On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:05:17 +0000, you wrote: > >In my opinion, ffmpeg handles aac/m4a files in a way that >isn't friendly with some players. > >It's not just the BBC files either. >When I convert other files to m4a using ffmpeg like this:- >ffmpeg -i foo -acodec libfaac foo.m4a > >they won't play in the Shuffle until I've modified them using EASYTag.
Are you sure you are using the ffmpeg Shevek mentioned? type ffmpeg -version and you shoud get something like: FFmpeg version git-c9e16a9-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developer s built on Feb 4 2011 07:04:01 with gcc 4.2.5 20090330 (prerelease) [Sherpya] libavutil 50. 37. 0 / 50. 37. 0 libavcore 0. 16. 1 / 0. 16. 1 libavcodec 52.109. 0 / 52.109. 0 libavformat 52. 95. 0 / 52. 95. 0 libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3 libavfilter 1. 74. 0 / 1. 74. 0 libswscale 0. 12. 0 / 0. 12. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 FFmpeg git-c9e16a9-Sherpya libavutil 50. 37. 0 / 50. 37. 0 libavcore 0. 16. 1 / 0. 16. 1 libavcodec 52.109. 0 / 52.109. 0 libavformat 52. 95. 0 / 52. 95. 0 libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3 libavfilter 1. 74. 0 / 1. 74. 0 libswscale 0. 12. 0 / 0. 12. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 JC _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer

