Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee cannot play m4a files

["Sandy Armstrong" <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

That's pretty old...I'm sure there are packages now that provide the
support (because I've used them!).  I just can't remember exactly
which package provides them.  ;-)  Probably gstreamer0.10-bad or
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Alan McGovern <alan mcgovern gmail com> wrote:
> I did a *really* quick google, and this is the first link that seemed
> to give a good description on what to do:
>
> http://www.marteydodoo.com/2006/02/01/compiling-aac-support-in-ubuntu-dapper-with-gstreamer-010/
>
> Basically, you just need the gstreamer based aac decoder installed and
> banshee should be able to play your AAC files.
>
> Alan.
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Sandy Armstrong
> <sanfordarmstrong gmail com> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:11 AM,  <infernux web de> wrote:
>>>> Can anyone please help? I am trying to play m4a files (iTunes
>>>> specific) but Banshee will not play them. Any help would be greatly
>>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Do you mean "iTunes specific" a la "m4a with itunes drm"? In that case you are out of luck because banshee can not support playing those files.
>>
>> Those would be m4p files.  If he has m4a they are just regular
>> unprotected iTunes-created AAC files.
>>
>> Sandy
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