AAC playback/streaming stopped after installing SC 7.3

[andyg]

http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/AAC#AAC_on_Linux

[MikeWynneDub]

Hi Andy,

Many thanks for the wiki link...

However (and maybe I'm being a bit thick here), do I add the lines to...

1. slimserver-convert.conf
2. convert.conf
3. custom-convert.conf

Because I've already got the 7.3+ lines in convert.conf and I don't have a slimserver-convert.conf. I DO have a slimservice-convert.conf though...

Thanks

Mike

I've just re-read the wiki more carefully this time and I gather that I must create slimserver-convert.conf and paste the 7.3+ code. - I'll give this a try now...

[MikeWynneDub]

This just isn't working for me...

I've looked at the wiki entry for AAC on Linux...

http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/AAC#AAC_on_Linux

and followed the instructions as I read them.

I.e. if slimserver-convert.conf doesn't exist then create it (which I've done and given it the same permissions as convert.conf etc.) and paste in the code lines for 7.3+ as in the wiki page.

My convert.conf and custom-convert.conf are the stock versions that installed with the upgrade.

When I restart SqueezeCentre I get nada, that is the track doesn't play - it just stays stuck on 0:00.

For what it's worth when I go Settings>Advanced>File Types>AAC or Movie File all the options are showing as Disabled.

When I added the 7.3+ code lines to convert.conf the track at least appears to play but with no sound.

Could somebody please direct me to where I might be going wrong or send me a set of conf files that will work for AAC in 7.3 on Ubuntu 8.10.

This is beginning to really annoy and frustrate me (and I don't want to be annoyed and frustrated on my birthday and I also want to be able to play ALL my music collection!).

Btw, everything was working fine under 7.2 so I have to assume that FAAD, LAME and all that stuff is present and correct.

Thanks in advance...

[MikeWynneDub]

Aaaagh!

My bad!

Turns out FAAD was NOT installed....

All is now well...

[cinchel]

Hi all,

I made the change suggested in an earlier post in the conf files and now get a stream to players for AAC files, instead of skipping like before. AAC files work fine on Squeezeboom and Squeezeplay Beta, but only get white noise on softsqueeze and squeezebox. Any ideas? I am streaming from a Linux box using Squeezecenter 7.3 and listening via softsqueeze.

--Kirk

I am having the same prob...i use stream.mp3 to steam from my linux box at home to my windows box at work (using itunes).

I have followed the various suggestions on getting m4a files to play (ie created the correct updated custom-convert.conf) and now squeezecenter doesnt just flip by them...its plays them..but its all static.

any suggestions. thanks
cinchel

[bpa]

If you have white noise or static after transcoding to MP3 - try changing the setting of the lame "-x" option.

[cinchel]

If you have white noise or static after transcoding to MP3 - try changing the setting of the lame "-x" option.

thank you ..just noticed that...

in the wiki the "-x" is in the old (SC <=7.2) custom-convert.conf sample but is not in the new (SC >=7.3) custom-convert.conf sample

i am running 7.3 and added the "-x" to the custom-convert.conf and all is working again.

maybe the wiki should be updated...or made consistent

[bpa]

The setting of -x depends on the version of lame you have installed. IIRC The lame developers found a bug which meant the -x was wrong/inverted and I think it was changed between 3.96 and 3.98.

So the wiki is both right and wrong depending on the version of lame which is outside the control of SC.

[patch42]

thanks bpa - I had not noticed this, I just blindly copied my old convert.conf file and wondered why it didn't work . .

7.3 has new lines in convert.conf types files. It is dpocumented in the convert.conf file.

Syntax is strict white space hash white space new directives.

# Transcoding for AAC files.
mov flc * *
 # F
	[faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 -

mov mp3 * *
 # FB:{BITRATE=-B %B}
	[faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ $BITRATE$ -r - -

mov wav * *
 # F
	[faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$

[kmoloney]

Thanks to bpa for pointing out -x. It fixed the static problem going from Linux to Windows, allowing me to upgrade.