Re: Cutting Edge

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:52:55 +1000
Philong Ta <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Try this instead....
> 
> Rename an AAC track to 2001.mp3 (or some othe number the way Ephpod
> renames
> files).  Then in Windows Explorer copy the renamed AAC file to the
> folder
> containing 2001.mp3 to replace it.  See if the ipod will play it.  This
> trick worked on wav files before Ephpod supported wav.  I'm guessing it
> won't work though because I think Apple uses AAC streams inside a
> container
> (whatever that means).  AAC files I've made with the PsyTEL encoder
> don't
> play in Quicktime, but mp4 files (which I think is an AAC stream inside
> an
> mp4 container, whatever that means) made with Nero do play in Quicktime
> and
> Winamp.  So you could also try the same method mentioned above with mp4
> files made with Nero (Nero has a free trial).  I'd do it but I don't
> have an
> ipod at the moment.
> 

I've tried just replacing exising files with AAC files created by iTunes
4 (they're named *.m4a, BTW). Couldn't get it to work.

I did copy some AAC files and the entire iTunesDB from a MAC iPod to my
FAT32 one and it works. I guess we need Ephpod to write the database
properly.

Some useful binaries for encoding/decoding AAC/MPEG4 files can be found
here:

http://www.inf.ufpr.br/~rja00/

Hamish.


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