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 Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:39 pm Post subject: m4a works in VLC but not Clementine |
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Hi
When attempting to play a .m4a file in Clementine I get a popup:
Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in
The file plays fine in VLC.
Others (on other distros) have had same problem, solution was to install media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg
But that was already installed. I re-installed anyway, and also Clementine, but still same problem.
Is there a magic spell available somewhere to make this work? I'm pretty sure it worked in the past, but have not been listening to music for last few months.
Yes I have aac in my USE flags.
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trooper ian # gst-inspect-1.0 | grep aac
typefindfunctions: audio/aac: aac, adts, adif, loas
audioparsers: aacparse: AAC audio stream parser
libav: avmux_adts: libav ADTS AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) muxer (not recommended, use aacparse instead)
faac: faac: AAC audio encoder
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trooper ian # gst-inspect-1.0 | grep m4a
typefindfunctions: audio/x-m4a: m4a
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Thanks, Ian
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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According to the GStreamer Web site, m4a (MPEG-4 audio) files are decoded by the FAAD (Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder), which is included in the GStreamer Bad Plug-in (gst-plugins-bad):
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/plugins.html
| Quote: | Element......Description..............................Plugin.....Module
faad.............Free MPEG-2/4 AAC decoder........faad........gst-plugins-bad |
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-bad-plugins/html/gst-plugins-bad-plugins-plugin-faad.html
Clementine on my laptop plays m4a files, and I have that gstreamer plug-in installed but also gst-plugins-faad, so try installing gst-plugins-bad and/or gst-plugins-faad:
| Code: | $ eix -I --only-names gst-plugins
media-libs/gst-plugins-bad
media-libs/gst-plugins-base
media-libs/gst-plugins-good
media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly
media-plugins/gst-plugins-a52dec
media-plugins/gst-plugins-cdparanoia
media-plugins/gst-plugins-dts
media-plugins/gst-plugins-dv
media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvb
media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvdread
media-plugins/gst-plugins-faad
media-plugins/gst-plugins-flac
media-plugins/gst-plugins-jack
media-plugins/gst-plugins-lame
media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav
media-plugins/gst-plugins-libnice
media-plugins/gst-plugins-mad
media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta
media-plugins/gst-plugins-mpeg2dec
media-plugins/gst-plugins-pulse
media-plugins/gst-plugins-resindvd
media-plugins/gst-plugins-soup
media-plugins/gst-plugins-taglib
media-plugins/gst-plugins-v4l2
media-plugins/gst-plugins-x264 |
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iandoug
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, but looks like I already have both installed:
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trooper ian # eix gst-plugins-bad
[I] media-libs/gst-plugins-bad
Available versions:
(0.10) 0.10.23-r3 0.10.23-r4
(1.0) 1.8.3-r1
{X bzip2 egl gles2 gtk +introspection nls opengl +orc test vcd vnc wayland ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"}
Installed versions: 0.10.23-r4(0.10)(08:29:47 24/11/2016)(nls orc ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="32 64 -x32") 1.8.3-r1(1.0)(08:26:58 24/11/2016)(X bzip2 gtk introspection nls opengl orc vcd -egl -gles2 -test -vnc -wayland ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="32 64 -x32")
Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
Description: Less plugins for GStreamer
trooper ian # eix gst-plugins-faad
[I] media-plugins/gst-plugins-faad
Available versions:
(0.10) 0.10.23-r2^t
(1.0) 1.8.3^t
{ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"}
Installed versions: 0.10.23-r2(0.10)^t(09:22:10 22/06/2015)(ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="32 64 -x32") 1.8.3(1.0)^t(00:18:08 02/10/2016)(ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="32 64 -x32")
Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
Description: AAC audio decoder plugin.
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I did see references to -bad and -good on the net but thought those only applied to lesser distros than Gentoo.. 
Do I need to somehow use the versions from the new slot?
