Automatic conversion of aac to m4a

[Nick Ludlam]

Aha, that would make it much more simple. I'll have a look at that this evening, thanks Shevek.

On 14 Mar 2011, at 09:42, <shevek at o2.co.uk> <shevek at o2.co.uk> wrote:

> Why introduce a new tool into get_iplayer? 
> 
> Ffmpeg can do this already. 
> 
> See my post [1] for details
> 
> I agree with the --m4a option but I think it should use ffmpeg
> 
> Just my 2p 
> 
> Shevek
> 
> [1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2011-March/000948.html
> 
> ----Original Message----
> From: nick at recoil.org
> Date: Mar 13, 2011 23:47 
> To: <get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org>
> Subject: Automatic conversion of aac to m4a
> 
> Hi all,
> I've done some work this evening on adding an experimental flag to 
> get_iplayer which will automatically remux aac audio into an m4a using 
> MP4Box. In my simple tests, this is working reasonably well, and 
> ultimately I feel it should be part of the core workflow of 
> get_iplayer. This is because I import my music into iTunes, and raw aac 
> files will not work.
> 
> I've not yet figured out where the functionality should ultimately 
> sit, so I've added the additional flag "--m4a" to trigger the new code, 
> and the flag "--mp4box" to allow you to point to the MP4Box binary, 
> should it not be in your $PATH. This will only work if you've requested 
> an aac audio mode. The following is a example command I've just 
> successfully run:
> 
> $ ./get_iplayer -v --force --m4a --mp4box=/usr/local/bin/MP4Box --type 
> radio --modes flashaac -g 12345
> 
> If anybody feels like testing it, I've put up a fork on my github 
> account, https://github.com/nickludlam/get_iplayer
> 
> Cheers,
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
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