On 13/11/2012 23:27, Alastair wrote:
I am advised that a file containing audio data only in AAC format can be named
either .mp4
or .m4a because it fits correctly into both the .mp4 and .m4a categories. Most
servers,
control points and music players understand this, but there are a few that
-Original Message-
From: dinkypumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:29 PM
To: get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Why M4a and not mp4?
Google would be your friend here. M4A and MP4 have the same container
format. The M4A extension is just a naming convention for
Google would be your friend here. M4A and MP4 have the same container
format. The M4A extension is just a naming convention for audio-only
files, a convention to which get_iplayer adheres. For whatever
reasons, some players won't recognise the M4A extension, so rename.
Personally I always
Quoting Christopher Woods (CM) christop...@custommade.org.uk:
Yikes, enjoy that double-compressed sound? ;-) It's so ... squishy.
Sounds fine to me, but all I record are the spoken voice programmes
(audio books and drama) on Radio 4 and 4 Extra. Perhaps it wouldn't be
so good for music.
On 13/11/2012 15:59, dinkypumpkin wrote:
This appears to be a flaw in get_iplayer. Basically, when you use
--versions to request non-default versions of the programme, get_iplayer
assumes that the only available alternatives are audiodescribed and
signed, so it requests the metadata for the
On Wed, Nov 14, 19:35:23 GMT, 2012, dinkypumpkin wrote:
This must be a very rare case, but it should be
possible to amend get_iplayer to accommodate.
I'll post when I have a fix.
I've pushed a fix to the Git repository.
Yes, snapshot get_iplayer-2.82-git-fa7d46f works nicely! :-)
The
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