Is there any likelihood of LST software being modified to play mp4 audio?
It would be a boon and competitors such as SONOS already provide it.
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2012-06-23, 04:26 #1Member
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mp4 audio
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2012-06-23, 05:11 #2Senior Member
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By mp4 do you mean DRM protected audio ?
LST can play m4a files in mpeg4 format.
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2012-06-23, 06:36 #3Senior Member
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yes, the TOUCH already natively plays itunes purchased (or ripped with itunes) files. But I think the ones *without* DRM are m4a rather than m4p (which are DRM protected). I'm not sure what a "mp4" file is? Do you mean m4p?
Originally Posted by bpa
And SONOS will not play DRM m4p files either.Location 1: VortexBox Appliance 6TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet)
Location 2: VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio)
Office: Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.2 > SqueezePlay
Spares: VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER
Controllers: iPhone4S (iPeng), iPad2 (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop
Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Spotify
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2012-06-23, 10:52 #4Member
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I mean *.mp4. I have loads of such files; WMP plays them, SONOS plays them but SB (and R83i) doesn't.
They're video files as often found on You Tube and other internet sites.
SB plays m4a fine.
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2012-06-23, 10:55 #5Senior Member
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aha. video files. that's why I didn't know what they were. nope, far as I know, SB won't play these. Originally Posted by Mardler
Location 1: VortexBox Appliance 6TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet)
Location 2: VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio)
Office: Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.2 > SqueezePlay
Spares: VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER
Controllers: iPhone4S (iPeng), iPad2 (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop
Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Spotify
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2012-06-23, 12:07 #6Senior Member
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I think it's possible to extend the LMS mp4 handling by adding a custom-types.conf and custom-convert.conf file and Originally Posted by Mardler
get LMS to invoke something like vlc or ffmpeg to strip off the video and pass the audio stream to the player.
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2012-06-23, 12:08 #7Senior Member
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Ok, that's clearer now, since *.m4a files are MP4 audio (MP4 being a "container"). Do you know what the encoding is for the audio in your *.mp4 files? I'm no expert on codecs, but it would seem that if the audio in the *.mp4 files is encoded in something that LMS already handles like AAC then it wouldn't be too huge a technical leap to support it. How much demand there is to convince Logitech or a 3rd party to invest development resources in *.mp4 is a separate matter. Originally Posted by Mardler
If you mean also decoding the video data then I don't see that happening any time soon (ever?) with SB.
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2012-06-23, 15:15 #8Member
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No probs, folks, I found an mp4 to mp3 converter so will try that.
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2012-06-23, 16:13 #9Senior Member
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excellent. you might post link or info here, so folks looking at this thread in the future have an answer they can use. (i.e, documentation. ;-) Originally Posted by Mardler
Location 1: VortexBox Appliance 6TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet)
Location 2: VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio)
Office: Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.2 > SqueezePlay
Spares: VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER
Controllers: iPhone4S (iPeng), iPad2 (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop
Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Spotify
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2012-06-23, 16:58 #10Member
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Not a clue if it works OK but here's the link:- http://www.mp4converter.net/mp4-to-m...erter-win.html
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