[FFmpeg-soc] ALAC Testing Report

[Benjamin Larsson]

Mike Melanson wrote:
> Benjamin Larsson wrote:
>   
>> I tried on my Ipod video and the file worked.
>>     
>
> Okay, so I sat down and tried again and made sure I was doing everything 
> correctly. FFmpeg still can't generate lossless m4a files that play on 
> my iPod Touch. The unit tried to play for 5 seconds (silently) then 
> gives up and goes to the next song.
>
> So I assume you are not using stock iPod firmware on your unit? What are 
> you using? RockBox?
>
> Here is the conversion command I am using:
>
> for wav in /path/*.wav; do ./ffmpeg -i $wav -acodec alac `basename 
> $wav`.m4a; done
>
>   

Standard iPod Video firmware, maybe not the latest version, but an Apple 
one.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson