Ok, I've run the file through ffmpeg (a newer version on my Windows machine) with the stream copy options as you suggested, and sure enough that file plays fine. However, I'm confused as to why what is essentially just the embedded cover art is causing the problem. Lots of the other m4a files I have include embedded cover art and they still play fine.
What I then tried is extracting the cover art from the original "bad" file (I use Mp3tag) as a jpeg, then adding it back to the new "good" file as the front cover image again with Mp3tag. Looking at that file then with ffmpeg I can see that once again I have the second stream (#0:1) as an mjpeg, but now, the file plays fine too! The filesize is ever so slightly smaller than the original now: 1,990,794 bytes vs 1,991,289 bytes (so just 505 bytes smaller). I'm now going to try to use ffmpeg again to copy BOTH streams (if I can work out the command syntax) to see if that will strip out whatever those mystery 505 bytes are that is causing the tracks not to play nice with faad. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rickwookie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6397 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111719 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
