MusicBee - a Music Manager
Reply #38 – 2008-12-27 23:33:34
hi, re: aac files, there is no AAC decoder distributed with MB - however the error message was supposed to say that! I know other freeware apps do play AAC, but my understanding is patent fees would apply if i included an AAC decoder with MB. However there is a decoder available you can get yourself called BASS_AAC.dll which you probably already have on your machine if you have used other music players. Otherwise see http://www.getmusicbee.com/help/codec/ if you need help downloading it to the MB Program folder. Hi Steve, Ooops, i thinked that only the encoder could not be distributed so I haven't noted the miss of the decoder too, sorry. Solved After saying all that it just so happens i have been working on including tagging and playback of DRM protected itunes files using Quicktime for playback, which means normal AAC files can also be played. The downside with Quicktime is it's a resource hog, and i cant integrate the equaliser or crossfading leading out of the AAC file. I think its ready for release so i will probably make it available tomorrow night I hope is selectable because i think is better stay away from QT...re: cuesheets, can you send me a copy of the cuesheet for the first 2 cases (no artist showing or only album artist showing)? - its possible there is a bug with the cuesheet parsing, although i suspect with the second case the track performer is not there, so thats a simple fix. With the cuesheet below for example and the artist tag filled in the FLAC file. I see the artist only in the album artist field. Another thing (and this with all the embedded cue files), if i open the edit window in tags and then move forward/backward between tracks all the fields become blank a part album, album artist, year and genre, also, totaltracks and totaldiscs tags are not recognized.REM GENRE Electronic REM DATE 2008 PERFORMER "Klaus Schulze Feat. Lisa Gerrard" TITLE "Rheingold - Live At The Loreley" REM REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN -3.57 dB REM REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK 0.957123 FILE "CDImage.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Alberich" REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -3.54 dB REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.957123 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Loreley" REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -3.59 dB REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.947357 INDEX 01 24:35:00 re: file converters, i was going to include WavPack with MB but was having problems with it cutting off the last block of data in the converted file which I wasnt able to get to the bottom of. I'll have another look at it at a later date, and also take up your suggestion about a custom converter Thanks and keep up the good work!