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Re: [Banshee-List] Help needed on Banshee

On 8/18/06, SoftRomu <softromu hotmail com> wrote:

> So, I did some test.
>
> I encoded some track(s) in AAC with WinAmp, and the tracks are well read
> with Banshee, great !!
>
> But encoding doesn't work with Banshee and Sound Juicer. Some mp4
> (Banshee) or m4a (Sound Juicer) are create with some not weird sizes. But
> when I try to read them I always get a message like "Can't determine the
> flow".


I'd make sure that you've got a "ffmux_mp4" element in the GST
pipeline just before the filesink.  For SoundJuicer, you'd want a
pipeline like "faac ! ffmux_mp4".  Plus, you might want to add some
options to the faac element, like bitrate or whatever.


>
> When I try to read these files directly in the command line "faad
> myfile.m4a", I get the message "Gain control not yet implemented".
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Any way thanks for the help.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SoftRomu" <softromu hotmail com>
> To: <banshee-list gnome org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Help needed on Banshee
>
>
>> 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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>>>> >> >>
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