AIFF audio codec playback support

for those of you who have a large library of aiff files
now you can play them on xbmc too.

here is a precompiled mplayer.dll that contains this new
codec. it has been tested on xbmc-11-26 and later.

http://www.10k.org/jake/xbox/mplayerdll-...041210.zip

instruction:
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1) replace your mplayer/mplayer.dll with the provided mplayer.dll

2) add ".aif" to your <musicextensions> tag in xboxmediacenter.xml

3) add the follwoing codec entry to your mplayer/codecs.conf

audiocodec aiffpcm
 info "uncompressed aiff pcm"
 status working
 format 0x6669612e  ; ".aif"
 driver aiffpcm

source patch can be found at
http://www.10k.org/jake/xbox/xbmcmplayer...1210.patch

the patch has been submitted to the project group as id=992693.

enjoy.

jake

i am trying to use itunes aiff files over smb with a fairly recent build (6/18). playback lasts <1 second and then stops. the file is 66mb and should last much longer, of course.

here's the debug output. nothing in there strikes me as strange, but i am a n00b...


17:08:45 m: 41250816 info: mplayer play:smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/alf/stuck on earth [single]/stuck on earth [housemix].aif cachesize:256
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: set audio functions called
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: done
17:08:46 m: 34897920 info: flipping bi-directional subtitles disabled
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: mplayer_init()
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: enable mplayer osd
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: mplayer dev-cvs-060611-16:41-3.4.4 &copy; 2000-2004 mplayer team
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: cpu: intel celeron 2/pentium iii coppermine,geyserville
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: (family: 6, stepping: 10)
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: cpuflags: mmx: 1 mmx2: 1 3dnow: 0 3dnow2: 0 sse: 0 sse2: 0
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: compiled for x86 cpu with extensions:
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: mmx
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: mmx2
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg: sse
17:08:46 m: 34897920 debug: msg:
17:08:46 m: 34885632 debug: msg:
17:08:47 m: 34865152 debug: curl::curl - url has no protocol config, empty curl created
17:08:47 m: 34865152 debug: msg: creating config file: q:\system\players\mplayer\config
17:08:47 m: 34865152 debug: msg:
17:08:47 m: 34508800 debug: msg: 88 audio & 199 video codecs
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: mplayer_open_file(smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/alf/stuck on earth [single]/stuck on earth [housemix].aif)
17:08:47 m: 34467840 info: stating file smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/alf/stuck on earth [single]/stuck on earth [housemix].aif.conf
17:08:47 m: 34467840 info: stating file q:\system\players\mplayer\stuck on earth [housemix].aif.conf
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: playing smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/alf/stuck on earth [single]/stuck on earth [housemix].aif.
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: find subtitles
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: auto open z:\subtitle
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: protocol:smb
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: use standard file for protocol:smb
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: option stream url: this url doesn't have a username part.
17:08:47 m: 34467840 debug: msg: option stream url: this url doesn't have a hostname part.
17:08:47 m: 33636352 debug: msg:
cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)
17:08:47 m: 33636352 debug: msg: audio file detected.
17:08:48 m: 33636352 debug: msg: global subsize: 0 - vobsub: -1, demux: -1, subs: -1
17:08:48 m: 33636352 debug: msg: global subpos : -1
17:08:48 m: 33636352 debug: msg: ==========================================================================
17:08:48 m: 33636352 debug: msg: opening audio decoder: [aiffpcm] uncompressed aiff pcm audio decoder
17:08:48 m: 33558528 debug: msg: audio: 44100 hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x20), ratio: 176400->176400 (1411.2 kbit)
17:08:48 m: 33558528 debug: msg: selected audio codec: [aiffpcm] afm:aiffpcm (uncompressed aiff pcm)
17:08:48 m: 33558528 debug: msg: ==========================================================================
17:08:48 m: 33558528 debug: msg: checking audio filter chain for 44100hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100hz/6ch/16bit...
17:08:48 m: 33558528 debug: msg: af_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, big endian signed int
17:08:48 m: 33558528 debug: msg: af_pre: 44100hz 2ch signed 16-bit (big-endian)
17:08:48 m: 33558528 debug: ao_win32: format 32 not supported defaulting to signed 16-bit little-endian
17:08:48 m: 33415168 debug: msg: ao: [win32] 44100hz 2ch signed 16-bit (little-endian) (2 bps)
17:08:48 m: 33415168 debug: msg: building audio filter chain for 44100hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100hz/2ch/16bit...
17:08:48 m: 33394688 debug: msg: video: no video
17:08:48 m: 33394688 debug: msg: starting playback...
17:08:48 m: 33394688 debug: msg: mplayer_open_file(smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/alf/stuck on earth [single]/stuck on earth [housemix].aif) done 1.0000
17:08:48 m: 32866304 debug: playback has started
17:08:48 m: 33112064 debug: cguiinfomanager::setcurrentsong(smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/alf/stuck on earth [single]/stuck on earth [housemix].aif)
17:08:49 m: 33296384 debug: msg: mplayer_close_file()
17:08:49 m: 33374208 debug: msg:
17:08:49 m: 33374208 debug: msg: uninit_player
17:08:49 m: 34824192 debug: msg: uninit_player - done
17:08:49 m: 34824192 debug: freeing fs segment @ 0xa03010
17:08:50 m: 34824192 debug: playback has finished

i dunno if you noticed, but the previous post is from december 9th of 2004.
a quick check here:
http://xboxmediacenter.com/info_project....nt_release
does not reveal that aiff has ever been officially supported.

