[Solved] LXMusic Question

[M_Mynaardt]

Hello again, all!

I decided to give LXMusic a go; just because. I did so on Peppermint OS One.

I am just wondering; what files can LXMusic play? I tried to play several files, but LXMusic didn't like the .m4a files (originally from my old iTunes library), although it doesn't seem to have a problem with .ogg files.

It seems to me, therefore, that LXMusic just doesn't do .m4a files. Can anyone tell me what are the sound file formats LXMusic does work with (in addition to .ogg)?

Thanks!

[M_Mynaardt]

Okay, I figured it out; LXMusic plays non-copyrighted stuff like .OGG files, but not the commercial stuff. Which is a bit of a pain since almost all of my sound files are in that commercial .M4A format. Typical!

[maces]

Hi,

did you install the codecs for those files? On Archlinux you have a bunch of optional packages to install, if you'd like to listen to other formats:

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$ yaourt -Si xmms2
Repository     : community
Name           : xmms2
Version        : 0.7DrNo-8
URL            : http://xmms2.org/
Licenses       : LGPL
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : sqlite3  libmad
Optional Deps  : alsa-lib: ALSA audio output
                 avahi: announce xmms2d via bonjour/mDNS/zeroconf
                 boost: C++ language bindings
                 curl: play HTTP streams
                 faad2: AAC support
                 ffmpeg: WMA, avcodec & avformat support
                 fftw: calculations for visualization
                 flac: FLAC support
                 jack: JACK audio output
                 libao: liboa audio output
                 libofa: MusicDNS fingerprinting
                 libmms: play MMS streams
                 libmodplug: to play MOD files
                 libmpcdec: Musepack support
                 libsamplerate: vocoder support
                 libshout: Icecast audio output
                 libvorbis: Ogg Vorbis support
                 libxml2: XSPF and podcast support
                 mpg123: alternative MP3 plugin
                 oss: OSS audio output
                 perl: Perl language bindings
                 pulseaudio: PulseAudio audio output
                 pyrex: Python language bindings
                 ruby: Ruby language bindings
                 smbclient: direct CIFS/SMB access
                 speex: Speex support
                 wavpack: WavPack support
Conflicts With : xmms2-devel
Replaces       : None
Download Size  : 1406.75 K
Installed Size : 5504.00 K
Packager       : Sergej Pupykin <pupykin.s+arch@gmail.com>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Wed Nov 24 14:00:44 2010
MD5 Sum        : fea73641aa56cc1042e60af1b9058064
Description    : complete rewrite of the popular music player

Have a look at your package manager and install what you need.

maces

[M_Mynaardt]

Hi,

did you install the codecs for those files? On Archlinux you have a bunch of optional packages to install, if you'd like to listen to other formats:

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(etc, etc)

Have a look at your package manager and install what you need.

maces

Hi!

I haven't looked at any of that. What I learnt how to do was use dir2ogg in the terminal to convert entire directories from m4a files into OGG audio files. It's a bit tedious, but at least that will give me a collection of tunes in m4a and another in OGG.

I always seem to find the hard way to do things, eh? Must've been the boxing from years gone by knocking the grey cells loose!

I'll sit down later and try to figure out the package manager code you sent me. Right now I'm not a mini-holiday and not at home with as much leisure time to mess about with that sort of thing.

Thanks!