The package that is providing ALAC support on Xenial (16.04.6 LTS) desktop is:

gstreamer1.0-libav (1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2)

https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/gstreamer1.0-libav

I was able to confirm this by removing:
gstreamer1.0-libav

and autoremoving its (orphaned) dependencies:
libavfilter-ffmpeg5
libavresample-ffmpeg2
libpostproc-ffmpeg53
libsodium18
libzmq5

and then trying to play my ALAC .m4a files again. Rhythmbox did a bit of searching and popped up a dialog that said:

---

Install extra multimedia plugin?

Rhythmbox requires to install plugins to play media files of the following type: Apple Lossless Audio (ALAC) decoder

gstreamer1.0-libav
libav plugin for GStreamer

[ Cancel ] [ Install ]

---

As far as I can tell, Ubuntu Touch (OTA-10) stable does not come with this package installed. I guess my next step is to do a bunch of reading to figure out if I can install this package myself, and/or request that it be included in a future UT release.

It's possible that gstreamer1.0-libav brings with it a bunch of baggage that might negatively impact UT...or something. Beats me.

Working this out has been fun (so far). Cheers!

4- Standard Notes using the Standard Notes UT webapp

@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

but

2. 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

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

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

Thanks!

My mistake! I went back and watched the beginning of Q&A 86, and I don't think it has to do with OTA-14 at all (but I could be wrong).

Dalton and Florian were talking about moving core devices (OnePlus One, Nexus 5, Fairphone 2) to Halium 7.1 in the (near?) future. So I'd like to change my question to:

How is the move to Halium 7.1 for core devices coming along?

Thanks!

@advocatux I'm running OTA-10 stable on a OnePlus One. Assuming it's not hardware-related, I'll wait for OTA-11 and see if it works.

Thanks for the info!

@advocatux When I try to open the file using "Media Player" or the File Manager preview (which seems to call up the same "Media Player"), I get an error that says "Error playing video - Video format not supported.", which makes sense I guess.

Thanks for trying to work this out with me.

@advocatux No worries. I was just wondering that out loud. Thanks.

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!

@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!

My mistake! I went back and watched the beginning of Q&A 86, and I don't think it has to do with OTA-14 at all (but I could be wrong).

Dalton and Florian were talking about moving core devices (OnePlus One, Nexus 5, Fairphone 2) to Halium 7.1 in the (near?) future. So I'd like to change my question to:

How is the move to Halium 7.1 for core devices coming along?

Thanks!

@libremax Thanks! The reason I ask is that during a previous Q&A, I think Florian mentioned that OnePlus One users might have to reinstall UT from scratch to get the latest functionality, and (at the time) he wasn't sure if everything would come through the normal update process. Maybe I misunderstood. :man_shrugging:
Thanks.

Congratulations on OTA-14! :party_popper:

I have been running the UT development channel on my OnePlus One for a while now. Should I start over with a fresh install of OTA-14 and go from there, or have I already received the updates in the dev channel?

Thanks! You guys rock!

@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!

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!

@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

but

2. 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

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

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

Thanks!

@nekojet said in Notes and Evernote Poll:

4- Standard Notes using the Standard Notes UT webapp

I should clarify my answer. I use Standard Notes on multiple platforms, and I'm a brand new UT user (I just bought a used OnePlus One last week and installed UT OTA-10 stable last Sunday).

I was very happy to see the Standard Notes UT webapp in the OpenStore.

On mobile platforms, I generally just view my notes, and maybe do some minimal adding/editing.

Thanks!

@dobey Makes senses. Thanks for the info!

I'm not fluent in the different software licenses. Is something released under the Apache License considered non-free? Thanks.

The package that is providing ALAC support on Xenial (16.04.6 LTS) desktop is:

gstreamer1.0-libav (1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2)

https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/gstreamer1.0-libav

I was able to confirm this by removing:
gstreamer1.0-libav

and autoremoving its (orphaned) dependencies:
libavfilter-ffmpeg5
libavresample-ffmpeg2
libpostproc-ffmpeg53
libsodium18
libzmq5

and then trying to play my ALAC .m4a files again. Rhythmbox did a bit of searching and popped up a dialog that said:

---

Install extra multimedia plugin?

Rhythmbox requires to install plugins to play media files of the following type: Apple Lossless Audio (ALAC) decoder

gstreamer1.0-libav
libav plugin for GStreamer

[ Cancel ] [ Install ]

---

As far as I can tell, Ubuntu Touch (OTA-10) stable does not come with this package installed. I guess my next step is to do a bunch of reading to figure out if I can install this package myself, and/or request that it be included in a future UT release.

It's possible that gstreamer1.0-libav brings with it a bunch of baggage that might negatively impact UT...or something. Beats me.

Working this out has been fun (so far). Cheers!

@advocatux No worries. I was just wondering that out loud. Thanks.