thanks sleepyp.

yes i noticed it was not in 1.1 officially. i also noticed it was at some point added to cvs, hence recent build should have some code that plays some form of aiff. i then searched the forums for any details and only found this old post about aiff.

rather than to pollute general support boards about a question on a non supported unpopular feature, i decided to "re-activate" this old thread on the right subject. with a bit of luck, the original poster was still around and able to help. or someone involved in the cvs commit about aiff could shed some light on the issue.

i think there's a forum policy about a single thread per subject plus usage of the search feature, and i have only tried to ask my question following the rules. sorry if that was inapropriate.

fred

- 28-06-2006 added: aiff codec to paplayer.

let me know how it goes - i only had a couple of tracks to try it out on.

cheers,
jonathan

jonathan,

thanks for the help. took a while to answer since i had to wait for a release...

unfortunately it makes no difference. tracks plays a second then stops. tried a couple of tracks, same effect. also more clicks and pops than with mp3. essentially same log.

what can i do to help debug this?

thanks

fred

essentially the same log indicates to me that you don't have a new enough version.

the new version plays the files using paplayer, our dedicated music player.

jonathan,

well, tried it again, i don't think paplayer gets involved for some reason...

01:12:46 m: 53055488 notice: starting xboxmediacenter. built on jul 3 2006
...
01:13:24 m: 40607744 debug: cplayercorefactor::getplayers(smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/a caus' des garçons/a caus' des garçons [single]/a caus' des garçons [remix].aif)
01:13:24 m: 40083456 info: mplayer play:smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/a caus' des garçons/a caus' des garçons [single]/a caus' des garçons [remix].aif cachesize:256
01:13:24 m: 33730560 debug: msg: set audio functions called
01:13:24 m: 33730560 debug: msg: done
01:13:24 m: 33730560 info: using -subcp enca:__:cp1252 to detect the subtitle charset
01:13:24 m: 33730560 info: flipping bi-directional subtitles disabled
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: mplayer_init()
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: enable mplayer osd
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: mplayer dev-cvs-060611-16:41-3.4.4 &copy; 2000-2004 mplayer team
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: cpu: intel celeron 2/pentium iii coppermine,geyserville
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: (family: 6, stepping: 10)
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: cpuflags: mmx: 1 mmx2: 1 3dnow: 0 3dnow2: 0 sse: 0 sse2: 0
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: compiled for x86 cpu with extensions:
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: mmx
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: mmx2
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: sse
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg:
01:13:25 m: 33718272 debug: msg:
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: curl::curl - url has no protocol config, empty curl created
01:13:25 m: 33730560 debug: msg: creating config file: q:\system\players\mplayer\config
01:13:25 m: 33718272 debug: msg:
01:13:25 m: 33431552 debug: msg: 88 audio & 199 video codecs
01:13:25 m: 33390592 debug: msg: mplayer_open_file(smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/a caus' des garçons/a caus' des garçons [single]/a caus' des garçons [remix].aif)
01:13:26 m: 33390592 info: stating file smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/a caus' des garçons/a caus' des garçons [single]/a caus' des garçons [remix].aif.conf
01:13:26 m: 33390592 info: stating file q:\system\players\mplayer\a caus' des garçons [remix].aif.conf
01:13:26 m: 33390592 debug: msg: playing smb://xbox:xbox@g4/gandalf/music/itunes/itunes music/a caus' des garçons/a caus' des garçons [single]/a caus' des garçons [remix].aif.
01:13:26 m: 33390592 debug: msg: find subtitles
01:13:26 m: 33390592 debug: msg: auto open z:\subtitle
01:13:26 m: 33390592 debug: msg: protocol:smb
01:13:26 m: 33390592 debug: msg: use standard file for protocol:smb
01:13:26 m: 33390592 debug: msg: option stream url: this url doesn't have a username part.
01:13:26 m: 33390592 debug: msg: option stream url: this url doesn't have a hostname part.
01:13:26 m: 32559104 debug: msg:
cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)
01:13:26 m: 32559104 debug: msg: audio file detected.
01:13:26 m: 32559104 debug: msg: global subsize: 0 - vobsub: -1, demux: -1, subs: -1
01:13:26 m: 32559104 debug: msg: global subpos : -1
01:13:26 m: 32559104 debug: msg: ==========================================================================
01:13:26 m: 32559104 debug: msg: opening audio decoder: [aiffpcm] uncompressed aiff pcm audio decoder
01:13:26 m: 32481280 debug: msg: audio: 44100 hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x20), ratio: 176400->176400 (1411.2 kbit)
01:13:26 m: 32481280 debug: msg: selected audio codec: [aiffpcm] afm:aiffpcm (uncompressed aiff pcm)
01:13:26 m: 32481280 debug: msg: ==========================================================================

thanks

fred

rename to .aiff and try again.

i'll make sure paplayer is used for that extension as well.

Works like a charm with .aiff

Thanks

Fred