AAC, M4A, MP4

[Skinner]

If required, AAC, M4A and MP4 "files" can be played in Silverjuke 3.x or later using the bass_aac DLL or .dylib through the BASS-2.4-interface:


For installation of the DLL:
- unZIP the linked file
- copy "bass_aac.dll" to "c:\Programs\Silverjuke"
- restart Silverjuke


For installation of this plugin:
- unZIP the linked file
- now you should have a folder named "bass_aac24-osx"
- in the folder are many files, but only "libbass_aac.dylib" is needed
- copy "libbass_aac.dylib" to "Silverjuke.app/Contents/MacOS" (use "Show package contents" on the Silverjuke application icon for this purpose)
- restart Silverjuke


If you only need support for the Apple Lossless M4A format, you can be lucky - this format is usually already supported directly by Silverjuke >= 15.x.


Silverjuke 2.x uses the older Bass-2.2-interface; refer to the following files in this case: , , ,


What are all these funny abbreviations?

As all this stuff gets mixed some times, here is a little explanation for everyone who's interested:

MP4 is just a container format that allows combining different multimedia streams as audio and video into one single file (other well known container formats are eg. AVI, RealMedia (RM) or MPEG). MP4 is the only official file extension for the container format defined in the MPEG-4 standard.

M4A files are just MP4 files with another extension. This "wrong" extension was introduced by Apple for audio-only MP4 files. M4A files usually contain AAC or Apple Lossless encoded audio tracks.

AAC - an abbreviation for Advanced Audio Coding - is a frequently used audio codec in MP4 containers. Same for Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC), which is also an audio codec. So AAC and Apple Lossless encoded audio files may have the same extensions as they used the same container format.

Anything left out? Yes: MP4 files may also come with the extension M4V; this extension was introduced by Apple for audio+video MP4 files. Moreover, Apple introduced the extension M4P for DRM protected files sold through iTunes. M4P files cannot be played easily with programs other than iTunes.

So, is MP4 the successor of MP3? Not really - MP4 is a container format and no audio codec while MP3 is an audio codec. However, MP4 is part of the MPEG-4 Standard, which also includes AAC and which can be taken as the successor of the MPEG-1/2 standard, where MP3 was part of ...

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A final note: In common, I would like to encourage you to use more open codecs as , or .

[Guest]

AAC,MA4,MP4

[Skinner]

Sorry?!

[Guest]

MP4

[Skinner]

a-ha!

[Guest]

Has anyone successfully had mp4's running with Silverjuke? If so could you please let me know how and what screen size the mp4's are needed to be. I have converted at a few different sizes so far but without any luck. I take it I just add the mp4's yo an album and select in the normal way, Or do you need to highlight the visual/karoke menu to see them? This program is very nearly the answer to my dreams, but without video options this software is only nearly Please help - Many thanks

[Guest]

Guest wrote:
> screen size [...]

I think you're talking about videos? Well, this module (and Silverjuke at all) currently only supports audio.

Regards,
B.

[Guest]

dosya nerden yükleniyor:S

[Service-Team]

Guest wrote:
> dosya nerden yükleniyor:S

Sorry, we can understand and answer quesions only in English or in German language.

However, maybe there is some other forum member understanding Turkish?

Best regards,
Your Silverjuke-Team

[Guest]

ahh... boo... will it ever support video? we have some karaoke videos in other languages that aren't in the mp3+g format...