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Hey,

I just downloaded an audio podcast in .mp4 format.

It is recognized by the media player, even its ID3-Tags (cover, title etc.) but when I hit the play button nothing happens at all.

Is there any codec I need? I was wondering because I thought the N900 would support .mp4 files out of the box

Suggestions?
 

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Originally Posted by brog View Post
Hey,

I just downloaded an audio podcast in .mp4 format.

It is recognized by the media player, even its ID3-Tags (cover, title etc.) but when I hit the play button nothing happens at all.

Is there any codec I need? I was wondering because I thought the N900 would support .mp4 files out of the box

Suggestions?
good question, think i have hit the same problem, have 3 podcasts working fine, but one (Chris moyles one) just sits on the play screen and doesnt actually play
 

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I also have that problem. This might be a bug since the N900 should play them.
 

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mpeg4 is a container format. You need to find out what the audio stream is encoded in, or provide a link so others can have a look
 

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mine ends up in the video folder...
 

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.mp4 is also a standard video format container. m4a is often used for audio content.
 

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here's the link to the file:
http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Dru...A8/show127.m4a

drum and bass arena podcast

hope it works, not at home, had to get it with my n900

oh and thanks for helping

edit: okay this one seems to be an m4a file!? the episodes on my computer are all .mp4s..
 

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The file is at:
http://www.619bearcast.com/podcasts/...arcast-001.m4a

According to iTunes it is a AAC file encoded with GarageBand.
 

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Has anyone worked out how to get this playing yet?
 

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I'm having trouble with m4a files too. I have a whole folder of them in the MyDocs/music/Alison\ Moyet/Singles (for example).
When I use the file manager to view that folder, they're all there, and if I try to open them, Music Player opens and plays them just fine, but I don't see any of them if I launch Music Player and browse them.

Is there some method of getting them into music player?
 

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