.m4a tagless after copying/.m4a does not convert

Spaggy · Post by **Spaggy** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:05 pm

I have two questions:

1.
I tried to copy all of my iPod audio to a folder on my computer by selecting all audio files on my iPod in MM and doing Send To -> Folder (Copy). There were no errors during the copying, but out of the approx. 900 audio files that appeared, 700 were mp3's and 200 .m4a files. All of the mp3 files had artist. title, album, year, etc. tags like before, but the .m4a files only had the filename (GTXQ.m4a, for example). I know .m4a is the same as .mp4, but doesn't the files have tags like normal?

2.
Because of the above, I tried to convert all files to mp3 and copy to a folder on my computer by selecting all the tracks on my iPod and going Send To -> Folder (Rip/Convert). After a while it told me that it couldn't convert due to possible DRM issues. Does anyone have any idea what I should do?

Teknojnky · Post by **Teknojnky** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:41 pm

What version of MM?

MM 2.x only supports playback of m4a files (not tagging or metadata), while mm3 more fully supports m4a files.

Spaggy · Post by **Spaggy** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:04 pm

MM 2.5.5.
How can I upgrade to MM3?

Teknojnky · Post by **Teknojnky** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:06 pm

the beta forum, sticky thread, last post, has the most recent build.

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:07 pm

The beta is available for download in the beta part of the forum:

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 4&start=15

Keep in mind it is still experimental software and you may want to make a backup of your music files before using.

spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:04 am

Teknojnky wrote:What version of MM?

MM 2.x only supports playback of m4a files (not tagging or metadata), while mm3 more fully supports m4a files.

I wasn't able to convert m4a > mp3 in 3 though. Is this not supported (yet)?

daelin73 · Post by **daelin73** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:15 pm

spacefish wrote:
Teknojnky wrote:What version of MM?

MM 2.x only supports playback of m4a files (not tagging or metadata), while mm3 more fully supports m4a files.
I wasn't able to convert m4a > mp3 in 3 though. Is this not supported (yet)?

You can, at least with Apple Lossless M4A which is what mine uses. The only thing it doesn't seem to be able to do is M4A encoding, but it decodes them fine.

I ended

spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:24 pm

daelin73 wrote:
spacefish wrote:
Teknojnky wrote:What version of MM?

MM 2.x only supports playback of m4a files (not tagging or metadata), while mm3 more fully supports m4a files.
I wasn't able to convert m4a > mp3 in 3 though. Is this not supported (yet)?
it decodes them fine.

What plugin do you use to decode them? As I said, I couldn't convert m4a > mp3. MM gave me a message that it couldn't convert them due to possible DRM restrictions. The files are not licensed in any way.

Ludek · Post by **Ludek** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:28 am

spacefish, are you able to play the m4a file in MM? If yes and you do not use any special plugin for converting then it should work. Can you send me the track to ls<att>mediamonkey<com> so that I am able to reproduce?

Thanks.

spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:49 am

Actually, I can't. I never tried playing them first, but they play in Winamp fine so there's definitely nothing wrong with them. This is a show someone recorded off the radio. He just happens to be an iTunes user. When I try to play them in MM, they just grey out, one by one. Which plugin is supposed to handle the files? Is it the AAC plugin (f_aac.dll)? I don't see one for m4a. I know my flacs convert just fine. If you still want a file to look at, please post again and I'll email you one.

Update: I just saw this article:

http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... 99&nav=0,5

In fact, I do NOT have Quicktime installed. (Quicktime is evil.) Is this the reason I can't play those files in MM? If so, why does MM require Quicktime when Winamp does not and are there any alternatives that will work instead of Quicktime?