m4a support?

[drk529]

I know there is no m4a support out of the box, but is there away to enable that codec for use in all software? if not, is there a (well-developed) program with m4a support? i want to copy my itunes library to my new 16gb patriot sdhc, and about half my library is m4a.

[ericdkirk]

I don't agree, my N800 with both OS07 and OS08 can play my m4a's in the base media player as well as Canola.

[albertccja]

i have canola2 but i cant play my music, is .m4a.... in canola offial site saids I need an external program? which one?

[Matan]

Are your .m4a files encrypted (DRM)? If so, there is no way to play them. You need to remove the DRM first.

[Thesandlord]

Did you buy your music on iTunes? If you did, it probably has DRM (unless you bought it recently). You have to remove the DRM or get an iPod.

[albertccja]

i dont use ITUNES, and what is DRM? how I know my files ara DRM?

[albertccja]

no they aren't DRM... I just can play the files with the standar program that comes with the tablet but i dont like it..

[hordeman]

I have some Recoil .m4a songs that I bought via iTunes, but they were the DRM-less versions. Play fine on Canola2. So, probably a DRM issue.

[albertccja]

no, i dont use itunes, i can play them with mi palm tx, and with the standar program in my nokia n800....

[hordeman]

hmmm... I just did a clean firmware install and now I can't play mp4s... probably missing a package. Will keep you posted.

[albertccja]

its exactly the same problem¡¡¡ i did a format to my nokia and now i cant play music files....

[Thesandlord]

Wait, so the default program CAN play the music? I think I know your problem. Canola uses mplayer (i THINK) as its music player, while the built in player uses gstreamer. Maybe this is your problem. Try to update mplayer. Both should play AAC audio out of the box.

Someone with more information please chime in.

[albertccja]

yeah i can play music with the default program but witn canola i cant :s im going to try it....

[albertccja]

no, it didnt work :S

[Matan]

Try playing it with mplayer from the command line, and see what is the problem.

[albertccja]

yes, i can play them with mplayer... so whats the problem with canola?

[pelago]

Does Canola give an error message, or is the problem that the .m4a files don't even show up in Canola?

[albertccja]

the problem is that canola doesnt show .m4a files¡¡¡ :S

[Thesandlord]

lol dude, you should have told us this in the start! Your problem is that canola is not scanning your memory cards properly. Look up "lightmediascanner" and "canola aac" and stuff like that. Does your other music show up?

[albertccja]

yes, I put some mp3 files and canola could find them, what you mean with "lightmediascanner" and "canola aac"? where i download that?

[Thesandlord]

Sorry for not being clear. I mean to search for those things. I think your lightmediascanner, which scans your memory cards for music, is not picking up the m4a files. Look at the Canola threads and stuff for more information.

[albertccja]

lightmediascaner? what is that? where i get it?

[albertccja]

I download Ogg Support 0.7 from canola page, is that lightmediascaner?

[albertccja]

I downloaed YOUAMP-pLAYER and i cant play .m4a files either :S i dont know what to do...

[pelago]

For what it's worth, I have .mp2 (not .mp3) audio files that play fine in the Nokia media player (and mplayer), but don't even show up in Canola, so I am interested in hearing how to let Canola see these files. I imagine the answer to this will be similar to the answer to how to get Canola to see .m4a files.

[Andre Klapper]

I download Ogg Support 0.7 from canola page, is that lightmediascaner?

Names exist because they describe things.
"I downloaded Ubuntu Linux from some webpage, is that Microsoft Windows?" is basically the same questions as yours.

[Andre Klapper]

albertccja: As I won't read all of the one-sentence-comments here:

What is your problem?

What are the exact steps to reproduce? Exact!
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What is the actual outcome?

What is the expected outcome?

[albertccja]

the problem is that i can't play .m4a files with canola, thats all... when canola is updating the library just found mp3 files...

[ossipena]

the problem is that canola doesnt show .m4a files¡¡¡ :S

isn't this problem with canola media searcher? that part of the software hangs when searching m4a files i think.

e: similar problem is in UKMP. no m4a files are indexed.

so steps to reproduce:

1. copy m4a - file to memory card (or somewhere else)
2. make canola update its media library
3. see that your m4a song isn't in the list

[albertccja]

it didnt work ossipena... :(:(:(:(

[hordeman]

For some reason, M4A's aren't picked up by Canola. Yet, if I rename the M4A to an MP3 it does (and plays too!). Any ideas?