Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread bpa
Manul wrote: > Thanks for the explanation. I would also consider that metadata, but I > guess that's a matter of semantics and personal taste. ;)> > > > > Metadata can be removed and the file will play. Without this index the > > file is unplayable - it is essential part of the MPEG4

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
Thanks for the explanation. I would also consider that metadata, but I guess that's a matter of semantics and personal taste. ;) Thank you also for the pointer to the faststart option, researching that I found that ffmpeg also comes with a tool "qt-faststart" which does just that, so the files

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread bpa
Manul wrote: > Thank you, @bpa, seems like that was indeed the solution. I wasn't even > aware it was possible to have the metadata (at least that's my > interpretation of "index to the audio") at the end of the file. Sounds > like an...interesting design decision. At least I can't think of any

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
Thank you, @bpa, seems like that was indeed the solution. I wasn't even aware it was possible to have the metadata (at least that's my interpretation of "index to the audio") at the end of the file. Sounds like an...interesting design decision. At least I can't think of any use case where it

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread bpa
Manul wrote: > Thank you very much for your help! > > Unfortunately, I think the linked thread doesn't help me much as it's > mainly concerned with conversion settings. I think, however, that > squeezelite should be able to play both files natively. Not if the index to the audio is at the end

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
Thank you very much for your help! Unfortunately, I think the linked thread doesn't help me much as it's mainly concerned with conversion settings. I think, however, that squeezelite should be able to play both files natively. Interestingly, the 'faad' binary on the same machine is able to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Man in a van
So I did a search for Code: squeezebox mp41/isom and found this https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?108370-MPEG-4-AAC-France-Musique-Podcasts I'm not saying that this is the answer (or even the problem) but yer man is a bit busy at

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Logitech Media Server 7.9.2+squeezelite: Some m4a files don't play(faad_decode error)

2019-02-07 Thread Manul
I'm running LMS 7.9.2 on a Linux server and squeezelite on a number of Linux clients (Raspberries and Intel). I see the phenomenon that some of my m4a files play without problem while others don't. Here's the mediainfo for a file that works: Code: General Complete