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Could be. Here's what I have got installed (both Slot 1.0):
| Code: | fitzcarraldo@clevow230ss ~ $ eix -I gst-plugins-bad
[I] media-libs/gst-plugins-bad
Available versions:
(0.10) 0.10.23-r3 0.10.23-r4
(1.0) 1.8.3-r1
{X bzip2 egl gles2 gtk +introspection nls opengl +orc test vcd vnc wayland ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"}
Installed versions: 1.8.3-r1(1.0)(23:26:38 21/11/16)(X bzip2 gtk introspection nls opengl orc -egl -gles2 -test -vcd -vnc -wayland ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32")
Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
Description: Less plugins for GStreamer
fitzcarraldo@clevow230ss ~ $ eix -I gst-plugins-faad
[I] media-plugins/gst-plugins-faad
Available versions:
(0.10) 0.10.23-r2^t
(1.0) 1.8.3^t
{ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"}
Installed versions: 1.8.3(1.0)^t(00:45:54 31/12/16)(ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32")
Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
Description: AAC audio decoder plugin.
fitzcarraldo@clevow230ss ~ $ eix -I clementine
[I] media-sound/clementine
Available versions: 1.3.1-r5 **9999 {amazoncloud box cdda +dbus debug dropbox googledrive ipod lastfm mms moodbar mtp projectm pulseaudio seafile skydrive test +udisks udisks_legacy vkontakte wiimote LINGUAS="af ar be bg bn br bs ca cs cy da de el en_CA en_GB eo es et eu fa fi fr ga gl he he_IL hi hr hu hy ia id is it ja ka kk ko lt lv mr ms my nb nl oc pa pl pt pt_BR ro ru si_LK sk sl sr sr@latin sv te tr tr_TR uk uz vi zh_CN zh_TW"}
Installed versions: 1.3.1-r5(17:38:15 27/01/17)(cdda dbus ipod pulseaudio udisks -amazoncloud -box -debug -dropbox -googledrive -lastfm -mms -moodbar -mtp -projectm -skydrive -test -vkontakte -wiimote LINGUAS="en_GB pt_BR -af -ar -be -bg -bn -br -bs -ca -cs -cy -da -de -el -en_CA -eo -es -et -eu -fa -fi -fr -ga -gl -he -he_IL -hi -hr -hu -hy -ia -id -is -it -ja -ka -kk -ko -lt -lv -mr -ms -my -nb -nl -oc -pa -pl -pt -ro -ru -si_LK -sk -sl -sr -sr@latin -sv -te -tr -tr_TR -uk -uz -vi -zh_CN -zh_TW")
Homepage: http://www.clementine-player.org https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine
Description: A modern music player and library organizer based on Amarok 1.4 and Qt4 |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Is this possibly related to the embedded cover art in the file? I notice that I don't have the jpg or png gstreamer plugins installed.
Nope, that makes no difference.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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You should be able to play a .m4a file using GStreamer directly from the command line:
| Code: | $ gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=THE_BEACH_BOYS_-_SMiLE_2011.m4a ! qtdemux ! faad ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! autoaudiosink
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
Redistribute latency...
Pipeline is PREROLLED ...
Setting pipeline to PLAYING ...
New clock: GstPulseSinkClock |
That works for me. Does that work in your case?
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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I have GStreamer installed in both slots:
| Code: | fitzcarraldo@clevow230ss ~ $ eix -I media-libs/gstreamer
[I] media-libs/gstreamer
Available versions:
(0.10) 0.10.36-r2
(1.0) 1.8.3
{+caps +introspection nls +orc test ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32"}
Installed versions: 0.10.36-r2(0.10)(04:48:58 22/04/15)(introspection nls orc -test ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="32 64 -x32") 1.8.3(1.0)(16:13:25 01/10/16)(caps introspection nls orc -test ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32")
Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
Description: Open source multimedia framework |
so I have two registry.x86_64.bin files:
| Code: | fitzcarraldo@clevow230ss ~ $ locate registry.x86_64.bin
/home/fitzcarraldo/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin
/home/fitzcarraldo/.gstreamer-0.10/registry.x86_64.bin
/home/fitzcarraldo/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/.gstreamer-0.10/registry.x86_64.bin |
You could try renaming each registry.x86_64.bin file so that GStreamer regenerates them.
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| Fitzcarraldo wrote: | You should be able to play a .m4a file using GStreamer directly from the command line:
| Code: | $ gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=THE_BEACH_BOYS_-_SMiLE_2011.m4a ! qtdemux ! faad ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! autoaudiosink
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
Redistribute latency...
Pipeline is PREROLLED ...
Setting pipeline to PLAYING ...
New clock: GstPulseSinkClock |
That works for me. Does that work in your case? |
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$ gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location='99 Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World.m4a' ! qtdemux ! faad ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! autoaudiosink
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
WARNING: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstQTDemux:qtdemux0: Delayed linking failed.
