Subsonic Forum

i symlinked both lame and faad to /var/subsonic/transcode but when i try to play an m4a file i get this error..

Code: Select all

[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]     INFO   StreamController   Starting stream mrawash@127.0.0.1:44621 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080713 Galeon/2.0.4 Epiphany/2.20 Firefox/2.0.0.4)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   Opening new song /srv/ftp/music/Rock/Folk & Acoustic/Devendra Banhart/Cripple Crow/03 Heard Somebody Say.m4a
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   TranscodeInputStream   Starting transcoder: Starting transcoder: [/var/subsonic/transcode/faad] [-w] [/srv/ftp/music/Rock/Folk & Acoustic/Devendra Banhart/Cripple Crow/03 Heard Somebody Say.m4a]
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   TranscodeInputStream   Starting transcoder: Starting transcoder: [/var/subsonic/transcode/lame] [-b] [128] [-x] [-] [-]
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) *********** Ahead Software MPEG-4 AAC Decoder V2.6 ******************
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) Build: Jul 20 2008
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) Copyright 2002-2004: Ahead Software AG
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) http://www.audiocoding.com
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) Floating point version
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) **************************************************************************
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) /srv/ftp/music/Rock/Folk & Acoustic/Devendra Banhart/Cripple Crow/03 Heard Somebody Say.m4a file info:
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) LC AAC 200.494 secs, 2 ch, 44100 Hz
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) title: Heard Somebody Say
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) artist: Devendra Banhart
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) writer: Devendra Banhart
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) album: Cripple Crow
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) genre: Psych Folk
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) track: 3
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) totaltracks: 22
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) date: 2005
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) compilation:
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) tempo: 00000 BPM
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) tool: iTunes v6.0.1.3, QuickTime 7.0.3
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) iTunNORM: 00000505 000006BC 000027CB 00002712 000062EB 000259DD 00007FFF 00007FFF 000067AE 000067AE
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) iTunes_CDDB_IDs: 22+799514213CFF12699BE2B504CFDA73B6+6475083
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) cover: ����
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) ---------------------
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) | Config: 2 Ch |
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) ---------------------
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) | Ch | Position |
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) ---------------------
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) | 00 | Left front |
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) | 01 | Right front |
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) ---------------------
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad)
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/faad) 0% decoding /srv/ftp/music/Rock/Folk & Acoustic/Devendra Banhart/Cripple Crow/03 Heard Somebody Say.m4a.
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    WARN   CoverArtController   Failed to create thumbnail for /srv/ftp/music/Rock/Folk & Acoustic/Devendra Banhart/Cripple Crow/folder.jpg
[10/24/08 9:02:04 AM EET]    DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/lame) Warning: unsupported audio format
[10/24/08 9:02:05 AM EET]    DEBUG   AudioScrobblerService   Successfully scrobbled song 'Heard Somebody Say' for user HathorWash at Last.fm.
[10/24/08 9:02:06 AM EET]    INFO   StreamController   Stopping stream mrawash@127.0.0.1:44621 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080713 Galeon/2.0.4 Epiphany/2.20 Firefox/2.0.0.4)

also, i'm using the web player..

You could try to force faad to output as raw pcm (remember to tell lame that it's input is raw pcm as well) and see if it helps.

brilliant, thanks

I can confirm this same error. There is something wrong with the lame encoder - as it is not taking the output from faad correctly.

The solution outlined above works, but the files sound terrible - tons of hiss / high frequency noise.

Is there another way? Are there different config settings for faad and lame that would help?

volcs0 wrote:I can confirm this same error. There is something wrong with the lame encoder - as it is not taking the output from faad correctly.

The solution outlined above works, but the files sound terrible - tons of hiss / high frequency noise.

Is there another way? Are there different config settings for faad and lame that would help?

well, it took me some time to get just the right combination, here's what i'm using:

step1: faad -f 2 -w %s
step2: lame -r -b %b - -

gwash wrote:

volcs0 wrote:I can confirm this same error. There is something wrong with the lame encoder - as it is not taking the output from faad correctly.

The solution outlined above works, but the files sound terrible - tons of hiss / high frequency noise.

Is there another way? Are there different config settings for faad and lame that would help?

well, it took me some time to get just the right combination, here's what i'm using:

step1: faad -f 2 -w %s
step2: lame -r -b %b - -

I finally got it to work without using PCM.

step1: faad -o - %s
step2: lame -h -b %b - -

lame version 3.98.2
faad V2.6

Looks like we have two solutions now. Good news.

Thanks a lot for these two solutions - had been fiddling for ages with the transcoding of my m4a's. No more I guess.