Unable to Transcode WMA files in any player

[caliown]

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Problem Description: I cannot play WMA files on any end application or Web Player
Troubleshooting Steps:
1. Upgraded to Subsonic 5.2.1
2. Added wmadec to the transcode folder (C:\subsonic\transcode) from here http://sourceforge.net/projects/subsoni%20...%20oding/1.1/
3. Stop/Start Subsonic Service
Playback Application and version: Android Subsonic Music Streamer 4.4
Subsonic Version: Version 5.2.1 (build 4428) – March 4, 2015
Server Version: Server jetty-6.1.x, java 1.8.0_40, Windows 7 (85.7 MB / 134.0 MB)
Hardware Platform: Windows 7 64-bit
Java Memory Limit: 150MB
Problem Filename: all WMA files
Output from ffmpeg -i: unable to get this command to work in the command prompt
Last ten log file lines:

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[4/13/15 1:02:21 AM EDT]   INFO   InputStreamReaderThread   (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
[4/13/15 1:02:21 AM EDT]   INFO   InputStreamReaderThread   (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), SSE (ASM used), SSE2
[4/13/15 1:02:21 AM EDT]   INFO   InputStreamReaderThread   (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 18671 Hz - 19205 Hz
[4/13/15 1:02:21 AM EDT]   INFO   InputStreamReaderThread   (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding <stdin> to <stdout>
[4/13/15 1:02:21 AM EDT]   INFO   InputStreamReaderThread   (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (7.3x) 192 kbps qval=3
[4/13/15 1:02:22 AM EDT]   INFO   PlayQueueInputStream   admin listening to "Forever My Lady\08 Gotta Love.wma"
[4/13/15 1:02:22 AM EDT]   INFO   TranscodeInputStream   Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\ffmpeg] [-i] [n:\music\R&B\Jodeci\Forever My Lady\08 Gotta Love.wma] [-map] [0:0] [-b:a] [192k] [-v] [0] [-f] [mp3] [-] [wmadec] [-b] [16] [n:\music\R&B\Jodeci\Forever My Lady\08 Gotta Love.wma] [-]
[4/13/15 1:02:22 AM EDT]   INFO   TranscodeInputStream   Starting transcoder: [c:\subsonic\transcode\lame] [-b] [192] [-r] [-] [-]
[4/13/15 1:02:22 AM EDT]   INFO   InputStreamReaderThread   (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) Assuming raw pcm input file
[4/13/15 1:02:22 AM EDT]   INFO   InputStreamReaderThread   (c:\subsonic\transcode\lame) LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/)

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[caliown]

Bump. Please assist

[caliown]

Bump. Also, M4A files do not play

[FirstTracks]

Same problem here with WMA files, although M4A files do play for me.

[gurutech]

Sounds like a DRM issue....

[FirstTracks]

Sounds like a DRM issue....

Nope, none of my WMA files have DRM.

In any event, rather than waiting for a fix I'm using MediaMonkey to batch convert my 2,615 WMAs to MP3s. I should've done that years ago anyway. It should finish overnight.

[caliown]

I'm doing the same thing. Just keep checking back to see if someone responded. I also do not have a DRM problem. I have also reached out to the moderators via direct message.

[caliown]

bump

[jt81951]

I am having this trouble too... I thought it was an issue for me because I am running subsonic from my ReadyNAS 104 but seeing others with this problem makes me think not. Any fixes available? i have tried checking the transcoding folder and it is there with the correct lame and ffmpeg files. Thanks.

[FirstTracks]

The only fix I found until Sindre fixes it in an update was to convert my WMA files to MP3s, and I'm glad I did anyway. Did it in one overnight batch job. Good riddance to a proprietary format.

[caliown]

That is also the only resolution I have found. I am doing mine as I want to hear them

[subsonic_oli]

I found a soulution for the problem. you can use the new decoder avconv that is a full replacement for ffmpeg.

just use the following decoder:

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avconv -i %s -acodec libmp3lame -ab %bk -v 0 -f mp3 -

Hope that helps.

[caliown]

And BOOM!! We are back. Thank you so much for coming into this thread and providing that transcode. Works perfectly.

[noleech]

I found a soulution for the problem. you can use the new decoder avconv that is a full replacement for ffmpeg.

just use the following decoder:

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avconv -i %s -acodec libmp3lame -ab %bk -v 0 -f mp3 -

Hope that helps.

Hello,

I'm using windows. I have 2 servers for redundancy. One server broke My WMA files broke after upgrading to version 5.2.1. I have another windows server using version 4.9 and my wma files played fine any browser with flash. I found this thread and was thinking to try and use "avconv". So the transcoder is residing in the C:\subsonic\transcode.

I have files

ffmpeg.exe
ffmpeg_license.txt
lame.exe
lame_license.txt
README.TXT

What files do I need to have in C:\subsonic\transcode for to be able use "avconv -i %s -acodec libmp3lame -ab %bk -v 0 -f mp3" command line? Thanks

Also, I'm curious to why version 4.9 has the command line of "ffmpeg -i %s -ab %bk -v 0 -f mp3 -" and then version 5.2.1 has "ffmpeg -i %s -map 0:0 -b:a %bk -v 0 -f mp3 -"

I even tried to revert back the command from version 4.9, but I could not play my wma file. I have about 33 thousands files. I was not going to convert them all. When I had these wma files, i was using windows server for mms streaming as radio or on demand. So I have always kept it as wma. Please me know how I can rectify this on the 5.2.1 version so I can use the some new features. If not, I would rather revert back to the 4.9 version. Thanks