AAC conversion?

[sprouticus]

I have a few AAC files that show up as blank document icons. They won't open in iTunes, and only open in VLC. Is there any way to convert them to MP3s or something? Thanks

[terryj]

you can't import them into iTunes?
What version of iTunes do you have?

[deadsierra]

what is the file extension on these aac files?

[sprouticus]

i have the newest iTunes, and the extension is .aac

it's wierd as hell, i know. they wont open in quicktime either.

[terryj]

if you change the tag to .mp4, does iTunes now let you import them?

[sprouticus]

no good. they imported, but they didnt play. also, the time of the song said "not available"

[terryj]

Play them in VLC again, but this time, while one plays,
go to the Window-->Messages command and copy the information
listed in the pop up there as it plays the track. Post it back here,
so that we can figure out what is going on.

[galactica]

sounds liek some odd file type that happened to get renamed to .aac

did you say where you got these files from?!
If you did, i missed it.

[sprouticus]

main debug: CPU has capabilities AltiVec FPU
main debug: looking for memcpy module
main debug: probing 2 candidates
main debug: using memcpy module "memcpyaltivec"
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main debug: thread 33650176 (playlist) created at priority -47 (src/playlist/playlist.c:80)
main debug: looking for interface module
main debug: probing 2 candidates
main debug: using interface module "macosx"
main debug: interface initialized
main debug: thread 34100224 (manager) created at priority -47 (src/interface/interface.c:118)
main debug: adding playlist item ´ /Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac ª ( /Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac )
main debug: creating new input thread
main: playlist item `/Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac'
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main debug: thread 34321408 (input) created at priority 37 (src/input/input.c:180)
main debug: access `', demux `', name `/Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac'
main debug: looking for access module
main debug: probing 7 candidates
dvdplay debug: plugin discarded (not a valid source)
dvdread warning: dvdread module discarded (not a valid source)
dvd warning: dvd module discarded (not a valid block device)
vcd debug: trying .cue file: /Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.cue
vcd warning: could not open /Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac
cdda debug: trying .cue file: /Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.cue
cdda warning: could not open /Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac
access_file debug: opening file `/Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac'
main debug: using access module "access_file"
main debug: looking for demux module
main debug: probing 16 candidates
mp4 warning: MP4 plugin discarded (not a valid file)
avi warning: avi module discarded (invalid header)
asf warning: ASF v1.0 plugin discarded (not a valid file)
ts_dvbpsi warning: TS module discarded (no sync)
ts warning: TS module discarded (no sync)
es warning: ES module discarded (no startcode)
au warning: AU module discarded (not a valid file)
wav warning: WAV module discarded (not a valid file)
main debug: looking for id3 module
main debug: probing 2 candidates
id3tag debug: Checking for ID3 tag
id3tag debug: ID3 tag found, skiping 1162 bytes
main debug: using id3 module "id3tag"
main debug: unlocking module "id3tag"
a52sys warning: A52 module discarded
main debug: looking for id3 module
main debug: probing 2 candidates
id3tag debug: Checking for ID3 tag
id3tag debug: ID3 tag found, skiping 1162 bytes
main debug: using id3 module "id3tag"
main debug: unlocking module "id3tag"
mpga warning: mpga module discarded
mkv warning: matroska module discarded (invalid header 0xfff95080)
main debug: looking for id3 module
main debug: probing 2 candidates
id3tag debug: Checking for ID3 tag
id3tag debug: ID3 tag found, skiping 1162 bytes
main debug: using id3 module "id3tag"
main debug: unlocking module "id3tag"
aac debug: adts header: id=1 channels=2 sample_rate=44100
main debug: selecting ES 0x1
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 16 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "faad"
main debug: thread 34427904 (decoder) created at priority 37 (src/input/input_dec.c:112)
main debug: using demux module "aac"
faad warning: cannot load stream informations
faad warning: DecoderSpecificInfo missing, trying with first frame
faad debug: faad intitialized, samplerate: 44100Hz channels: 2
faad warning: decoded zero sample !
main debug: no aout present, spawning one
main debug: looking for audio output module
main debug: probing 3 candidates
coreaudio debug: system has [1] device(s)
coreaudio debug: device [0] has name [Built-in Audio]
coreaudio debug: device [0] has [1] streams
coreaudio debug: supported format: [44100][lpcm][30][4][1][4][2][16]
coreaudio debug: getting device [0]
coreaudio debug: stream format: [44100][lpcm][30][4][1][4][2][16]
coreaudio debug: setting format: [44100][lpcm][30][4][1][4][2][16]
macosx debug: stream has changed, refreshing interface
coreaudio debug: using format: [44100][lpcm][11][8][1][8][2][32]
coreaudio debug: device buffer size: [4096]
main debug: using audio output module "coreaudio"
main debug: output 'fl32' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: mixer 'fl32' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: no need for any filter
main debug: looking for audio mixer module
main debug: probing 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "trivial_mixer"
main debug: input 'fl32' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: no need for any filter
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'fl32' 48510 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module
main debug: probing 22 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "bandlimited_resampler"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main warning: PTS is out of range (24934), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (2842), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-19468), dropping buffer