Additional debug info:
/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/gstreamer-1.8.3/work/gstreamer-1.8.3/gst/parse/grammar.y(506): gst_parse_no_more_pads (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstQTDemux:qtdemux0:
failed delayed linking some pad of GstQTDemux named qtdemux0 to some pad of GstFaad named faad0
ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstQTDemux:qtdemux0: GStreamer encountered a general stream error.
Additional debug info:
/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/gst-plugins-good-1.8.3/work/gst-plugins-good-1.8.3/gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c(5520): gst_qtdemux_loop (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstQTDemux:qtdemux0:
streaming stopped, reason not-linked
ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
Freeing pipeline ...
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So I tried a different file...
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gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location='13 Sandy.m4a' ! qtdemux ! faad ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! autoaudiosink
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
Redistribute latency...
Pipeline is PREROLLED ...
Setting pipeline to PLAYING ...
New clock: GstPulseSinkClock
^Chandling interrupt.
Interrupt: Stopping pipeline ...
Execution ended after 0:00:12.574853591
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Setting pipeline to READY ...
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
Freeing pipeline ...
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That worked fine. So possibly something in the way some files are encoded. Not sure how to get around that... perhaps should just convert them to mp3 or ogg.
thanks for your help.
Cheers, Ian
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You could use the gst-discoverer-1.0 command to check if there is anything different about the m4a files that you cannot play. The following m4a files play on my laptop:
| Code: | $ /usr/bin/gst-discoverer-1.0 THE_BEACH_BOYS_-_SMiLE_2011.m4a
Analyzing file:///home//Music/m4a/THE_BEACH_BOYS_-_SMiLE_2011.m4a
Done discovering file:///home/fitzcarraldo/Music/m4a/THE_BEACH_BOYS_-_SMiLE_2011.m4a
Topology:
container: Quicktime
audio: MPEG-4 AAC
Properties:
Duration: 0:48:12.255000000
Seekable: yes
Tags:
audio codec: MPEG-4 AAC audio
maximum bitrate: 125588
bitrate: 125588
encoder: Lavf56.40.101
container format: ISO MP4/M4A
$ /usr/bin/gst-discoverer-1.0 BBC_Proms_2016_-_Prom_52_The_São_Paulo_Symphony_and_Jazz_Symphony_Orchestras_b07pjcs7_original.m4a
Analyzing file:///home/fitzcarraldo/Music/m4a/BBC_Proms_2016_-_Prom_52_The_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Symphony_and_Jazz_Symphony_Orchestras_b07pjcs7_original.m4a
Done discovering file:///home/fitzcarraldo/Music/m4a/BBC_Proms_2016_-_Prom_52_The_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Symphony_and_Jazz_Symphony_Orchestras_b07pjcs7_original.m4a
Topology:
container: MPEG-4 AAC
audio: MPEG-4 AAC
Properties:
Duration: 1:18:17.600000000
Seekable: yes
Tags:
audio codec: MPEG-4 AAC audio
maximum bitrate: 319999
bitrate: 319999
language code: en
encoder: Lavf56.40.101
container format: ISO MP4/M4A
$ /usr/bin/gst-discoverer-1.0 04\ ～エピローグ～まじめに愛して!.m4a
Analyzing file:///home/fitzcarraldo/Music/m4a/04%20%EF%BD%9E%E3%82%A8%E3%83%94%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%BE%E3%81%98%E3%82%81%E3%81%AB%E6%84%9B%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6!.m4a
Done discovering file:///home/fitzcarraldo/Music/m4a/04%20%EF%BD%9E%E3%82%A8%E3%83%94%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%BE%E3%81%98%E3%82%81%E3%81%AB%E6%84%9B%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6!.m4a
Topology:
container: MPEG-4 AAC
audio: MPEG-4 AAC
Properties:
Duration: 0:04:59.165895691
Seekable: yes
Tags:
audio codec: MPEG-4 AAC audio
maximum bitrate: 128000
bitrate: 128000
datetime: 2006-09-24T18:47:32Z
title: ～エピローグ～まじめに愛して!
artist: カヒミ・カリィ
album: LEUR L'EXISTENCE「彼ら」の存在
date: 1995-01-01
encoder: iTunes v6.0.5, QuickTime 6.5.3
track number: 4
track count: 4
disc number: 1
disc count: 1
genre: Alternative & Punk
QT atom: buffer of 25 bytes
container format: ISO MP4/M4A |
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