Library only shows AAC files if they were renamed with MP3 extension

[flexnpersist]

Hello,

my workaround annoying me and I please for help. Gmusicbrowser does not show my AAC files in library. If I add a MP3 extension to the AAC files and adding them to library of Gmusicbrowsers the songs a playable and listed in Gmusicbrowsers's library. If I add a M4A extension to the AAC files gmusicbrowser will not show up the songs.

- gmusicbrowser 1.1.9
- gstreamer is active
- I am using Ubuntu 12.04
- AAC files - information from VLC player: MPEG ACC Audio (mp4a); SBR

By the way does VLC player not playing AAC files which were renamed with MP3 extension.

Best regards,

David


Memo to me:
"Library stays empty
Library stays empty"
Adress: http://forum.gmusicbrowser.org/index.php?topic=540.0
Tue May 29 2012 12:22:54 GMT+0200 (CEST)

"Missing songs in gmusicbrowser.
Missing songs in gmusicbrowser."
Adress: http://forum.gmusicbrowser.org/index.php?topic=133
Tue May 29 2012 12:25:54 GMT+0200 (CEST)

[Quentin Sculo]

Can you send me one of these files by email ?
One possible explanation is that the files contain a id3v2 or ape tag at the start of the file.

[flexnpersist]

yes, I found a id3v2 tag at the start of the file. Please delete this file after you downloaded it.

[Quentin Sculo]

aac files are not really supposed to use id3v2 tags, where are those files coming from ?
I could make it ignore or even use the tag, but unless there is a significant source of those files, I'd rather work on something else.
If you want to remove these tags, you can use the program id3v2, with the -D option, you can easily do a shell command to remove all of them.

[flexnpersist]

I tried "id3v2 -d" but gmusicbrowser still not add the test-file in the library. I was looking for a different workaround and found this a way: convert AAC files with ID3V2 tags to M4A files. The meta information is now stored at the end of the file.

".aac to .m4a.. possible?
[..]
ffmpeg -i 1.aac -vn -acodec copy 2.m4a"
[..]
Adress: http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/301218-aac-to-m4a-possible?s=7eb2d484e688c6490a139b022d46c033&p=1842565&viewfull=1#post1842565
Wed May 30 2012 23:20:41 GMT+0200 (CEST)

[flexnpersist]

Thank you for M4A file support! :-)

M4A file workaround is doing well with ID3V2 tool.