wow... over my head.

i got these files from an FTP.

[deadsierra]

they should be .m4a

[galactica]

things I see

/Users/daveconte/Desktop/Torrents/FF8/FF8/CD1/10 - ____ - Force Your Way.aac'

1. illegal characters and spaces in the file path. Take out all that - and ____ and space nonsense!

2. /Torrents/
hahahahahahaha .... if you have no luck taking the spaces and characters out id say blame the person who encoded them!

[sprouticus]

bit torrent, ftp, same difference

yeah, nothing worked. how lame. oh well, toss that crap out the window. thanks for the help anyway =)

[thoughton]

illegal characters and spaces in the file path. Take out all that - and ____ and space nonsense!

So iTunes doesn't allow spaces, hyphens and underscores eh? Who's talking nonsense now?

[galactica]

no i was talking in reference for him/her to get info on the file.
he/she was getting errors when attempting to acces the files type etc with VLC.

of coarse everyone knows iTunes has no problems with spaces

[thoughton]

As far as I can see the poster was unable to play his song in iTunes, but was able to play it in VLC.

Regarding those 'errors', in my experience you get those no matter what type of file you are playing in VLC. That's the way VLC finds the appropriate decoder (by trying them all).

[terryj]

main debug: looking for demux module
main debug: probing 16 candidates
mp4 warning: MP4 plugin discarded (not a valid file)
avi warning: avi module discarded (invalid header)
asf warning: ASF v1.0 plugin discarded (not a valid file)
ts_dvbpsi warning: TS module discarded (no sync)
ts warning: TS module discarded (no sync)
es warning: ES module discarded (no startcode)
au warning: AU module discarded (not a valid file)
wav warning: WAV module discarded (not a valid file)

so it is not a AAC ( mp4)
nor is it au ( generic audio), .wav, .asf, or .avi....

id3tag debug: Checking for ID3 tag
id3tag debug: ID3 tag found, skiping 1162 bytes
main debug: using id3 module "id3tag"
main debug: unlocking module "id3tag"
aac debug: adts header: id=1 channels=2 sample_rate=44100
main debug: selecting ES 0x1
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 16 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "faad"
main debug: thread 34427904 (decoder) created at priority 37 (src/input/input_dec.c:112)
main debug: using demux module "aac"
faad warning: cannot load stream informations
faad warning: DecoderSpecificInfo missing, trying with first frame
faad debug: faad intitialized, samplerate: 44100Hz channels: 2
i got these files from an FTP.

From what I gather, it was a an HE AAC file, probably encoded by
someone not properly using WinAmp to encode the file.
http://www.audiocoding.com/
Currently, only VLC 0.71a handles these types of files, as the HE spec
hasn't been assimilated into QT yet.....


What..? Don't blame me because I happen to "get out" more....