Eric0321 wrote: > I just built a player with a Pi 3 B+ and the 7 touchscreen and overall > its freaking awesome! > > One issue, it wont play my m4a files. > > I store most of my music in flac and use this > (github.com/epatch/docker-beets) Beets docker container to convert to > m4a; which is using a compiled ffmpeg that has libfdk-aac codec enabled > for transcoding. Here is the Beets ffmpeg string Im using for AAC: > ffmpeg -i $source -ac 2 -ar 44100 -y -vn -acodec libfdk_aac -vbr 5 $dest > > Every transcoded m4a file it comes to will not play, it says something > like failure to open file ... and skips to the next file it can play, > which is one of my mp3 files; I dont transcode the mp3 files to m4a. > > I used a separate SD to try Volumio and it played the exact same m4a > files just fine so its not a limitation of the Pi. How can I get pCP > to work with them? I very much prefer pCP over Volumio. I also tried > loading ffmpeg from the main screen of pCP, it didnt help :-( > > This is for a standalone pCP/LMS setup that Im keeping in my vehicle; > which is why Im using m4a instead of flac, to save space. > > EDIT: Another question for something else I just found: How can I make > the screesaver options persistent on reboots? I want the screen to turn > off for playing, stopped, and off. I have to reset them every time I > reboot. > > Thank you!This doesn't answer your question but if you have any albums that require gapless playback bear in mind that LMS has issues with gapless playback of AAC files and you would be better off with mp3.
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