Re: [Banshee-List] Help needed on Banshee

["SoftRomu" <softromu hotmail com>]

Ok thanks a lot.

I'll test this ASAP and post a feedback. Stay tuned.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Halse Rogers" <chalserogers gmail com>
To: <banshee-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Help needed on Banshee


> On 8/16/06, SoftRomu <softromu hotmail com> wrote:
> > If I well understand you, it would be possible to:
> > - encode in AAC for let's say Sound Juicer using GST 8.0 AAC plugins
> > - use Banshee to playback the m4a files produced by Sound Juicer
> > - use Banshee to download these m4a files to the iPod.
>
> This should work fine.
>
> > Am I wrong?
> >
> > Of course this is the workaround while waiting a complete Banshee 
> > solution.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christopher Halse Rogers" <chalserogers gmail com>
> > To: <banshee-list gnome org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Help needed on Banshee
> >
> >
> > > On 8/16/06, SoftRomu <softromu hotmail com> wrote:
> > >> Thanks for this quick answer.
> > >>
> > >> Ok for gstreamer 0.10.
> > >>
> > >> The Banshee FAQ says we can get AAC support with some GStreamer 0.8
> > >> packages
> > >> (http://banshee-project.org/Distributions/Ubuntu). Does this work for 
> > >> AAC
> > >> encoding and playback? Or must I forget AAC for time?
> > >
> > > Playback of valid mp4/m4a is fine with GST 0.10.  You just can't
> > > encode to AAC correctly.
> > >
> > > The ffmux_mp4 element exists, and works for GST 0.8, so you can make
> > > valid mp4/m4a files with GST 0.8.  I'm not sure whether Banshee ever
> > > correctly encoded to AAC, though it would be (easily) possible to fix.
> > > However, the GST 0.8 backend is deprecated, I think, so you'll need
> > > to specifically build Banshee with GST 0.8 support if you want Banshee
> > > to encode to AAC.
> > >
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Christopher Halse Rogers" <chalserogers gmail com>
> > >> To: <banshee-list gnome org>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:21 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Help needed on Banshee
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On 8/16/06, SoftRomu <softromu hotmail com> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Dear all,
> > >> >> i'm quite new to banshee and I need some help to use it with my 5G
> > >> >> iPod.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> First question:
> > >> >> what's the purpose of having a normal encoding profile and an iPod
> > >> >> one?
> > >> >> And
> > >> >> how does this work? Just drag & drop CD content on my iPod?
> > >> >
> > >> > The normal encoding profile is what Banshee imports your CDs with, 
> > >> > the
> > >> > iPod profile is what Banshee will use to transcode your tracks (from
> > >> > your library) before transferring to your iPod (or other portable
> > >> > player).
> > >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Second question:
> > >> >> How can I encore my CD in AAC? I've read dozens of tuto and FAQ
> > >> >> and...I
> > >> >> can
> > >> >> produce m4a files with sound juicer but I can't play these files 
> > >> >> with
> > >> >> Rythmbox or Banshee: "format not supported', or "not a audio MPEG4
> > >> >> file"...
> > >> >
> > >> > At the moment, you can't produce valid m4a/mp4 files with GStreamer
> > >> > 0.10 - the faac GST element produces an AAC stream well enough, but
> > >> > there's no mp4 muxer (basically, something that writes "here's the
> > >> > start of this bit, it's 200 samples long, 12KB"), and without that
> > >> > information it's impossible to play the stream.  This will work as
> > >> > soon as
> > >> > 1) Someone writes an MP4 muxer for GStreamer
> > >> > 2) Someone fixes the ff_mux elements, because FFmpeg has an mp4 
> > >> > muxer.
> > >> >
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Thanks for your help.
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