Re: [Banshee-List] IPod/IPhone encoding

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"Encode to" is only relevant when the device doesn't support the file 
format (e.g. my Creative Zen didn't support all AAC files, so M4As were 
being transcoded). If the iPod supports FLAC and M4A then they'll be 
copied over as-is.

If the iPod doesn't support FLAC/M4A and you just want M4A instead of 
MP3 then try running Banshee from the command line. You should see some 
messages on the console about options that GStreamer doesn't support. I 
think they appear when you open the Properties on the device, as I saw 
them while tinkering with my Zen and I only had WAV available. One of 
those should relate to M4A (if GStreamer supports encoding to it) and it 
would mean that you've got the codec for playing but not encoding.

Hope that helps.



On 29/04/11 09:49, gr wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I'm trying to use Banshee (on my Ubuntu 11.04) with my IPhone OS 3, and
> generally it works out fine (Thank You for that!). I was just wondering, why
> under "Properties" of my Iphone the only "Encode to" option given by Banshee
> is MP3. My music is organized in FLAC and M4A/AAC files, and I'd like
> Banshee to convert FLAC to M4A and leave M4A-files as they are when copied
> to my IPhone (much like GTKpod does). Is that possible at all or is it just
> some bug in my configuration? BTW: all my m4a file PLAY perfectly fine in
> Banshee.
>
> Thank you very much for ur help,
>
> Greg
>
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