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Dizzle4 · 01:02 PM

My problem is that I have so many AAC files and I would have to convert a bitch load of music to a new player that didnt support AAC. Is there any player out there that supports these AAC music files besides apple players? I have found a number of players that support MPEG4, but I'm not sure if that means they support AAC.

zarquon · November 2nd, 2005, 02:34 PM

aac is apples proprietry codec so you are out of luck.

Dizzle4 · November 2nd, 2005, 03:10 PM

So if the specs of an mp3 player states it can play mp4, it can't play AAC which is mp4?

**moneoa** · 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dizzle4

So if the specs of an mp3 player states it can play mp4, it can't play AAC which is mp4?

AAC is Mpeg 4? ....I dont think thats right man

AAC is Atrac, heavily compressed music file.
mp4 or mpeg 4 is a Quicktime video format and also is
also the media File on a SVCD that makes it an SVCD.

your problem is that trying to convert AAC to something else will only make it sound shit because to convert it to AAC it compressed the shit out of it to begin with, if that was not the case I would just tell you to convert to mp3 and be done with it but you can expect it to sound worse than before you did encode it from AAC.

Is this all downloaded music or ripped?
you could try ripping it all again (time consuming, I know)

Sorry we don't have more answers.

(edit: my bad, reading Krells post I realised mpeg-2 is what an SVCD uses, not mpeg-4)

Krell · 04:00 AM

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/aac/

MPEG-4 AAC Information

Tomorrow’s Media Today

MPEG-4 is designed to deliver DVD-quality video (MPEG-2) at lower data rates and smaller file sizes. And the same folks who created the popular .mp3 file format — a.k.a. MPEG-1 layer III — developed the new Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) codec, providing much more efficient compression than MP3 with a quality rivaling that of uncompressed CD audio.

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**moneoa** · November 13th, 2005, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krell

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/aac/

MPEG-4 AAC Information

Tomorrow’s Media Today

MPEG-4 is designed to deliver DVD-quality video (MPEG-2) at lower data rates and smaller file sizes. And the same folks who created the popular .mp3 file format — a.k.a. MPEG-1 layer III — developed the new Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) codec, providing much more efficient compression than MP3 with a quality rivaling that of uncompressed CD audio.

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lol you didnt need to edit, we were dancing around the same tar pit as it were :bom:
It was not negative in anyway.

broadwayrock · November 13th, 2005, 04:23 AM

You could try dbpoweramp which can convert AAC files into MP3.

www.dbpoweramp.com

I you bought these AAC files from iTunes then you will need to removed the DRM protection first. A piece of software called JHymn will remove the DRM for you.

ferrarimodena360 · November 13th, 2005, 04:40 AM

www.winamp.com supports AAC - No Extra Plugin Required

muffenme · November 13th, 2005, 06:00 AM

I heard this question on G4 Tech TV on a show call "Call for Help"
Download Itune 6 from Apple and get it to convert it from AAC to MP3.

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zarquon Offline Somewhere Posts: 1,113 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 27 Reputation Power: 145	November 2nd, 2005, 02:34 PM aac is apples proprietry codec so you are out of luck.

Dizzle4 Offline Zeropaid Regular Posts: 140 Join Date: Jun 2004 Reputation Power: 74	November 2nd, 2005, 03:10 PM So if the specs of an mp3 player states it can play mp4, it can't play AAC which is mp4?

broadwayrock Offline Shaking It All The Time Posts: 603 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In a basket Reputation Power: 114	November 13th, 2005, 04:23 AM You could try dbpoweramp which can convert AAC files into MP3. www.dbpoweramp.com I you bought these AAC files from iTunes then you will need to removed the DRM protection first. A piece of software called JHymn will remove the DRM for you.

ferrarimodena360 Offline Yada Yada Yada Posts: 1,568 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: India Age: 29 Reputation Power: 160	November 13th, 2005, 04:40 AM www.winamp.com supports AAC - No Extra Plugin Required

muffenme Offline Registered Moonatic Posts: 746 Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Moon Reputation Power: 117	November 13th, 2005, 06:00 AM I heard this question on G4 Tech TV on a show call "Call for Help" Download Itune 6 from Apple and get it to convert it from AAC to MP3.