Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-23 Thread Budge
On 23/12/15 02:57, Vangelis forthnet wrote: > On Wed Dec 23 02:36:35 GMT 2015, I wrote: >> The fatal error >> [aac @ ] Error decoding AAC frame header. >> always shows up in the logs posted there (and here...). > > ... And I forgot to quote (it's quite late here now!) the following, > even more

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Roger Bell_West
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 02:48:21PM +, Budge wrote: >I have five GiP downloads of "Composer of the Week" from a couple of years >back which should have been .m4a files but are in my system as .mp3. What does "file" have to say? (Assuming Unix of some sort.)

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread CJB
Open them into Audacity. You should then see at least a wave form. Then you can do a save as ... CJB On 22/12/2015, Budge wrote: > I have five GiP downloads of "Composer of the Week" from a couple of years > back which should have been .m4a files but are in my system as

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Budge
On 22/12/15 14:55, Roger Bell_West wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 02:48:21PM +, Budge wrote: >> I have five GiP downloads of "Composer of the Week" from a couple of years >> back which should have been .m4a files but are in my system as .mp3. > What does "file" have to say? (Assuming Unix

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Clive
On 22/12/15 18:53, batguano999 wrote: This tells me to use aac_adtstoasc to fix it but as usual cannot quite get the command. What is the -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc command... That's OK (bsf=bit stream filter). Add "-bsf:a aac_adtstoasc" to your command and try again like this... ffmpeg -i

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Tue Dec 22 18:34:46 BST 2015, Budge wrote: This tells me to use aac_adtstoasc to fix it but as usual cannot quite get the command. What is the -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc command, or rather where does it fit in total command string? Hi :-) Have been out all day to enjoy the great weather

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Tue Dec 22 19:11:22 GMT 2015, Clive wrote: My "new" portable player will not play aac files (snip) I tried converting aac to m4a using ffmpeg (snip) just tried your command line and it works Hi Clive :-) From your input it appears your new player does not support the raw ADTS AAC file

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Tue Dec 22 23:23:17 BST 2015, Budge wrote: MediaInfo is installed but doesn't tell us much:- (snip) Format : ADTS Format/Info: Audio Data Transport Stream (snip) Comment: Tagged with EasyTAG It

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Vangelis forthnet
On Wed Dec 23 02:36:35 GMT 2015, I wrote: The fatal error [aac @ ] Error decoding AAC frame header. always shows up in the logs posted there (and here...). ... And I forgot to quote (it's quite late here now!) the following, even more serious, error: [NULL ] Error parsing ADTS frame

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread Budge
On 22/12/15 15:48, batguano999 wrote: > > I believe this confirms my view that there is something there!!! > > I assume running it through ffmpeg will sort it out but I need help with > > correct commands. > > > > ___ > > get_iplayer mailing

Re: Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread batguano999
> >... is there a Linux command that would apply >that line to all aac files in a folder, taking the existing name.aac and >using it to output name.mp4? Something like a Windows wild card which >would ren *.aac to *.m4a? All the file names are as gip/BBC delivered >them so they are complex,

Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread batguano999
> I believe this confirms my view that there is something there!!! > I assume running it through ffmpeg will sort it out but I need help with > correct commands. > > ___ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org >

Re: Re: OT: Help with Broken Downloads Please

2015-12-22 Thread batguano999
> >Here is what file reports:- > >:~/GiP_Recordings> file >Composer_of_the_Week_-_Carl_Philipp_Emmanuel_Bach_1714-1788_1._The_Belligerent_Flautist.mp3 > >Composer_of_the_Week_-_Carl_Philipp_Emmanuel_Bach_1714-1788_1._The_Belligerent_Flautist.mp3: > >Audio file with ID3 version 2.4.0 > >