the help! Hopefully I get this fixed and can find a solution for my album art importing crashing the server and I'll be golden :) -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Woops, in my haste and excitement to try editing the conf I forgot to backup the original settings! DOH! Would have been nice to flip back and see what was working with the decrypted m4a files vs the iTunes Plus files! Guess its full speed ahead now that all .m4a are broken! lolol -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Itlan, just curious - are your hard drives setup as a RAID array and are they SATA drives? -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Just a normal SATA drive. -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
Regardless of the mp3 line - I've just realised that there were changes in Slimserver & Squeezecenter since April which means mplayer will no longer work playing files and you will have to use faad2 instead. I don't have the changes to convert.conf for faad2 on hand. To revert I think the link below will download a clean convert.conf from the source repository. http://svn.slimdevices.com/*checkout*/trunk/server/convert.conf?rev=14363 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
I don't have a Windows Slimserver running at the moment so this is what I expect but not tested. To use faad2 instead of mplayer. 1. Download a Windows version for faad2 ( probably from here http://www.rarewares.org/aac-decoders.php ) and copy into same sub-directory of your Squeezecenter Bin directory as mplayer.exe 2. Change the mov123 lines for mp3 and flc as follows (taken from wiki AAC entry). You can add the "mov wav" lines as well. If the executable in installed in step 1 is called faad2.exe then change the faad to faad2. Code: # Transcoding for AAC files. mov flc * * [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - mov mp3 * * [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ -x -r - - mov wav * * [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
SUCCESS! Thanks a ton BPA! Using the faad player got the regular m4a and the iTunes plus files all sreaming perfectly! I have no idea where you found that wiki, the only one I could find was this (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC) which doesnt have the information you had! Now to figure out why my rescans keep dying on album art importing! Then Im home free! Cheers! -- Itlan Itlan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] .m4a Playback Issue?
bpa;253734 Wrote: > > > Code: > > > # Transcoding for AAC files. > mov flc * * > [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - > > mov mp3 * * > [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ -x -r - - > > mov wav * * > [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ > > > This did not work for me on a Ubuntu Gutsy. This, however, did: Code: mov mp3 * * [faad] $FILE$ -o - | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ --abr $BITRATE$ - - Seems there is a bug in running faad with the -w switch. Hope this helps. -- superaqui superaqui's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15023 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
