mcremer Wrote: > My Squeezebox2 does not play AAC-encoded music files that are stored on > my harddisk (WinXP machine): I can select the songs, but when pressing > the PLAY button, it just doesn't start playing (nor does it show an > error message). Have installed the latest nightly release of slimserver > 6.1 and followed the lame update procedure dewscribed on > > -> http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC > > ... but still it did not work out. > > I thought SB2 would play AAC files without any problems: > > -> http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_faq.html#formats-aac > > ... so I'm a little confused at this point. Could anyone give me a hint > what I'm doing wrong? > > The AAC files (song.m4a) had been encoded on a macintosh computer -- > maybe this could be a problem? But: They work all ok with WinAmp on the > PC, so the files themselves seem to be ok. And it does not seem to be a > network/bandwidth issue, as even Softsqueeze installed on the same > machine (127.0.0.1) does not play these files. > > Any feedback appreciated. > > Michel.
In the meantime, Slimdevices' support has answered to me: Support Wrote: > > > > Is iTunes or Quicktime installed on the computer you have SlimServer > installed on? If it isn't, SlimServer doesn't have a way to decode the > audio... And thanks to this hint I could happily reply: mcremer Wrote: > That was exactly the hint I needed. Installed iTunes on my computer and > now the SB2 plays AAC-files without any problem :-) Thanks! M. -- mcremer _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
