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    ALAC audio file support?

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      • nekojetN Offline
        nekojet @dobey
        last edited by nekojet

        @dobey Yes! After doing more (and more) reading, I almost wrote a long post (or two) about:

        1. Apple open sourced ALAC in 2011 under the Apache License 2.0, so that probably isn't so much of an issue πŸ‘

        but

        1. gstreamer1.0-libav (built on libav/ffmpeg) includes wayyyyyyyy more than just ALAC, and that quickly becomes problematic if you look at the huge list of codecs it packages πŸ‘Ž

        I also want to thank the UBports community for all of the great work y'all are doing. It's really appreciated. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

        I'm a new UT user (and Patron) and this project is very exciting.

        Thanks!

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        • flohackF Offline
          flohack
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          Well its hard for me too to live without m4a now, since 2 of my band members use iPhones and any recording they do will come over the wire as m4a format. I have no idea if and how they can influence the recording codec on their side. Until that I can only listn to this on my desktop. Which is boring.

          Consumers are trapped in stuff they don't understand and also they are just no giving choices. We got along way to go...

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          • flohackF Offline
            flohack
            last edited by

            @nekojet said in ALAC audio file support?:

            gstreamer1.0-libav

            Oh and by the way, definitely need encoding support for opus when we ever want Telegram voice messages to be a thing. How could we get this in @dobey

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            • dobeyD Offline
              dobey @flohack
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              @Flohack m4a is the MPEG-4 container format. It's not related to the codec for the audio embedded in the file, which can be ALAC, AAC, or numerous other things.

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              • dobeyD Offline
                dobey @flohack
                last edited by

                @Flohack Well, Opus is an open codec, and it seems to already be implemented in the gstreamer1.0-plugins-base package, which should already be in the image, so I guess it should just work.

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                • flohackF Offline
                  flohack @dobey
                  last edited by

                  @dobey Seems you are right, its AAC internally, but it still cannot be played back by UT...

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                  • dobeyD Offline
                    dobey @flohack
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                    @Flohack On what device? I don't think we include a software decoder for AAC, so it depends on hardware decoder support, as AAC is non-free. It should work on FP2 and Nexus devices at least, I think. If not, there might be some low level issue with Android drivers.

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                    • flohackF Offline
                      flohack @dobey
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                      @dobey I am on Oneplus One, that might explain the issue. Hmm good question if it can be enabled if it would be there theoretically ^^

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                      • dobeyD Offline
                        dobey @flohack
                        last edited by

                        @Flohack From a quick search, I can't seem to find a list of definite hardware audio codec support on opo, so no idea what it actually supports.

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                        • nekojetN Offline
                          nekojet
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                          Regarding AAC support on OPO...

                          I did a fresh OTA-11 RC install and wipe on my OnePlus One. It's now running OS build number 2019-W41/2. I can successfully play a couple of example AAC files I downloaded from here:

                          http://samplephotovideo.com/2015/12/download-aac-mpeg-2-advanced-audio-coding-file/

                          http://samplephotovideo.com/2015/12/m4a-mpeg-4-audio-layer-sample-file-m4a/

                          Hope this helps!

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                          • nekojetN Offline
                            nekojet @nekojet
                            last edited by

                            @dobey @Flohack I also downloaded an example OPUS file from here:

                            http://samplephotovideo.com/2015/12/download-opus-sample-audio-file-opus/

                            I can successfully play the file using my clean "install and wipe" installation of OTA-11 rc (OS build number 2019-W41/2) on my OnePlus One.

                            Cheers!

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