ALAC wont play

[copperstate]

Have you tried disabling mp4 to aac under filetypes?
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Yes it is not working (at least in the latest 7.6 build, haven't had to time to test 7.5.1 yet).

[mcullinan]

Yes it is not working (at least in the latest 7.6 build, haven't had to time to test 7.5.1 yet).

Im using 7.5.1, I think thats the one that Andy fixed. Unless one fix goes to both.
Also I can now FF and Rewind. Sweet!

[andyg]

I realize that, but on a Mac, at least a PowerPC Mac the ALAC files are seen as MPEG-4. Its been like that since I checked the Player source log. And it was saying Cant play file.. Then I disabled MPEG-4 to AAC and it now plays. Converting them to flac. But it is not recognizing ALAC properly on Mac (PowerPC)

I am pretty sure this was never broken, the problem was the faad binary was broken for PPC, not the scanner.

[sfraser]

So, should I open up a bug report in regards to the 7.5.1/Ubuntu ? or is this thread entry and the existing bug report suffice?

thanks

[mcullinan]

I am pretty sure this was never broken, the problem was the faad binary was broken for PPC, not the scanner.

Gotcha. Though it is reading my Alac files and seeing them as mpeg-4 & not alc like it should. That part is incorrect? Is there a bug for that issue?

[copperstate]

Yes it is not working (at least in the latest 7.6 build, haven't had to time to test 7.5.1 yet).

Version: 7.5.1 - r30670 still has the same problem

[Phil Leigh]

I am pretty sure this was never broken, the problem was the faad binary was broken for PPC, not the scanner.

Andy - I'm pretty sure something is not fully correct with either the inline or standalone scanner (or something else!) with regard to identifying ALAC vs AAC vs MPEG-4 files...
I don't think this has/had anything to do with the faad issue...

Is this even remotely possible?
Several people have seen this option to play ALAC (.m4a) files as MPEG-4/AAC and then been able to get round the problem by disabling MPEG-4/AAC in File Types...

[sfraser]

Hey i realize this not the right thread, but i until this bug is addressed i think i will downgrade. Could someone point to a URL where i can get non current load's? From the entries in this thread it looks like SS 7.4.2 decodes ALAC file correctly.

Cheers, and thanks!

[Eric Seaberg]

I'm running Version: 7.5.1 - r30663 on a Mac MINI with 90% of my library being Apple Lossless. I'm not having any problems playing anything that I randomly select.

I'm sure someone has asked, but have you CLEARED AND RESCANNED the library? I remember having issues like this many versions ago (late 6.x or early 7.x) and this always solved the problem.

[sfraser]

I'm running Version: 7.5.1 - r30663 on a Mac MINI with 90% of my library being Apple Lossless. I'm not having any problems playing anything that I randomly select.

I'm sure someone has asked, but have you CLEARED AND RESCANNED the library? I remember having issues like this many versions ago (late 6.x or early 7.x) and this always solved the problem.

Yes i have tried that, but thanks anyways.