[wplug] command-line audio player for M4A or AAC

[Vanco, Don]

Might want to head to SourceForge and search on MP4.......
http://sourceforge.net/search/

>-----Original Message-----
>From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org 
>[mailto:wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org] On 
>Behalf Of Brandon Kuczenski
>Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:09 PM
>To: WPLUG
>Subject: [wplug] command-line audio player for M4A or AAC
>
>
>I am trying to set up a music server (not for streaming over 
>net, but for 
>playing out of a local sound card).  It looks like there are a 
>number of 
>music server programs (mserv, mpd, though I would appreciate 
>suggestions 
>if anyone has some to give) but they use other software to 
>actually play 
>the music -- such as mpg123 or mpg321.
>
>The problem is, the default installation of mpg321 on Debian 
>does not play 
>mp4 or m4a or aac files -- only mp[1-3]. (AFAIK, mp4, m4a and 
>aac are all
>the same codec).  Most of the files I want to play were ripped by 
>RealPlayer into m4a/aac format, and there are many gigs of 
>them.  I don't 
>want to down-convert them to mp3.
>
>Is there a plugin for mpg123, i.e. for libmp4, or a more 
>fully-functional 
>commandline player, that can be used to play more modern music files? 
>The system doesn't have X installed and I would like to keep 
>it that way.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Brandon
>
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