Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: I wonder if a current WMP for Mac would work with this or a similar plug in . That would be ironic, if WMP under OS X played AAC+ better than iTunes. Windows Media Player 9 is the latest, and predates AAC+. MS abandoned WMP years ago, and offer a free version of Flip4Mac in its place. http://tinyurl.com/8odbe2 and AAC+ is not on their list of supported audio codecs. -- Thanks Bruce, I checked the link and see what you are saying. But the plugin at ; http://www.orban.com/plugin/ ( suggested by Chris Barham ) says it will work in WMP 9. I will have to use a machine at the university to try it with OS X. Also of interest to me is that at the top of the list of AAC+ streams at; http://www.tuner2.com/ which Chris cites is Folk Alley which originates here! So I guess AAC+ is not as foreign around here as I had assumed. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
At 2:52 PM -0600 1/14/2009, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 14, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Dan wrote: Are there other players for Macs that can handle AAC+? Perhaps Windows iTunes can play AAC+? but not the Mac version? Apple marginalizing the Mac?grrr. I have no AAC+ files. Do you have a sample or link to a stream? Here's WRTI's - both mp3 and aac+ http://www.wrti.org/listenlive.html - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
At 4:03 PM -0500 1/14/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: A 20 minute check on versiontracker.com found nothing related to AAC+. In fact oddly few audio players at all showed up there. Strange as in the recent past I would have sworn there were many! iTunes has crushed the market. It's a shame really... iTunes has some nice collection management features, but as an actual player it's terrible. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
At 4:11 PM -0500 1/14/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Wikipedia lists some Windows and mac OS X encoders and players. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HE-AAC#Support FStream seems interesting. Found a few AAC+ streams listed in it - they sound great. Can't seem to get it to do the WRTI AAC+ stream tho - it just buffers forever. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
At 4:11 PM -0500 1/14/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Wikipedia lists some Windows and mac OS X encoders and players. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HE-AAC#Support Have a look at the AAC+ streams from Tuner2 http://www.tuner2.com/ http://www.tuner2.com/ They recommend a Windows Media Player plugin and Flash player : http://www.orban.com/plugin/ Chris --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Chris Barham cbar...@pobox.com wrote: At 4:11 PM -0500 1/14/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Wikipedia lists some Windows and mac OS X encoders and players. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HE-AAC#Support Have a look at the AAC+ streams from Tuner2 http://www.tuner2.com/ They recommend a Windows Media Player plugin and Flash player : http://www.orban.com/plugin/ I have the old WMP on my PPC Macs under OS 9 from 5 years ago for playing early videos. It worked quite well, surprisingly. I wonder if a current WMP for Mac would work with this or a similar plug in . That would be ironic, if WMP under OS X played AAC+ better than iTunes. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Playing AAC+ on a Mac
Many radio stations are dropping mp3 and aac format streams, in favor of AAC+ (HE-AAC) - a five year old standard that provides better fidelity over lower bandwidth. iTunes doesn't support AAC+ ! VLC plays it, but crashes or hangs after about 5 mins on both my Smurf and PB G4 (OS X 10.4.11). Are there other players for Macs that can handle AAC+? Thanks! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
On Jan 14, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Dan wrote: Are there other players for Macs that can handle AAC+? This article implies that iTunes for PC handles AAC+ differently that iTunes for OS X: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t56050.html Perhaps Windows iTunes can play AAC+? I have no AAC+ files. Do you have a sample or link to a stream? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: Many radio stations are dropping mp3 and aac format streams, in favor of AAC+ (HE-AAC) - a five year old standard that provides better fidelity over lower bandwidth. iTunes doesn't support AAC+ ! VLC plays it, but crashes or hangs after about 5 mins on both my Smurf and PB G4 (OS X 10.4.11). Are there other players for Macs that can handle AAC+? What player are the radio stations using? I can ask the student station here, but they may not use the AAC+ format. I think they use iTunes for playback. Not sure since a new a;; digital studio was built last year and I haven't looked in on their new operation. A 20 minute check on versiontracker.com found nothing related to AAC+. In fact oddly few audio players at all showed up there. Strange as in the recent past I would have sworn there were many! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: Many radio stations are dropping mp3 and aac format streams, in favor of AAC+ (HE-AAC) - a five year old standard that provides better fidelity over lower bandwidth. iTunes doesn't support AAC+ ! VLC plays it, but crashes or hangs after about 5 mins on both my Smurf and PB G4 (OS X 10.4.11). Are there other players for Macs that can handle AAC+? __ Wikipedia lists some Windows and mac OS X encoders and players. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HE-AAC#Support The article cites high ratings for the format in terms of perceived quality. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
