Re: Ecalength and m4a files
"S. Massy" <[email protected]>
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 10:03:32PM +0200, Julien Claassen wrote: > Hi Navneeth! > I rarely have use for m4a files. But I've seen something similar with OGG > files. If it's the same problem, then you won't have luck with ecalength, as > far as I understand. > to read m4a files, Ecasound uses extnerla programs. Ecasound can open and > play them, by something like: > oggdec -o - FILE.ogg > and Ecasound then reads the STDOUT "-" and puts that decoded audio to the > Soundcard or wherever you please. But this way you can't tell the length of a > file. You might try the sndfile-programs. There's sndfile-info. Maybe they > have built-in support for that. Though I'd doubt it. Still, that doesn't say > much. > Otherwise just try looking for alac, m4a tools. I'm sure there must be > something. There is faac and faad and maybe something else. If not, maybe even > they can be used to find the length of a file, with some clever scripting. > Sorry, for not being more specific. Still ecalength isn't your way, unless > you convert to wav along the way. Not much to add, except to say that this problem also occurs with some mp3's (usually VBR) and there isn't much ecalength/ecasound can do about it, since it relies on external programmes to handle anything but the PCM formats. Cheers, S.M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Ways to Improve & Secure Unified Communications Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC can improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more efficient ways to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn more! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ _______________________________________________ Ecasound-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ecasound-list