Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
@Jeff, Thanks for the response. I'm fairly certain that the current Ubuntu
version (v2.7) of faad supports m4a files.
Here's the info that faad to command "faad -i ~/Music/Michael\
Jackson/Thriller/04\ Thriller.m4a"
/home/mpd-dev/Music/Michael Jackson/Thriller/04 Thriller.m4a file info:
LC AAC357.447 secs, 2 ch, 44100 Hz
iTunSMPB: 0840 0278 00F0B948
iTunNORM: 051C 0536 2EA3 2C70 00051738 00051738 74DC
7706 00015398 00015398
title: Thriller
artist: Michael Jackson
album_artist: Michael Jackson
writer: Rod Temperton
album: Thriller
genre: Pop
track: 4
totaltracks: 9
disc: 1
totaldiscs: 1
compilation:
unknown:
date: 1982
[snip]
As you can see both artist and genre are showing up properly.
Could it be due to some changes in faad library implementation over time?
Kesh
From: jefr...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:38:49 -0500
Subject: Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
To: tik...@hotmail.com
CC: musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net
>From what I remember, the builds from Ubuntu *don't* play m4a, because it's
>not free software. For mpd to play anything using non-free codecs/libraries,
>you have to install the necessary libraries,and build mpd yourself.
(I suppose it's possible this has changed; I've been building it myself for a
long time now.)
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Kesh Ikuma wrote:
> > Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error
> > (which is expected), but it only says:
> >
> >time=0
> >
> > not including album and title that I was able to retrieve.
>
> This plugin will not be used for *.m4a, because the extension is not
> listed above. Do *.m4a files actually appear in the database on a MPD
> client?
Yes, both appears and plays back fine.
> > Also,
> > I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a
> > files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are
> > shown.
>
> Were those files scanned before you recompiled, and now you have a MPD
> binary that cannot decode *.m4a?
I've tried 3 (or 2) versions of MPD so far (off repos of Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04
and git 0.17) and all 3 builds were able to play back .m4a just fine.
I cam across this (old) post on Ubuntu forum:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217049
in which the OP had the same issue with m4a files but in Amarok under Kubuntu.
Then, down the thread someone states that "The Amarok faq says you have to have
gstreamer-faad and gstreamer-quicktime to play m4a files." MPD doesn't use
gstreamer, does it?
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Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
>From what I remember, the builds from Ubuntu *don't* play m4a, because it's not free software. For mpd to play anything using non-free codecs/libraries, you have to install the necessary libraries,and build mpd yourself. (I suppose it's possible this has changed; I've been building it myself for a long time now.) On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Kesh Ikuma wrote: > > > Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o > error (which is expected), but it only says: > > > > > > time=0 > > > > > > not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. > > > > This plugin will not be used for *.m4a, because the extension is not > > listed above. Do *.m4a files actually appear in the database on a MPD > > client? > > Yes, both appears and plays back fine. > > > > > Also, > > > I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a > > > files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are > > > shown. > > > > Were those files scanned before you recompiled, and now you have a MPD > > binary that cannot decode *.m4a? > > I've tried 3 (or 2) versions of MPD so far (off repos of Ubuntu 10.04 and > 11.04 and git 0.17) and all 3 builds were able to play back .m4a just fine. > > I cam across this (old) post on Ubuntu forum: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217049 > > in which the OP had the same issue with m4a files but in Amarok under > Kubuntu. Then, down the thread someone states that "The Amarok faq says you > have to have gstreamer-faad and gstreamer-quicktime to play m4a files." MPD > doesn't use gstreamer, does it? > > > > > -- > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with > vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is > safe, > secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. > Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 > ___ > Musicpd-dev-team mailing list > Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team > > -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
> > Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error > > (which is expected), but it only says: > > > >time=0 > > > > not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. > > This plugin will not be used for *.m4a, because the extension is not > listed above. Do *.m4a files actually appear in the database on a MPD > client? Yes, both appears and plays back fine. > > Also, > > I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a > > files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are > > shown. > > Were those files scanned before you recompiled, and now you have a MPD > binary that cannot decode *.m4a? I've tried 3 (or 2) versions of MPD so far (off repos of Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04 and git 0.17) and all 3 builds were able to play back .m4a just fine. I cam across this (old) post on Ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217049 in which the OP had the same issue with m4a files but in Amarok under Kubuntu. Then, down the thread someone states that "The Amarok faq says you have to have gstreamer-faad and gstreamer-quicktime to play m4a files." MPD doesn't use gstreamer, does it? -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
On 2011/06/04 03:06, Kesh Ikuma wrote: > First, "mpd -V" returns the following decoder list: > >Supported decoders: > >[mad] mp3 mp2 >[vorbis] ogg oga >[oggflac] ogg oga >[flac] flac >[faad] aac >[wavpack] wv >[pcm] > > Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error > (which is expected), but it only says: > >time=0 > > not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. This plugin will not be used for *.m4a, because the extension is not listed above. Do *.m4a files actually appear in the database on a MPD client? > Also, > I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a > files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are > shown. Were those files scanned before you recompiled, and now you have a MPD binary that cannot decode *.m4a? -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
Max, Thanks for the reply. > > Meanwhile, these do not work: > > mpc search artist jackson > > mpc search album thriller genre pop > > Enable the test programs (configure --enable-test), run the > "read_tags" program on such a file to print what MPD sees during > database update. First, "mpd -V" returns the following decoder list: Supported decoders: [mad] mp3 mp2 [vorbis] ogg oga [oggflac] ogg oga [flac] flac [faad] aac [wavpack] wv [pcm] Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error (which is expected), but it only says: time=0 not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. Also, I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are shown. Kesh -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
On 2011/06/02 04:56, Kesh Ikuma wrote: > Meanwhile, these do not work: >mpc search artist jackson >mpc search album thriller genre pop > > Oh, it does play m4a files just fine, just these 2 tags aren't working for me. > > Has this been reported? > > If someone can give me quick pointers to where to look in the source files, I > can look into the problem myself. Enable the test programs (configure --enable-test), run the "read_tags" program on such a file to print what MPD sees during database update. -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
