[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend and AAC

[David Snider]

Francois Gouget wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running the Snider Pad build of Mythfrontend (0.21-fixes 20090126 
> rev 19778) on a Mac Mini (Leopard) and I noticed that in some recorded 
> shows I have no sound. So I investigated a bit and these videos happen 
> to have an AAC soundtrack (and h264 for the video).
>
> Looking in the console I saw the following Mythfrontend message:
>
> 2009-02-21 00:31:34.701 AFD Error: Could not find decoder for codec (AAC), ignoring.
>
>
> Does anyone know if the Mac build is supposed to support AAC sound?
>
> I was unable to find much online about how Mythfrontend handles AAC. It 
> seems like there's an --enable-libfaac configure option but I have no 
> idea if it applies to the Mac OS X build.
>
> Maybe instead this is a runtime issue. Do you know if Mythfrontend needs 
> any specific codec to be separately installed on the Mac? I'd expect the 
> Mac to already have what it takes to decode AAC since that's the format 
> used on the iTunes Store (iric).
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> References:
>  * --enable-libfaac configure option
>    http://www.nabble.com/Errors-Watching-x.264-encoded-videos..-td15008817s15552.html
>
>  * An extract of a recording with an AAC soundtrack for which I have no 
>    sound on the Mac:
>    http://fgouget.free.fr/tmp/MythTest-AAC.mpg
>
>   
OK, give this one a go...

http://www.thesniderpad.com//component/option,com_remository/Itemid,36/func,fileinfo/id,1270/

let  me know how it works out, to make it permanent, I'll have to submit 
a patch..  So, any feedback would be
 appreciated.